ALDI currently have motorcycle gear on special. I bought the leather motorcycle jacket for $149 since the lining in my 25 year old stagg jacket is starting to wear badly
Overall impression:
Reasonably well mad with lots of features such as removable body armour in elbows, shoulders and back. The lining can also be removed and zippered vents in the sides for summer riding. 1 large internal pocket and two external pockets. The leather is not as stiff as my stagg jacket but not bad. The back comes down low to give good protection.
Here are a few issues I have found with mine:
The sleeves have a tiny strap at the cuff that velcros to the sleeve. The strap has the smooth half of the Velcro and the sleeve the rough half. On the small jacket, the strap only goes about a third of the way across the rough Velcro. So if you wear gauntlet gloves the rough Velcro catches and in time will tear the lining of your gloves which probably cost more than this jacket. So I have removed the straps and velcro since they just are not necessary. The zips in the pockets have tiny pulls which tend to go flush with the zipper making it difficult to get hold of them and open. To solve this I will make some leather tabs that can be grabbed hold of easier. Another thing I have found with the jacket is the strap at the neck is also very tight but can be adjusted a bit.
Overall it should provide more protection than my ageing stagg jacket but the stagg jacket is so much more practical with pockets in the right places and great quality fittings and better leather.
