Alpinestars S-MX Air-Flo Jacket...COOL but safe? : Yamaha R1 Forum

visualfxpro · 07-26-2008, 07:49 AM

What you guys think of the Alpinestars S-MX Air-Flo Jacket? It's top quality MOSTLY leather jacket with top safety features BUT 80% of the chest/stomach area is textile. I only wear leather because of the superior performance in crashes. Is this jacket basically a textile jacket with leather pieces? I mean wear will most of the damage occur on the jacket in a crash? Does wearing an ICON field armor vest underneath make my concerns mute?

http://www.bikebandit.com/product/6162

This jacket is what I would buy if it was never hotter than 80oF:

http://www.bikebandit.com/product/6164

KneeDragginJay · 07-26-2008, 07:57 AM

id say wearing the vest underneath would probably defeat the purpose of having a perforated/textile "airy" jacket. i would go with a perforated full leather jacket instead. textile jackets dont hold up for sh*t in a crash over 30mph and who knows how your gonna land in said accident

visualfxpro · 07-26-2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by KneeDragginJay

id say wearing the vest underneath would probably defeat the purpose of having a perforated/textile "airy" jacket. i would go with a perforated full leather jacket instead. textile jackets dont hold up for sh*t in a crash over 30mph and who knows how your gonna land in said accident

The idea with the vest is that with my peferated GP jacket and teh vest underneath when I get really hot, zipping my jacket down half way or more in the front is MUCH cooler even in the city! So I figure an SMX jacket with textile would be a good compromise to my full leather GP jacket zipped down. The vest does not seem to block much air at all. I only wish I was Hancock so I could ride with a T-shirt and the vest only. Heck...why even ride at that point when you can fly right?

KneeDragginJay · 07-27-2008, 08:54 PM

yea..just with my own eyes have i seen textile jackets "welded" to road rash...not pretty

chino_r1 · 08-21-2008, 01:07 AM

I have that jacket. Paid a lot but its worth every penny. I wear it all the time no matter how hot or cold it gets.

tnole23 · 08-21-2008, 08:33 AM

perforated/vented leather doesn't help much in real heat and humidity. i have this this. jacket, which i really like, but not for the summer. i have this this for the summer. may not be as safe, but it's safer than nothing. not sure if a vest would help, but you have to find something. would be safer to wear full leathers, but not when you're passing out from heat exhaustion and driving off a bridge or something.

visualfxpro · 08-21-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by KneeDragginJay

yea..just with my own eyes have i seen textile jackets "welded" to road rash...not pretty

Got the RC1 jacket and it's great! Lot's of leather and cool enough with motion. In fact many times I feel unbuttoned. Not sure where the wind is getting in, but it feels nice. City riding sucks as always just like with my perforated jacked. Nice big pockets inside too.

r1forever08 · 08-22-2008, 05:25 AM

i have it its awesome