Excellent summer jacket

Bought this jacket for a trip through France and Spain to Ibiza. Just arrived and pleased to report it worked brilliantly! It is as lightweight as you can go whilst still offering proper protection, the wind whips right through it once you are moving and it is really comfortable over just a tee shirt. It is so cool that it is uncomfortably cold when the air temp is below 20C, so I wore a waterproof jacket over the top for the UK leg and first French leg of my journey. Thereafter I couldn't have asked for anything better. Rode in temps up to 37C and whilst it was warm it was far from unbearable. The jacket has no inside pockets, but does have two front pockets and a large horizontal pocket on the back like a cyclists top. With the padding out it also went through the washing machine fine at 30C. Very pleased with this purchase.

Really lovely ladies motorbike jacket

Saw this in a motorcycle shop selling at over £200. Absolutely loved it but wasn't prepared to pay the price when you have to get the armour separately. Just to torture myself a bit more checked with sportsbike....£89.99. I'm usually a size 10 - 12 in tops. Bought the size 12 coat and the size 12 armour shirt and they are perfect. I can even squeeze my keiss heated jacket on over the armour and under the coat. Really well made. Looks lovely which is great as most motorbike clothing is not very feminine. Comfortable, waterproof and breathable. Sportsbike were superb as usual, highly recommended.

Lovely jacket, let down by the odd detail or two

This is a smart and comfortable jacket with plenty of features that make it very versatile. I bought it as a summer jacket for shorter trips rather than as a four-season garment. For that (and I do a lot of low single-digit riding), you would need to tog up with quite a bit of base and mid-layering as this has no thermal lining. It is windproof, though. However, there's a couple of points that you need to note. As a previous reviewer noted, "there's a lot going on around the cuffs with the duel fit zip system and the winter cuff inserts". In fact, there's so much going on that I for one cannot use the adjusting tab because the tab has to go across the zip on the inside of the arm to connect to the poppers. Even with the winter cuff inserts removed, the inside of the cuff gets very compressed and untidy if you try to tighten it up. This is because the zip, which is there for the commendable purpose of accommodating an armoured undershirt, is quite substantial. Note that this jacket has no armour, it is meant to be worn with a separate shirt. Knox make their own, obviously, but I imagine that the Forcefield sport shirts would also do the job. As another reviewer has noted, the sizing is not entirely what you might expect. I have tried various Knox jackets on and have noted that my usual medium size is fine around the chest and shoulders but the sleeves are too short. I thus went for the larger version and the sleeves are perfect and the rest of the jacket is fine too, albeit a tad looser than what I normally go for. With an armoured undershirt it will be fine. Note also that the zips are stiffer than on other manufacturers' garments with which I am familiar, but they are watertight (outside chest pockets) and robust. All in all, very pleased.