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So anyway I got the basically unused 42 Enfield on ebay. I thought I was a 42 so I was concerned that it might be tight. But instead it has that "one size up" appearance like many Enfields pictured here and not the tight, "cafe racer" profile of some others. I'm starting to question if I really am a solid 42 but bottom line, I'm happy. While a really trim silhouette is nice, if it was tighter I couldn't use a base layer and still zip it up which would certainly limit it's usefulness. It feels like it fits perfectly through the shoulders. The sleeves are longish, but not when reaching for the handlebars. I was concerned about the length while in the riding position (and maybe it "could" be a tad shorter, I'm 5'9"), but like someone else said it seems to go down into your lap and make a seal to air coming into the bottom. It's weird how the perfect can be the enemy of the good. I'd like the base layer AND a trim, tailored look. I had a previous jacket that had a botched alteration and that I later "grew" out of at the midsection. I gave it away though it had a lot of sentimental value and personal history attached to it. I would have killed for it to have fit this well.
P.S. The iMac takes a mirror image so that's why the pocket is on the wrong side.
P.S. The iMac takes a mirror image so that's why the pocket is on the wrong side.
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