The Trucker Jacket is a PEKEV® lined, with 80% coverage, Levi's denim style jacket, combining a cool retro style with great looks, and made from 12oz black Selvedge denim, for that old school look. The 80% coverage PEKEV® technology lining provides supreme resistance to road abrasion, motion cuts and impact.
The Trucker Jacket is designed with central front zip, hidden under black poppered flap for that traditional denim jacket look, and comes complete with removable D3O Ghost armour at the elbow and shoulders, and a pocket for optional spine protector for outstanding rider safety.
Externally are two zipped and two flap external pockets for documents or mobile phones, the interior is lined with comfort mesh wicking lining with two zippered pockets.
The Denim Jacket is finished with black poppered straps at rear waist for adjustment, high quality construction of triple line stitching and YKK zips throughout with leather Resurgence Gear Patch detail.
Available in Black Selvedge Denim
CE EN17092 rating – AAA
Features:
Performance
Every biker knows that in the event of an accident a person must have:
Pushing the limits of Aramids and Ethylene fibres, we use only the highest quality spinning techniques available. Improving tensile strength and converting them into fabrics using exclusively elite blends we developed a 3rd generation PEKEV® fabric - this is one of the strongest and most stable fabrics in the world!
Made from the world’s toughest polymer based material, it has the highest breaking point for yarn. The tensile strength of the overall fabric is unsurpassed among all contemporary protection layers. It has the highest impact strength of any thermoplastic presently made, it’s highly resistant to corrosive chemicals (with exception of oxidizing acids), has extremely low moisture absorption, a very low coefficient of friction, is self-lubricating and is highly resistant to abrasion - in some forms being 15 times more resistant to abrasion than carbon steel. It is highly resistant to water, moisture, most chemicals, UV radiation, and micro-organisms.
Our fabric is internationally field tested and ready for the most demanding motorbike riders of the world. Where other brands fail to perform in safety, durability and comfort we excel - wash after wash and drag after drag!
PEKEV® features:
Unlike aramid fabric which degrades quickly PEKEV® is strong against:
Ionic enzyme washing. In 90% of cases aramid fibres are treated with ionic enzymes when washing denim, so performance is affected right from the point of manufacturing. Aramids are sensitive to acids. PEKEV® is unaffected.
Bleach. Chlorine bleach (sodium hypochlorite) treatment completely destroys the strength of aramid fabrics. PEKEV® remains unaffected.
Ultra violet (sunlight to you and me). In strong sunlight, or a high UV environment, aramid fibres degrade and life cycle is reduced. With PEKEV® there is no degredation and the fibres are unaffected.
Moisture. Aramid strength is affected by moisture and washing. PEKEV® is again not affected.
Detergents. Superior chemical resistance means that the performance of PEKEV® is unaffected by these.
Heat dispersion. Most aramid fabrics retain heat and do not breathe PEKEV® disperses body heat and is breathable, so keeps you cool comfortable and able to focus even on long runs on sunny days.
D3O® GHOST
D3O uses patented, patent-pending and proprietary technologies to make rate-sensitive, soft, flexible materials with high shock absorbing properties.
D3O® Ghost is the thinnest and most flexible limb protector range from D3O.
Designed as fit and forget armour for use in motorsports and mountain bike, D3O® Ghost is made with the revolutionary new Impact Print technology which allows for unrivalled freeform geometry and flexibility.
PRODUCT FEATURES
CE certified to EN 1621-1:2012, Level 1, for Ambient and Wet conditions
Type A coverage
Superior breathability and low-profile design
Market-leading flexibility, with geometry which conforms to the limb, fitting perfectly against the body.
Simple integration into garments through hook and loop attachment space at the top of the protectors.
Recommend to place limb protector with the fabric side facing to the jeans to ensure no read through of the protector.
Bought this with the back protector to pair it with and it still fits perfectly and true-to-size. Pockets are plenty and the spacing is opulent for storing bigger than usual phones, fat wallets, and plenty of key sizes. Despite the thick denim, it ventilates amazingly well and I say this coming from a humid hot country like Malaysia. One thing worth noting is that the jacket length is shorter than usual but after having ridden in it, it made sense as the jacket doesn't fold when you're seated on the bike, and that is regardless of what riding position I'd be. Looking forward to future purchases with Salt Flats, I am incredibly impressed by the speed considering this is an overseas order.
It's a great jacket, but the zip pull needs to be a bit bigger, it's a bit fiddly.
First of all, I want to say a massive thanks to Salt Flats for quickly shipping this out to Malaysia, less than 30 minutes after my order was paid. Secondly, the jacket is near perfect, the size is true-to-size, I also bought this along with the ghost back protector and it still fits comfortably. Despite the thick denim I was pretty surprised and taken aback by how well it ventilates air, this made riding so much more pleasant, especially in a hot country like Malaysia. In terms of storage, there are 4 front pockets, including two on the inside and they are quite opulent for storing my big phone, wallet, TWS, keys, etc. If I really had to nitpick anything about this jacket, it'd be how short the length of the jacket is for the torso. It's not enough to bother me but I can see why it's done that way because it prevents the jacket from folding when I am seated on the bike. Anyhow, I am extremely delighted with my purchase and I will be wearing it to the DGR event this coming Sunday! looking forward to future purchases with Salt Flats. Thank you~