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Custom Motorcycle Gear: A Real Buyer's Guide to Made-to-Order

· By Talha Rasheed

Custom Motorcycle Gear

Made-to-order means we cut your jeans, jacket or vest to your own measurements instead of a standard size chart. It changes the fit, not the style or fabric you choose. A custom piece is shaped for your body; it isn't a different product.

Check our standard sizes first

Before you go custom, see whether a standard size works. Our men's riding jeans come in waist sizes 28 to 40 and our women's in 25 to 34. Jackets run S to 2XL for men and XS to XL for women. Styles come in a choice of 23 fabric colors.

When custom makes sense

  • You're outside our size range, or between sizes in a way a belt won't fix.
  • Your proportions don't match a chart: long or short legs for your waist, a big seat or thighs with a small waist, broad shoulders with a narrow waist, or long or short arms.
  • You keep having fit problems with off-the-shelf riding gear.

Why fit matters on riding gear

Our jeans have internal pockets at the knees and hips for removable inserts, and our jackets have pockets at the shoulders and elbows plus an empty back pocket. Inserts can only stay where they belong if the garment fits you in the riding position, so a jean that rides up or a sleeve that's too long matters more than it would on everyday clothes. Our vests have no protector pockets; they're a style and layering garment.

Custom sizing changes fit only.

How to measure

Use a soft cloth tape over a thin, fitted layer, and ask someone to help: measurements taken by a second person are usually more accurate than your own. Keep the tape snug but don't pull it tight.

  • All pieces: chest at the fullest point, waist where the garment will sit, and hips at the widest point.
  • Jeans: inseam from crotch to ankle bone while seated with knees bent and your riding boots on, plus rise, thigh and knee.
  • Jackets: shoulder width across the back, sleeve length from shoulder to wrist with the arm slightly bent, and back length from the base of the neck to the waist.
  • Vests: shoulder width, back length and armhole, allowing for whatever you'll wear underneath.

If you'd rather not measure yourself, a local tailor can do it, or you can measure a riding garment that already fits you well and tell us what you'd change.

Before you order

Pricing and production time depend on the piece, so confirm them when you order. Because a custom piece is cut to the measurements you give us, read our Refund Policy and Shipping Policy first so you know how returns and delivery work for custom orders.

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