This is the new-for-2013 Mojave; officially it's called the Mojave 2.0. The Mojave, of course, is one of our all-time favourite motorcycle jackets. Whereas the Trialmaster is based on the classic, long, four-pocket jacket favoured by professional road-testers, adventurers and trials riders, the Mojave is a shorter, racier style, blouson jacket that takes its cues from the desert-racers of Southern California in the sixties. It's also made from a lighter, eight ounce wax cotton; the Trialmaster is cut from ten ounce. But if you're riding something a little sportier (no, not a Fireblade or GSX), and if your journeys tend to be more local, then the Mojave is probably the perfect jacket. The new jacket also, for the first time ever, comes with a seamed sealed waterproof liner. It's made from a high-tech membrane called Miporex. The sleeves are lined with lightish 60 gramme Valtherm padding for extra warmth. For the body, there's a 150 gramme Micro-Valtherm gilet. It will keep you plenty warm, as Tonto might have said, and if it gets too hot on the prairie, it can simply be unzipped and discarded. For protection, you get state-of-the-art D3O protectors in the sleeves and shoulders, whilst there's a pocket for a back protector that you can buy separately. This is available in Level 1 or Level 2 configurations. Everything else we can tell you about this jacket is detail. Things like corduroy on the neck, cuffs and in the waistband. Quilted reinforcement panels on the elbows and shoulders. Adjusters for the neck and cuffs and a buckle cover to protect the paintwork on the tank of your TR6. Metal aeration holes under the arms. An internal zip-pocket and so on. This really is a beautiful piece. In styling terms, there's really little else to touch it. Yet it's a totally credible motorcycling jacket. And with its new armour and extra waterproofing, it's a significant improvement on its predecessor.
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