Check Out This Wicked New Jacket From Fox Creek!
#51
11-23-2009, 07:42 PM
Tourer
#53
11-23-2009, 11:42 PM
Cruiser
Don't care for graphics on jackets. I do have FC gear and it's good quality stuff but it would be cool if they offered some of it in brown (dark or light colored) and not just the standard 'biker black'.
#55
11-24-2009, 08:09 AM
Tourer
Maybe so, but not in the world of motorcycles.
The 'skull thing' came from vets returning from WW2 who had insignia from their enemies. Skull insignia (from certain SS divisions) on the riding jacket showed what a badass the wearer was in the war (you could only get them from the uniform of a German soldier). Same goes for Iron Crosses: they were taken from killed/captured German soldiers (now the catalogs call them 'Maltese crosses', though they are not true Maltese crosses).
If only that generation of bikers could see that all you have to do now is buy your Willie G skulls and 'Maltese cross' taillights, etc.
.......
Fox Creek makes some quality stuff, but they skipped the groove on this one. They should just stay away from the graphics.
The 'skull thing' came from vets returning from WW2 who had insignia from their enemies. Skull insignia (from certain SS divisions) on the riding jacket showed what a badass the wearer was in the war (you could only get them from the uniform of a German soldier). Same goes for Iron Crosses: they were taken from killed/captured German soldiers (now the catalogs call them 'Maltese crosses', though they are not true Maltese crosses).
If only that generation of bikers could see that all you have to do now is buy your Willie G skulls and 'Maltese cross' taillights, etc.
.......
Fox Creek makes some quality stuff, but they skipped the groove on this one. They should just stay away from the graphics.
#56
11-24-2009, 08:09 AM
I thought the Willie G skull collection was a self portait of Willie G.
PS.. my dad has a jap rifle he brought home from the pacafic and the chysanthemum has been grinded off, how he got his was the army had a boxcar full of them and they were handing them out. it has a stock made of pine. when I was a kid we used to play soldiers with it running around the neighorhood lol
PS.. my dad has a jap rifle he brought home from the pacafic and the chysanthemum has been grinded off, how he got his was the army had a boxcar full of them and they were handing them out. it has a stock made of pine. when I was a kid we used to play soldiers with it running around the neighorhood lol
#58
11-24-2009, 09:52 AM
Club Names
Instead of "Iron Butt" we call it "Megasoreasses"
Oh yeah!
#60
11-24-2009, 10:32 AM
I like some skull imagery. Honestly, it suits Harley.
This jacket, however, went over the top. It would look better to me if it only had one skull on the back and sleeves. The three on the front and all the barb wire pushed too far.
This jacket, however, went over the top. It would look better to me if it only had one skull on the back and sleeves. The three on the front and all the barb wire pushed too far.