Can you please show me what a mesh jacket is? Like a link or something.

Thank you

 

I also have a mesh jacket with removable liners.

Driving in the rain and at 50 degrees, I was warm and dry with it. (I also tie-wrapped a shortened wiper blade to my left index finger to use for clearing my visor).

As the weather warmed and dried, I removed the liners and stored them in the saddlebags. When it would get cooler, the liners would come back out. Chances are that you should have no problem with the jacket. Now, how about your pants and boots? (It's not much fun in wet sneakers).

 

Can you please show me what a mesh jacket is? Like a link or something.

Thank you

Wind blows right through it. Mine has a wind/rain liner and a quilted liner as well. With the wind/rain liner in place you will stay dry and warm

I wear mine in 98 degree Alabama Heat and stay comfortable

 

Thanks. I may look into something like this.

 

My mesh jacket has the rain liner only. It's a shame it doesn't also have the quilted liner.

We were riding in light rain, I didn't have the liner in and after we stopped to let the oil wash away from the roads I donned the liner under the jacket and found I was a little chilly. (Mind you it doesn't take much to get me shivering with cold). It was probably because I was already damp and the wind wicked the water away hence the above normal cooling.

So the moral of the story is make sure you've got the lining in BEFORE it rains.............. if only I could predict the future!

 

The liner, unless it's a high dollar Gore-Tex or such, is more of a water resistant liner than water proof liner.

It's better than none or a cotton tee shirt for sure, but don't expect to be "totaly dry" if you run through a down pour.

 

MaggieRoo it is VERY easy to get chilled. I normally keep an external Rain Jacket and Pants with me as well. They do wonders for blocking the rain and wind allowing you to warm back up at a faster rate. Mine is a Tour Master Defender that ran about $55.00 but there are at least a bazzillion brands out there. I am a firm believer in layers, I do a lot of Back Packing and layers can keep you alive in the middle of nowhere.

-James-

 

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Thanks a bunch for the feedback. It sounds like I should be OK with the jacket. If we have a down poor I should be fairly close to our cabin. To answer another question I will be wearing leather riding boots, and Icon heavy denim riding jeans. Our storms this time of year are very quick, so I am not anticipating being stuck in a lot of rain.

Flanman

 

My jacket is a 3-in-1. Textile with outer shell that zips off, inner wind/rain liner that zips out, and mesh jacket.

With a light rain for just a few minutes, the rain liner will keep me dry. With a downpour, I get soaked.

 

(I also tie-wrapped a shortened wiper blade to my left index finger to use for clearing my visor).

We wanna see pics of that!!!

 

Hi all,
I am going to my first rally next weekend near Flagstaff AZ. It is around 80 during the days and in the 50's at night with possibility of some showers during the weekend. I just purchase a Motoboss armored mesh jacket that has the zip-out liner for rain protection. It is a new jacket and I have never owned a mesh jacket before. I am just curious as to how dry/warm the jacket will keep me, and do I need to worry about bringing another light wind breaker to put over the jacket? Thanks for any input.

Flanman

They don't keep you dry w/o the liner. It's mesh. Most of them with a liner do a very good job.

 

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Thanks a bunch for the feedback. It sounds like I should be OK with the jacket. If we have a down poor I should be fairly close to our cabin. To answer another question I will be wearing leather riding boots, and Icon heavy denim riding jeans. Our storms this time of year are very quick, so I am not anticipating being stuck in a lot of rain.

Flanman

If you are worried about getting wet, just a suggestion. Stick a roll of duct tape in a bag. You will be amazed what a strip over the toes of your boots and a couple over your knees will do in 50 degree rain. They wont keep you totally dry, but they will eliminate the big time wind impact points. It is an old biker trick, I learned it from a gray beard with over 50 years in the saddle. I have used it several times over the years and it definately works.

 

About as dry as a screen door would keep you

 

Flanman,
I have the same jacket that JHG57 posted and I have to tell you that I couldn't be happier. I've had it for 1 1/2 now and I ride in temp from 35-95. I usually only use the rain liner when it is 50- about 60 in the mornings at 6AM on my way to work. The rain liner does a perfect job of keeping me dry in the rain. Also the quilted liner make it nice for those cold winter mornings.

Given that its a Cortech, its a good jacket
JMHO and Experience.

 

I have a Kilimanjaro Air Jacket with a zip out liner and it has kept me warm and dry but a point worth remembering is that the pockets typically aren't water resistant and everything in them will get soaked. So plan for that.

 

http://www.cruisercustomizing.com/d...roduct_ID=20188&sblid_name=Cortech_GX_Sport_Jacket_for_Honda_Shadow_Spirit_1100


This is the one I will get next week.

 

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Thanks fall for the input. I am going up for a weekend rally and we could get some rain so I will see how my Motoboss jacket does for me.

Flanman