Vanson Leathers website overhaul

[Monitor]

https://vansonleathers.com/

Well... At least we get to see the jackets now. Plenty of styles I never even know existed!

 

[Bfd70]

I noticed that. I like the ability to see all of the styles but currently their sizing info is not as good as the old site. Doesn’t give measurements for each jacket, just a generic chart about the size you should probably buy. I called 2 nights ago with a sizing question about the Royal Enfield in Octagon. The answer was less than difinitive. However it was suggested that the site was still being worked on and the old sizing info may come back.

 

[Monitor]

I certainly hope it's still being worked on! The site definitely has some problems at the moment, jackets in Octagon being listed as black, the categories are really confusing, etc. but overall, it's okay. Serviceable. the photos are nice and they finally did capture at least in part how awesome their jackets truly are. Good to see fit pics. Didn't know Women's jackets were that beautiful!

 

[ton312]

I want the full throttle CR!!!
Edit: the Mohawk is cool too! Man great looking stuff

 

[dubpynchon]

Yeah they could really do with the old sizing charts back. I didn't know they made this many jackets. Nom nom nom nom nom.

 

[jacketjunkie]

Good things first... the updated pictures, both fit pictures and normal ones are much better than the old ones and i love some of the new styles I found while browsing the new website, especially the College jacket in olive and cream looks total killer, great color combination that will look awesome with blue jeans and a white t!

The website itself though... uh.... frankly, i liked the old one better. This new one in its current state is a mess. The lay-out on the old one was much better, the grey capital letters in the menu of this one looks so cheap... i think it was the right move to update their website to properly pay credit to how awesome their jackets are, but as of now, i'd say keep the old website and only update the pictures. This new lay-out looks cheap and not well done. Oh, and their servers must have problems too, takes me forever to load the pages and that is not my internet.

 

[Edward]

It's a small improvement over the old site. At least now it's clearer which jackets have CE armour in them. Shame though that they're still not adapting their better looking (more traditional) styles for armouring, especially given that's where a lot of the competition is going.

 

[JMax]

I dig it. I like the photos, history/background of the jackets, and expected fit data. very cool.

 

[Monitor]

They're definitely still working on the site. New categories have been added and some stuff was fixed. All is well.

https://vansonleathers.com/womens-c...ss-womens-leather-motorcycle-jacket-DRSL.html

Lol, cool story.

 

[TREEMAN]

Go Vanson !!

 

[Guppy]

Their server is pathetic, I sure hope they can optimize/upgrade so that pages stop taking forever to load.

[Edit]: Pages are now loading decently fast now...

They sure have a lot more jacket models than I was aware of! 88 leather non-armored models!

Here's some that I think deserve some attention:

• Oxford (a model D with a shirt style collar)
• Mohawk (a cafe racer with a half-belt back, made with their "Steer XL leather" which I'd not heard of before. Is this Horween?? From their leathers page: "Vanson XL Leathers are stuffed with hot melt wax and then finished by hand in the same way that Horsehide was produced in the 1930's and 40's. The skins start at 1.2 mm thickness and the combination of heat and pressure used in the waxing process makes the leather tough and hard when new. Over time as the leather breaks in it will assume the character and fit of the owner. This leather ages beautifully. All the natural variations and character marks in the leather show. The look and color develops from within, through the skin, instead of being applied on top in the modern way. The big point of this leather is that every hide is different and will vary and age differently - so each carefully-selected piece is unique.")
• Rock and Roll, Thunderbird - I didn't realize they made any cross-zip jackets that had one-piece backs.
• The Arrow, aka the "Gambler" if you order it through Thurston, is apparently still available as a special order model. It's a near twin of the ELMC Windward, which is a model that I really like (I'm still undecided about keeping my 44 or my 46, hmm... guess I shouldn't get another one.) Vanson's ($580) is considerably cheaper than Thurston's ($750), so I'm wondering if there's something else that differentiates them.
• Boston Police MK2

I kindof like the fact that they use "average guy" models to represent their gear, instead of "high end" models.

 

[Monitor]

Their server is pathetic, I sure hope they can optimize/upgrade so that pages stop taking forever to load.

[Edit]: Pages are now loading decently fast now...

They sure have a lot more jacket models than I was aware of! 88 leather non-armored models!

