I received a gift certificate for the hd dealer for Christmas and decided to put it towards a nice leather jacket. When I looked at the dealer, the nice ones were all $450 on up and made in CHINA! WTF? For those prices couldn't they find some one in the US to make them? I bought a HD because I wanted an American made bike, guess I'll get a non HD jacket for a lot less!

 

yes, a lot of stuff on the bike is made outside the US as well. Keeps Harley afloat

 

Just a suggestion you could try if you want a good jacket made in the USA. Try putting the gift certificate on Craigslist for like a 10% discount (for cash) and use the proceeds to buy a jacket from Fox Creek. Just a thought.

 

Definitely skip the HD jackets unless they are on sale at 50%+ off. Much better jackets can be had for much less money. No need to pay an inflated price for a Chinese jacket with an HD logo and provide free advertising for HD.

 

Several U.S. makes can help you out:

Schott, Brooks, Vanson, River Road, others I can't think of at the moment.

 

I have some US made leather jacket that are HD. You just have to look around and ask for them some dealers will order them.

 

HD leather is lame. Look for something else. I have had Kerr for years, there out of biz now but there are other very good options that are way better than the HD stuff. JMO.

 

I paid 375 for my HD leather...

It has two HD logos on it. I was looking for the most plain looking jacket they had on the rack and that is what they had. That being said...it is very well made and fits great. I am not sure where it was made.

The fact that an american company is selling it is enough for me.

 

It's not the leather that costs...it's the logo. Sad but true.

 

I have an HD Jacket I got almost three years ago. Had pockets for armor in the elbows and shoulders so I put that in. Went down with it on back in Sept. 2010 and the jacket held up great. Looks a little more scuffed and a couple zippers failed but that was about it. Still wear it today.