01-11-2020, 03:56 AM
(01-11-2020, 02:06 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: I just looked at that jacket at a Cycle Gear store. The Honda logo caught my eye but it had a lot of other patches and stuff on it that sort of turned me off. But that’s just me. The quality of it looked fine.
I have a Joe Rocket jacket ( not the Honda Version ). I liked the jacket, the price, features, armor, and fit was right, but it had "Joe Rocket" embroidered patches plastered all over it. When I say plastered, I mean it had them across the chest, forearms, shoulders, and two on the back. It would have been fine if it had a few Honda patches as this Sedici jacket does, but my philosophy is that if the gear manufacturer isnt paying me to advertise the brand, more often that not I am going to remove any branding I dont like. My Joe Rocket is now plain black with NO branding at all.
The patches sewn onto these jackets are almost always top stitched on. This means that by simply cutting the stitching that attaches the patch to the jacket, the patches can be removed without any damage to the jacket. I sat down with my jacket, while my better half and I were watching TV one night, and in about 45 minutes had all the patches removed. Coulda done it faster but I was being very careful. The Sedici is a nice looking jacket at what looks like a good price, so the patches other than Honda could be removed rather easily, and there are A LOT fewer offending patches on it than my jacket had.. This is easy to do DYI, but it could be done by any alterations shop for peanuts as well. Just putting it out there for anyone that likes the look of this or any other jacket, but that does not like all the branding.