You don?t need to be a rocket surgeon to know that one-offs float our boat around here. So why stop at the bikes" What about suiting up in custom gear, to go with your custom bike"
Today we?re looking at ways to get unique gear, and the companies that will make it for you. Find out how to create your own one-off motorcycle jacket, how to get leather pants as unique as a snowflake, and how to get a helmet that fits like a glove. It?s a cookie cutter world out there, so let?s stand out.

Custom motorcycle jacket by 55Collection I can barely draw a straight line, let alone stitch together pieces of animal hide. And yet I now wrap myself in a custom leather jacket of my own design. Of course I had help turning my muddled inceptions into a wearable result?but that process was easy. And the finished product, in my own humble opinion, is pretty damned sweet. Barcelona-based 55Collection is a small but highly skilled collective of leather experts. On top of their own in-house collection of jackets, they have also developed a ?Custom Works? program for creating bespoke and tailored examples.

Since I don?t have a degree from Central Saint Martins, I leaned on the work of others to communicate my likes and dislikes. I sent over a few images of jackets that had styling elements I liked, and we morphed things together to develop a design direction.
Personally, I?ve always wanted something similar to Brando?s iconic Schott Perfecto from The Wild One, but wanted mine to ...