erikb02809
One of the Regulars
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I've owned a Lewis Leathers Star Lightning for almost a year that I picked up in used but like new condition here on the Lounge. Great jacket, wore it for the first time on my motorcycle today, and while on the highway the wind unzipped it! lol.
I had it zipped 3/4 of the way up, like you typically see with many cross zips. The wind at highway speeds created a bit of a tunneling effect down the front of the jacket, forcing the two sides apart, and the Clix zipper the jacket has is so smooth, that the jacket just unzipped itself due to this over the course of the 1 mile or so I was on the highway. Normally, we consider a smoothly operating zipper to be a plus I think, but this one was so smooth, it's actually a drawback.
This is the first time this has ever happened to me. Other than zipping the jacket allllllllll the way up when I use it on my motorcycle, anyone have any fixes, or thoughts on the matter in general?
I had it zipped 3/4 of the way up, like you typically see with many cross zips. The wind at highway speeds created a bit of a tunneling effect down the front of the jacket, forcing the two sides apart, and the Clix zipper the jacket has is so smooth, that the jacket just unzipped itself due to this over the course of the 1 mile or so I was on the highway. Normally, we consider a smoothly operating zipper to be a plus I think, but this one was so smooth, it's actually a drawback.
This is the first time this has ever happened to me. Other than zipping the jacket allllllllll the way up when I use it on my motorcycle, anyone have any fixes, or thoughts on the matter in general?