Here's some that I think deserve some attention:

• Oxford (a model D with a shirt style collar)
• Mohawk (a cafe racer with a half-belt back, made with their "Steer XL leather" which I'd not heard of before. Is this Horween?? From their leathers page: "Vanson XL Leathers are stuffed with hot melt wax and then finished by hand in the same way that Horsehide was produced in the 1930's and 40's. The skins start at 1.2 mm thickness and the combination of heat and pressure used in the waxing process makes the leather tough and hard when new. Over time as the leather breaks in it will assume the character and fit of the owner. This leather ages beautifully. All the natural variations and character marks in the leather show. The look and color develops from within, through the skin, instead of being applied on top in the modern way. The big point of this leather is that every hide is different and will vary and age differently - so each carefully-selected piece is unique.")
• Rock and Roll, Thunderbird - I didn't realize they made any cross-zip jackets that had one-piece backs.
• The Arrow, aka the "Gambler" if you order it through Thurston, is apparently still available as a special order model. It's a near twin of the ELMC Windward, which is a model that I really like (I'm still undecided about keeping my 44 or my 46, hmm... guess I shouldn't get another one.) Vanson's ($580) is considerably cheaper than Thurston's ($750), so I'm wondering if there's something else that differentiates them.
• Boston Police MK2

I kindof like the fact that they use "average guy" models to represent their gear, instead of "high end" models.

Could be my list as well. Didn't know about Oxford! I always like the Enfield but the collar was kinda meh. Oxford makes everything right.
As for the Boston, I've had their earlier Police jacket, traditionally styled NYPD patrolsman leather jacket and it was seriously among the best jackets I had. It was a tad too large so I sold it. I wish I hadn't though... But it prioritized Boston on my list ever since. It'd probably be next jacket, right after Chopper. But in comp. weight if possible.

Force also seems like a must have. Just tons of great features.

And it's good to see Maverick is officially back!

 

[l0fielectronic]

Does seem to be working better than it did for me yesterday but is hard to beleive this is a 'new' website to look at it.

Seems the same across most of the industry, and I know a lot of makers are quite small opperations, but do find it odd given the cost of the items they sell that so many vendors have websites that look and work like something made ten or so years ago.

 

[Mich486]

Does seem to be working better than it did for me yesterday but is hard to beleive this is a 'new' website to look at it.

Seems the same across most of the industry, and I know a lot of makers are quite small opperations, but do find it odd given the cost of the items they sell that so many vendors have websites that look and work like something made ten or so years ago.

So true. Aero and Lewis leathers could do a loooot to improve their websites. Fine you are selling vintage leather jackets but vintage websites aren’t cool yet


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[JMax]

Could be my list as well. Didn't know about Oxford! I always like the Enfield but the collar was kinda meh. Oxford makes everything right.
As for the Boston, I've had their earlier Police jacket, traditionally styled NYPD patrolsman leather jacket and it was seriously among the best jackets I had. It was a tad too large so I sold it. I wish I hadn't though... But it prioritized Boston on my list ever since. It'd probably be next jacket, right after Chopper. But in comp. weight if possible.

Force also seems like a must have. Just tons of great features.

And it's good to see Maverick is officially back!

If you ride the Force is made to be sitting on a cruiser. Really is great. My summer riding jacket with the perforations.

 

[dannyk]

I know their Comp. Weight since it’s their standard and I own one. I know Firenze is their lighter model. But exploring the site I not only learned about the finish of the heritage xl but I’ve also found a couple in Zirconian Smooth. Anyone have any experience with that or know what it is exactly?

 

[dannyk]

Actually it just took forever to load but now I was able to load up the leathers section. Still have not experienced it firsthand if anyone has I would still be interested in their impressions of it.

 

[JMax]

I know their Comp. Weight since it’s their standard and I own one. I know Firenze is their lighter model. But exploring the site I not only learned about the finish of the heritage xl but I’ve also found a couple in Zirconian Smooth. Anyone have any experience with that or know what it is exactly?

Seems to me that it is the Z-150 / X-150 type leather. My Commando and Vest are made of this. Similar to Octagon in characteristics. I really like it the way it breaks in and looks-- all the creases, folds, shininess, etc. Really molds to your body. Much better than the Firenze stuff. Since i rode in with my Commando today i will post some pics in a bit.

 

[dannyk]

Seems to me that it is the Z-150 / X-150 type leather. My Commando and Vest are made of this. Similar to Octagon in characteristics. I really like it the way it breaks in and looks-- all the creases, folds, shininess, etc. Really molds to your body. Much better than the Firenze stuff. Since i rode in with my Commando today i will post some pics in a bit.

Vanson also makes a beautiful Cycle King repro for HD. It’s $829. And me thinks now knowing about Heritage and Zirconian leathers that it has to be one of those two. I emailed the customer service at the HD website and they responded that it was not Vansons Comp. Weight but a slightly thinner leather that was stuffed and polished to recreate that 40-50s style leather. And yes please do share some pics of that!

 

[JMax]

Vanson also makes a beautiful Cycle King repro for HD. It’s $829. And me thinks now knowing about Heritage and Zirconian leathers that it has to be one of those two. I emailed the customer service at the HD website and they responded that it was not Vansons Comp. Weight but a slightly thinner leather that was stuffed and polished to recreate that 40-50s style leather. And yes please do share some pics of that!

Yeah, I posted pics of that one last year sometime. I want it!! Looks like the same as the Commando jacket.