First, I am 6-02 and about 215. Even though I did not really "need" a jacket, there was a promotion, so I bought a size XL in silver. First of all, this is a very impressive jacket, easily comparing with $200 jackets I have bought from "big names." The Cordura is thick and substantial. It has a very good heft to it, weighing over 4 pounds with the liner. It is well-stitched and fits generously like an XL should, so if you have a middle aged middle, it will accommodate you nicely. It has several zip-open vents to help on hotter days, as long as you remove the quilted liner for full air flow. There are two chest vents, two upper arm vents and a horizontal vent across the upper back. The vents have a mesh screen keeping high speed insects out. The Velcro collar and cuff straps have rubber pull tabs on them, which is a feature of higher-priced jackets. The arms have one tab and one strap each side to take up up slack in the arms, and prevent wind flapping. The armor is the standard CE-1 level, and stays in place. CE-2 is an easy upgrade, if you wish. The waist is adjustable and allows for you to later in cold weather or snug it up a bit on warm weather. I normally wear a 35" sleeve and this jacket extends well out to my wrists. The reflective details are nice to have for those who ride at night. The hem of the jacket is lengthened in back, so that there is no gap between jacket and pants if your riding position leans slightly forward. The zipper are high quality and zip smoothly. It has a quilted full-sleeve zip-out liner which I have found to be pretty warm, but it's May, so I cannot give a winter report. With the insulated liner zipped out, it has a mesh liner sewn inside, so that it will breathe freely in summer with the vents opened. I cannot find a fault with this jacket. Highly recommended. Read more
This is a very nice jacket for the money, well made and sturdy all around. It has a zipper at the small of the back to attach to your riding pants. Compared to my NexGen SH2153, not quite the same quality, but I paid twice as much for the NexGen. I am glad to have purchased this riding jacket and I would highly recommend it for the quality and high value for the price. I bought the silver one for a cooler summer ride. I am almost 6'1" and weigh 185 lbs, with a 37" waist. I wear a 44 in a sport jacket. I went a size lower than the chart due to other reviews. I purched a Large and it will be just right for regular clothes and heating liner under neath it for the winter. Arms are nice and long for the handle bar strech. Read more
I ordered a size up than l thought it would be and it fits great. I like the way it looks and l think it's exactly what l need for a comfortable ride in hot weather and in cold. I think it's a very good price for a good jacket. Read more
Been using the HWK Jacket for about a month now. Since its summer time I took out the thermal lining which is very simple to remove. The 5 air vents on the jacket help extremely when riding and help keep you very comfortable and cool at speeds of 20+ MPH. You can strap it on the side to fit more snug and strap in your wrist so you don't have air going up your sleeves so overall fit is great depending on how you want it worn. Cons: very warm when not riding don't recommend walking around in a store or anything with it on. little difficult to use zippers when gloves are on so make adjustments before riding and hopefully you don't need anything from your pockets. only CE 1 armor Pros: very affordable, high quality zippers, great fitting when you strap in your sides and wrists, stays in place at speeds up to 100MPH (never went past but jacket never was blowing in the wind, well vented when riding, plenty of pockets to hold items and can secure them with zippers, did well in about 40 degrees when I closed air vents and used thermal lining. Overall great jacket for the price seems sturdy enough to help protect at some decent speeds if you were to slide. Read more
The media could not be loaded. Great jacket I had one of those alpha jackets and the zipper busted all over the place. Replaced it with this. Been wearing it almost daily for about a year and have had no issues with it. I did upgrade the armor but only because I had some already Read more
Works like it should. Seems durable. Warm even without the liner and relatively cool when it's warm out. I should have ordered a size smaller but i was allowing for layers. Don't really need them. Only odd thing is the zipper is on the wrong side. It's opposite where all my other zippers are but i guess that doesn't really matter. Read more
It's came big so my husband didn't get to use it Read more
Hard to believe I could get this jacket at this price. I am a 50-ish "old motorcyclist" but had sport bikes in the 90s' My son now rides one and I got this to occassionally go with him in the begin, and to ride a little myself. Excellent fit and finish, decent armor (though not what I was used to back in the day) and nice zipper locations, tightening bands, etc. No flapping or movement at speed. Good ventilation. Feels like it would be great for one get-off if it happened, but at this price I would just replace the jacket. Nice reflectivity also. Read more
