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I like the style of these boots. The "distressed" look is achieved by painting light tan leather boots with black paint. There was some shiny finish on the boot as well and the boot appeared more silver than gray in person. I felt like I was wearing KISS boots, or 80's hair band boots. I colored the boot with some black leather dye and black shoe polish to give it a more subdued look. The construction is durable and heavy duty. Other than the shiny silver look, I like the boots.

I've bought a bunch of Xelement gear from here, and it's been consistently excellent quality. These boots are no exception - possibly the best boots I've bought. The fit is perfect, the construction is robust and the materials are high quality. Virtually no break in was required and the insoles and lining are extraordinarily comfortable. Be aware though that these boots are VERY tall and not very wide at the top, so if you have large calves you might struggle to zip them up all the way.

This previous review says it all and I couldn't agree more.

I've bought a bunch of Xelement gear from here, and it's been consistently excellent quality. These boots are no exception - possibly the best boots I've bought. The fit is perfect, the construction is robust and the materials are high quality. Virtually no break in was required and the insoles and lining are extraordinarily comfortable. Be aware though that these boots are VERY tall and not very wide at the top, so if you have large calves you might struggle to zip them up all the way.

I have purchased a number of items from leather up over the years and have been extremely satisfied with the items. This being the third pair of Xelement boots. These boots are quality made fit well and last almost for forever. The first pair i gave to my son and he is still wearing them. The second pair i still wear and when i saw this pair i decided to purchase because i liked the extra height, design and color.i am extremely pleased with all aspects of this pair of boots except for one small issue. The toe of the boot is higher because of the thickness of the sole and makes it difficult to toe shift the shifter on the stock Harley factory setting. The shifter is adjustable and a slight upward adjustment allows the toe of the boot to clear the the up shifter and allow the clearance needed to work the toe shifter to up shift. if you are a heel up shifter these boots will not be an issue.

I like the vest design and materials as the previous reviewer noted. My only issue is it runs a little large for me as the velcro side compression straps don't seem to be very applicable unless you are supposed to wear thick clothing underneath the vest. Overall happy as I can ride and not be completely swimming in perspiration like I previously did in my full coverage jacket in the summer before purchasing the vest.

I like a lot of Xelements products because of design, materials, & affordabiltyI have purchased 3 items from the manufacturer. Thanks again LeatherUp!

This is one great jacket! It's nice and heavy and you can't even tell that it has armor inside but it does. It looks like a nice old leather jacket but in fact its high tech safety gear. I love the fact that it has a zip out liner. Living in Texas, it's nice to be able to take it out as well as open up the hidden zippers for ventilation. I still can't believe the crazy low price I paid. Jackets like this are selling for $600 at local bike shops. The gun pocket is also a big reason I purchased this jacket from Leatherup. None of my local shops had anything with these kinds of features.

Very nice jacket for the money, would definatly recommend it.

I think the biggest questions most have is around fit, so I thought I'd touch on that.

Im in my 50's am a little over 6' tall and weigh 175 lbs. Little scrawny but broad shouldered and long armed. I typically wear a large although I often find some jackets very restrictive in the shoulders and short on sleeves. Not the case on the XS-1550, it fits very nice, even with a sweatshirt on.

I don't ride so removed the armor as well as the lining, it was a little tighter with those in but not bad.

Nice jacket...

Received the jacket on time as promised. First impressions were that the jacket was heavy weight leather, coloring (distress) is great. Fit is perfect by the chart and I love the way it looks and feels. Only two issues that i have with the jacket is that the zippers are a bit small and hard to get hold of when wearing gloves. This is an easy fix by adding a leather tether to the zipper (no big deal). The other issue was that there were a lot of loose threads in the lining. Not sure how this is going to affect the long term quality of the lining of the jacket (will it come apart or not??). For the price (Harley would be charging over $400 for this jacket) this is a great buy and a great value. Have not tried the gun pocket yet, but I feel that the loop may be to hold a soft holster rather than the gun itself.