# motorcyclists ..help me find this locally

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [May 5, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclists-help-me-find-this-locally/47951 "2008-05-05T19:06:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclists-help-me-find-this-locally/47951/16 "2008-05-06T16:55:46Z")

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> [@Cavi Mike](#):
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> True, if you’re doing 150 on a circuit. Other than that, textile isn’t going to be any less than leather. If you hit the ground at even 70 on the street, you have much bigger things to worry about than the composition of your jacket.
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> This makes ZERO sense. Textile jackets breath, leather does not. Why do you think textile jackets are so popular? It’s obviously not because they look cool.
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> Have you ever even ridden a bike before?

I think you are confusing textile with mesh. Full textile jackets DON"T breathe very well, and are better than leather when it’s cold out. Leather Is stronger than any textile that I know of yet.

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