Padding for Regular Jacket?

[Trackr]

I have a pretty expensive jacket and don't want to buy a special motorcycle jacket to ride, but do want the protection it would offer.

Is there anything I can do to modify my current jacket by augmenting it with proper padding?

Thanks.

[winz]

I'd be hesitant about using an expensive jacket and getting padding to wear underneath. If you have a spill, which could be out of your control, do you want to ruin it?
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[BTTD]

You could get an armoured shirt to wear underneath, if it'll fit.
Or, stich in Velcro and Velcro in some armour, again if it'll fit.
Good motorbike jackets also have reinforced seams so they shouldn't rip open if you take a tumble.

[tom_e]

You can get vests which hold armour that you could wear under the jacket but tarmac will go through a standard jacket like it didn't exist so you'll have no abrasion resistance which is arguably more important in a lot of crashes.

[Trackr]

I definitely want it to be over the jacket, both so I can take it off easily and so the jacket won't be ruined.

Any examples?

[MCN]

Padded or armoured clothing has wider fitting areas to accept padding/armour.
It is also not much use to you if it moves around too much.
Proper protective gear has compartments specifically designed into the garment for that purpose.

And as said above, you wouldn't want to go tearing the elbow/s out of a good jacket in an off.
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[Val]

[NJD]

Riding with gear to good look rather than for protection, you're doing it wrong. Strike me as the type of person that looks around to see if anyone's watching while getting on and off the bike. Meh, helmet is the only compulsory piece of gear, only you that all get injured if you ever slide off, but hey.. at least you did it looking good, right?

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Personally I keep my expensive* non-motorcycle jacket away from traffic grime, flies, exhaust fumes etc.









* expensive=paid about £45.
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[Tierbirdy]

OP is a pikey chav riding a moped in a North Face puffa jacket to impress 14yr old slags in the ASDA carpark and I claim my £5.

[rhys99]

I've never understood people who wear normal coats on motorbikes. Just get a bike jacket.

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[Trackr]

I'm not British, but I think I can safely say that you lot are a bunch of fuckin' wankers.

Thanks for the help from across the pond

[talkToTheHat]

Triple stitch all the seams with bonded nylon? Fashion jackets fall apart at the seams if you throw them down the road. They also likely wear through in the places that don't rip off.

Failing that, forcefield do a vest with all the armor in for such occaisons. Is quite expensive. I think my textile and waterproof rst jacket cost less. I think my fit for purpose leather jacket cost less than that too.
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[JoeDaStudd]

It's like saying I have a nice expensive bucket I want to use as a helmet, how do I add protection.

It's not designed for it and even if you spend a lot of money adding protection (armour and anti-abrasion layer) it's still going to be worse then something designed to do the job in the first place plus it's probably going to look like Frankenstein's monster when its done.

It'll be cheaper and better to just spend the cash on a real motorcycle jacket and save your expensive fashion jacket for when your not riding.

[Undinist]

Seriously Trackr, Americans are tragically undereducated about protective bike gear. Either learn from the Europeans or just ride in street clothes and risk years of agonising skin grafts like most of your countrymen. To be blunt, your question is staggeringly dumb. If you don't want to hear what we're saying, get some advice from some of the few US firms who are clued up about safety. Here are three I have bought from - I recommend them all, their products are world class:

- Vanson Leathers https://www.vansonleathers.com/
- Aerostich https://www.aerostich.com/
- Icon One Thousand https://www.icon1000.com/

Here's a classic example of dangerous American ignorance - this guy owns a Vanson leather jacket, and he crashes in it and writes to Vanson to tell them how he had this huge accident and the jacket was undamaged: www.vansonleathers.com/customers/p19.html

The trousers/pants he was wearing were just thin cotton army pants. Check out his photo of what happened to them:
https://www.vansonleathers.com/images/CustomerPics/p19/Picture%20180.jpg

From his description of the accident he was probably only doping about 35 mph by the time his body started sliding along the road. But "they worked on me in the trauma center for 9 hours... couldn't walk for a couple months...still suffering several hours of pain daily from my healing wounds". He STILL refers to his pants as "safety equipment"! Please don't be as moronic as him. If you fall off, the friction burn you and your clothes get from the road surface is like someone using a belt sander on you. What do you think you should wear to defend yourself against a belt sander?

[Fin]

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