Slatin Motogear EZ-1 Mesh Jacket and Blue Riding Jeans.
Even on a broiling hot summer day you want to be protected while you ride, with a good helmet, boots, gloves…and jacket and pants. All The Gear All The Time, ATGATT. Which is where Slatin?s EZ-1 Mesh Jacket and Blue Riding Jeans come in. Good styling, good construction, good comfort.
Slatin calls the jacket design Summer Technology, writ large on each sleeve. The outer shell is made of 600-denier Cordura polyester with mesh panels covering probably 80 percent of the jacket, and the interior is all mesh. This is the kind of jacket I wear when the thermometer is in the high eighties and nineties, as it flows air quite well (beyond a hundred, I?ll probably look for some shade). Tough CE-approved armor is at the shoulders and elbows, and something called SuperFabric covers the outside of the armor. This is a heavyweight Cordura coated with ?tiny, very hard polygons.? Since the U.S. military uses SuperFabric, I figure the protection should be good.
Lots of bright reflective trim helps drivers see you at night. There is also a CE-approved back protector, and all of the armor can be removed when you want to wash the jacket. The fit is good; I liked the extra long back and one-inch longer sleeves. Hook-and-loop cinches on both sides of the waist snug the jacket down, and the wrists have 6-inch YKK zippers with hook-and-loop tightening closures. The front zips up to a pleasantly soft collar, with a hook-and-loop closure s...