Motorcycle & Powersports

Raise the budget far enough and a riding jacket’s spec sheet stops arguing about price and starts arguing about completeness: Level 2 armour everywhere, a laminated shell, a back protector in the box. Then you open the fine print and find the argument is not settled — some flagship jackets finish the armour set, and

Two hundred is where riding jackets stop being a wish list and start being a set of trade-offs. The spec sheets at this level still promise everything — CE armour, waterproofing, a back protector — but the fine print decides what you actually get: the armour is foam, the back protector is an empty pocket,

At flagship prices, a riding jacket’s spec sheet reads like a promise kept: Level 2 armour, a waterproof laminate, the words “back protector” in bold. Read the fine print and the promise shrinks — the back protector turns out to be an empty pocket, the chest armour is an accessory, and the garment’s own rating

Type “armoured motorcycle jacket” into a shop and the word does a lot of quiet lying: on one jacket it means certified Level 2 protectors with the standard printed beside them; on the next, a sheet of foam in a pocket — same headline. The back is where the gap widens: down a full ladder