eBAY Leathers

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Old 01-28-2012, 05:17 PM   #1
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Has anyone ever bought leathers off of ebay. The portogear ebay store is the ones that I am looking at. I hope they are legit because the offer a lot of customization and you send detailed measurements so the fit will be right. Any input will help, thanks guys
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Old 01-29-2012, 02:06 PM   #2
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I bought a cheap non-perf leather jacket from EXL off EBay for winter rides. I did go down it it and the stictching in the seams tore apart far too easily. The leather held up ok, but once I compare it to my A* full suit, Teknic pants, and Shift leather jacket you can see where the corners were cut.

You can often find full leathers that have been worn once or twice for a great price. I paid 400.00 for my Alpinestar full suit that was worn once. You get what you pay for imo.
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Old 01-31-2012, 04:07 PM   #5
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I found the pics of that EBAY Leather jacket that came apart after my 45mph lowside. The seams just exploded....not the best quality





Fortunately I had this on underneath or I surely would have had road rash
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I bought Alpinestars leathers off ebay for $400 and im really happy with them. Get a name brand for sure. Even though the ones i bought were "entry level", Alpinestars uses the same armour in all their suits, so you dont lose the protection quality, which is what really counts! SP-1 is a good suit...inexpensive too

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I found the pics of that EBAY Leather jacket that came apart after my 45mph lowside. The seams just exploded....not the best quality
reading this as if it's being said by the cat in your avatar made me die laughing.
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