REV'IT! Tornado Jacket
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Excellent mesh!
Purchased the Tornado 4/13. Added upgraded back protection as foam pad provided by Rev'it is lacking. Excellent air flow, styling, quality, & elbow/shoulder pads. Good fit on me (5'11", 160 lbs), though the slimmer more Euro cut would have been better for my build, especially in the waist. A few more pockets would be nice (has 2 outer+1 inner), but that's a personal preference. I also agree with other reviewers that a simple waterproof liner without the insulation would be preferable. This is a warm weather jacket! With the liner in, it's quite warm, a bit too much for 60-degree+ temps when you're not quite needing the mesh; without, it has great air flow.
April 29, 2013
Crashed my bike and this jacket did not protect well.
Did a slow speed slide out on a turn marked 15 mph. My left elbow got some nice road rash. The jacket fits fine...and I had the arm straps tight to secure the elbow pads on my elbow, yet the pads still slid off my elbow and did not protect my elbow road rash. The mesh offered little protection either. It wore clean through to my skin. I can just imagine what would happen in a higher speed fall. The jacket is very comfortable in warm weather for sure. But I'm not happy at all about it's protective abilities. Cool and comphy, or hot and safe?
April 20, 2013
Awesome versatile jacket
Great jacket with no detail left out. Comes with a great liner that will allow me to use the jacket year around in South Texas. Great air flow for the hot/humid summer. Very comfortable and fits true to size. I am 5'11" and 150 lbs, purchased a size 50.
April 10, 2013
get the ce back protector
I love this jacket. it looks great, it feels great. it extends just low enough to keep your back haunches from being too exposed.
get the ce back protector. the jacket comes with a pad, but that thing is too flimsy, i threw it out the second i felt it.
April 9, 2013
Great fit, comfortable.
With liner, good in the 40's. Great airflow without liner. Unlike others, liner does not bunch up and is easy to install.
April 1, 2013
Quality construction, but lacking, for the money
This replaced a Teknic mesh jacket that was six or seven years old. The Teknic was starting to look ratty, was yellow but not as high-viz as the RevIt, and couldn't wash clean.
The RevIt has quality construction. I've been trying on some jackets at rallies and shows for the last year or so, and I've had some cuff snaps pull off just trying to unsnap them. The RevIt is NOT like that -- good construction and materials. Good collar material and closure mechanism.
OTOH, for $350 you don't even get a real back protector, just some very thin foam. While that foam has air holes, I replaced it with the CE1 (non-air-hole) protector from the Teknic. Also, there's a zipper attachment for pants on the RevIt, but the (much cheaper) Teknic also includes the other half of the zipper, so the zipper points aren't exposed. And, finally, the Teknic's two outside pockets are waterproof, unlike the RevIt's.
I was looking for a mesh jacket, with high-viz, and with light-colored mesh, and I found it. (Why so many manufacturers choose dark-colored mesh is beyond me. If it's hot and sunny out, the last thing you'd want is black material.)
The RevIt is a high-quality jacket, and I was able to test fit (at the store) three or four sizes, so I could get one with proper placement of the elbow armor and that could be adjusted in size for different under-layers. (I ride or carry with me a heated liner and a Foot Joy waterproof wind-breaker. This combination -- with a mesh jacket -- is extremely compact to store or wear, and is good for all above-freezing conditions. Also, the Foot Joy is longer than all stock jacket liners, and can be worn after riding. I also wear or carry First Gear HT Overpants.)
One other thing: the jacket and liner from RevIt zip up on the European side (I was told), i.e., the opposite side of typical American men's wear, so that's another thing to get used to.
All in all, nice, but way overpriced compared to most other mesh jackets... and quality alone, IMHO, does NOT justify that price.
April 25, 2013
Very happy with this.
The liner is not held in all that well but I got this for the summer air flow and for that it's awesome.
March 4, 2013
Very comfortable jacket
I tried on other motorcycle jackets which felt so stiff that I was really restricted, almost to the point that I felt unsafe due to the poor flexibility. This is the first jacket I found which allowed easy natural movement, yet has protection in all the right places. Nice and warm with the liner in, light and cool with the liner out. I am very glad I paid a little more than I originally planned, and got a much better jacket, good for all but the most severe cold weather (when the bike will be parked anyway).
April 15, 2013
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