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Rhys_1379 · 09-01-2009, 10:11 PM

Hi Guys!

Recently a friend of mine gave a PU grade leather jacket but I'm not sure whether i should use it or not. It has shoulder, elbow and back amour and looks like it is designed for riding but i think i came from china.

Is it safe to ride with, or should i go and buy another jacket when i can afford it?

Cheers

seruzawa · 09-02-2009, 06:29 AM

Better than a t-shirt and flip-flops which seem to be the uniform around here.

pushrod · 09-02-2009, 06:31 AM

Having no idea what "PU" leather is, unless you're talking about the stuff they make in the Philippines that is tanned with urine, I'd say that if the jacket has armor, it was designed (a relative term) for bikes.

trenttheuncatchable · 09-02-2009, 07:32 AM

Use it until you can buy another jacket. Get your next jacket with CE rated armor.

PU leather is "made from the inner splits of the hide finished with a polyurethane coating." Thickness is from .6 to 1.6mm. It's used a lot in furniture covering.

09-01-2009, 10:11 PM	#1
Rhys_1379 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Adelaide Posts: 2	Is PU grade leather safe to ride with? Hi Guys! Recently a friend of mine gave a PU grade leather jacket but I'm not sure whether i should use it or not. It has shoulder, elbow and back amour and looks like it is designed for riding but i think i came from china. Is it safe to ride with, or should i go and buy another jacket when i can afford it? Cheers

09-02-2009, 06:29 AM	#2
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	Better than a t-shirt and flip-flops which seem to be the uniform around here. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

09-02-2009, 06:31 AM	#3
pushrod Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baja 'Bama Posts: 3,478	Having no idea what "PU" leather is, unless you're talking about the stuff they make in the Philippines that is tanned with urine, I'd say that if the jacket has armor, it was designed (a relative term) for bikes. __________________ You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb.

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09-02-2009, 07:32 AM	#4
trenttheuncatchable Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 834	Use it until you can buy another jacket. Get your next jacket with CE rated armor. PU leather is "made from the inner splits of the hide finished with a polyurethane coating." Thickness is from .6 to 1.6mm. It's used a lot in furniture covering.