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Molasses, My JR Atomic jacket is very similar to your Phoenix jacket, it just has perforated leather on the shoulders. I'm really glad to see that it worked and that you were able to walk away from that spill. I'm seriously going to consider the Phoenix pants. The waffle pattern burns that you mention; that was through the elbow pads?
Hey Dee. Sorry to take so long getting back to you on this. The holes in the jacket are just off to the sides of the elbow pads, but are only through the outer layer, not through the lining layer. The waffle pattern matched the finer hole spacing of the lining to a "T", so I'm thinking it was melted plastic from the outer mesh or just outright heat going through the lining's mesh and burning me. Still better than losing that skin down into meat plus however much more would've gone with it without the gear.
The last time I dumped a bike on the road was a quarter century before this...and I wasn't missing the experience at all!
I looked at the newer Phoenix jackets and was disappointed. Mine's an older one, like a 2.0, and gives the impression of being sturdier
and the newer ones have design changes I don't like. Finally bought a TourTech mesh for a replacement, although I went with a larger size than I'm happy with just to accomodate the two liners that came with it. Only had it for about a week before stopping in at Aerostich in Duluth and finding a jacket for a two-piece Roadcrafter on their sale rack that fit. Feeling the love; it just plain feels like good gear and I've worn it through an afternoon of rain, including some heavy stuff that had me tootling along under 30mph simply because the visibility was so bad and couldn't've stayed any drier on the upper half if I'd've stopped and put on the raingear. To get this back on topic, the Roadcrafter has an easy-access zippered pocket on the right side of the chest with a vertical opening...I've really been considering rigging some sort of pocket holster to hold and position a carry gun in there, except it would require a left-handed draw.