Looking for Motorcycle Gear? Details Matter.

Whether you’ve always ridden motorcycles or are just getting started, there’s an endless array of options out there for your motorcycle gear needs. Don’t be fooled by inexpensive imported goods or cheap superstore prices.

Quality matters. Made in the USA matters.

What you’ll find at Fox Creek Leather, besides outstanding customer service, is attention to detail. From the design, to the thread, to the leather itself, we care what goes into our products.

Take the Men’s Vented Racing Jacket. It’s our oldest and our best selling item… Ever. Why? This motorcycle jacket has clean, discrete styling and features that offer excellent functionality.

Our leather motorcycle jackets are simple, timeless styles that offer what’s most important to motorcyclists – protection. We use thick, yet supple leather that’s going to literally save your hide should you go down. Check out our crash testimonials. They speak for themselves.

When your body is scrubbing against pavement, you’re still in trouble if your leather motorcycle jacket isn’t sewn with thread tough enough to withstand the tension. Not only do we use heavy duty nylon thread but each leather item is hand sewn in America by people who care about what they are doing and are proud of their work. When a customer brags about their motorcycle jacket or other leather good, we pass the word along to the guys at the factory. As a matter of fact, our motto, Leather To Last A Lifetime, actually came from a customer testimonial!

Check out this detailed picture of the Classic Motorcycle Jacket that was in a wreck. Notice the scratches on the hardware? That’s the damage from the pavement. Notice the hardware is all still in tact? That’s because we only use the best hardware available. From YKK zippers to heavy duty snaps and buckles.

Details matter.

 

 

 

 

How Your Leather Vest Is Supposed To Fit

Every person has their own reason for wearing leather vests. How you will wear your vest will determine how it should fit.

Brent and his mom sporting our Buffalo Nickel Vests!

 

Most riders just want a motorcycle vest they can wear in the summer in lieu of a leather jacket. The main difference between our leather vest styles (other than the look) is solid sides vs. laced sides. One advantage of laced sides is the laces can be loosened up to let the air flow through.

To get the best fit, you should take your measurements over what you normally wear when you ride. A leather vest with laced sides allows you to wear heavier clothing by simply loosening the laces. If you prefer a vest with solid sides be sure to take your measurements over your heaviest clothing. Many people enjoy a snug fit with the laces tied tight. Others prefer to have the laces open. There’s no right or wrong there.

Our leather vests are designed to come to your belt line when standing. Some people prefer longer, some prefer shorter. The key is that it’s long enough to cover your back and short enough so the shoulders don’t push up when you are seated.

We work with several motorcycle clubs (ask us about our club discount). Fox Creek Leather has several leather vests that accommodate club colors more easily due to a full back, or one piece back.

If it’s important to wear your leather vest over your motorcycle jacket, it may be hard to get a good fit both ways. In general, to fit over your motorcycle jacket you’ll need to go up 2 sizes in the vest which then may be baggy when wearing it just over a t-shirt. We recommend your vest fit you over what you’d normally wear and then you can add vest extenders to wear the vest over your jacket. Vest extenders are easy to use and look cool, too.

Sometimes customers need to get a larger size or a longer size to accommodate their “beer belly”. No shame there, it happens to the best of us. But that’s why we ask for your stomach measurement when you order. You should take that around the widest part, again, over your clothing.

As always, we’re here to help. Don’t hesitate to contact us with your questions.

Vented Reflector Motorcycle Jacket

Chippy’s husband, Chris, set out on his 2nd ride of the season this past Sunday. The mountains are still chilly here in Southwest Virginia but he just couldn’t wait to get Phantom out of the garage.

Chris wears the Vented Reflector Motorcycle Jacket.

Motorcycle Jacket Rejuvenation After Accident

Thanks to Dan James for sharing his story and pictures with us.

11/18/2011 was a beautiful day and I was riding to work as I usually do, wearing my Fox Creek Leather Motorcycle jacket, helmet, gloves, etc. As I was going down the hill from my house to get on the highway, I noticed a long line of traffic at the on ramp I usually take and decided that day to take an alternate route past the traffic. Well, just after I passed a traffic light, a car in that long line of traffic decided it wanted to be in my lane as well. I hit the brakes as hard as I could but knew it was too late and, next thing I knew, I was laying on my back in the middle of the road with a couple of guys standing over me telling me to stay down.
I thank God I was wearing my Fox Creek Leather jacket that day because it kept the skin on my back and arms and the lower lumbar pad probably prevented me from breaking my tailbone. The jacket was pretty scarred up and I left it in the closet for a while as I was recuperating. When I finally got to the point that I thought I might be riding again shortly, I got in touch with Fox Creek and asked what I could do to restore the jacket to its previous glory. Fox Creek quickly responded that they would send me some Doc Bailey’s Leather Black for FREE. I took them up on that offer without hesitation.
Doc Bailey’s is pretty easy to use. It comes with an applicator and a bottle of the blackening solution. All I had to do was put the solution on the applicator and rub it into the jacket. I’ve shined a lot of shoes/boots in my life and this was a lot easier than that. Just rub it in until the solution returns the color to the material. My jacket still bears the scars of that day but Doc Bailey’s really brought the color back to the jacket and this stuff is much better than shoe polish because it doesn’t leave a residue that rubs off on hands, fingers, clothes, etc.

All I can say is, “Thank you Fox Creek Leather for a GREAT jacket and for supporting me in getting that jacket ready to wear again after it helped to save my life.”

Dan James