Motorcycle Leather Types
There are a lot of different types of leather jackets being
sold. Most of the time you will get what you pay
for. Let's review some of the leather jacket materials
you will find.
- Naked Leather - This type of jacket is
naturally the best. It is the smoothest and most
variant free leather of its types. Other leathers go
through a lot of refinement to copy the natural smooth
looks of a naked leather. Naked leather is
smooth, thick, and soft. It is a very protective
leather due to its thickness. Naked Leather
motorcycle jackets usually measures approximately 1.4-1.6mm
in thickness.
- Split Leather - As the name
implies this leather is actually split off from the upper
layers of the hide and processed considerably to have
a nice visual appeal. Split leather it
thinner and measures approximately
- Buffalo Leather - This leather is
thick and grainy but very protective. Buffalo
motorcycle jackets are at least 1.98 mm in thickness.
Buffalo is a really nice compromise when shopping by price
but you don't want to sacrifice safety.
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