more leather woes

I collected my new  jacket from the Post Office. (for the 2nd time around) on Saturday morning. I was really excited about it getting here as I had been waiting for it for days and had received a card, to say it was sitting waiting to be picked up, two days earlier.  I tried a couple of times but kept missing the post office shutting time. Work is a pain in the ass sometimes!! I didn't go out on the bike on Wednesday just because I didn't have a leather and thought that would be no big deal as it would be with me any time. That was because I had sold my old one on e-bay to help fund my mikuni carb. (that's an expense which will need to wait until I can get more funds together)

So, when I finally did get to the Post Office, you can imagine my disappointment when I opened the box and tried the jacket on. I swear it is exactly the same size, if not bigger, as the one I returned. The label on it says 42 but there's no way that's accurate.

I was tempted to just keep it but as the sleeves were almost four inches too long and that there was space inside for me to wear another leather under it, I doubt if it would have been comfortable on the bike. Plus, having forked out £189 I want a jacket that I feel happy with.

I then toyed (for all of two minutes) with the idea of returning it again and ordering a 40" chest. But as I haven't been that size for many years I'm convinced that one would have arrived too small. It's just like the two pairs of JTS leather jeans I bought second-hand from e-bay. The ones in a style  that I like, are far too tight for me even to consider zipping up, yet the other pair fits well despite them both being labelled as the same size!

So, now JTS is a company which is not on the top of my list any more. Don't get me wrong, I definitely cannot fault the quality of their garments but, and it's a big but, they are a company which was, according to the blurb on their web-site, set up because the founder couldn't get leathers to fit him.

Well, maybe if they did a bit of quality control, they wouldn't have customers going elsewhere who can't get leathers to fit!

And, until I get a new jacket, I'll have to wear a combat jacket on the bike!