KADOYA leather jacket Yohoyama story biker best edition

KADOYA leather jacket Yohoyama story biker best edition

"There are two kinds of people. Those who ride motorcycles and those who don't."

When I think of vests, I always think of the Motorcycle Club (hereafter MC).

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photograph (main cut) : Fumiharu Kanazawa
text : James Sekijima
model : Yota Matsui
Special thanks to TT & Company

Selfish thoughts on the reason for the existence of the vest

The beginning is Japan's most famous summary of motorcycle riding, but the speaker is the boss of Japan's original MC. If so, I would like to actively think that this word (regardless of the true meaning) must also be a proud formula of "MC → kanban or color → best".

To put it plainly, kanban or color is a unique symbol for MC, and the vest as a receiver of that symbol is also true.

On the other hand, the second point would be its performance. Even the vests that used to be flimsy or G-jeans cut-off, just wearing one of them gave me a completely different warmth, and above all, it was full of the most important performance, a sense of security. If so, it goes without saying that it is a vest made of high quality and thick leather these days. As long as the bad habit of Japanese people who pursue it too much and end up putting the cart before the horse is revealed, I think the vest is a very compatible item for bikers.

Don't think so hard!?

Well, that's certainly true, but I interpreted another statement of the boss in my own way and answered, "I'm not a biker because I ride a motorcycle, but I'm a biker because I think in the spirit of a motorcycle rider." In light of the fact that the best is a material that is worth considering, I would like to get on with it for now.

Well, it's such a vest, but these days, the so-called club vest is very popular. When I went to Sturgis at the end of the 20th century, when I went to Sturgis in the late 20th century, when I went to Sturgis, the MCs of my home country wore this style of vest, which can be said to be a cut-off leather version of the past (although it still exists today). (probably made by Orchard or Natal Leather), I remember being impressed and thought, "How cool." I think this is a reasonable phenomenon if you are asking the best for the second reason mentioned above. The cut-off type is certainly better in terms of performance than the waistcoat type with an open chest.

However, the best also has a primary meaning. No, even if you don't wear Kanban or color (= don't belong to MC), if you think that the vest exists as a symbol of "a guy who rides a motorcycle" at the beginning (this is the reason for the existence of the vest for bikers) Third sense), whatever the shape, the best should be our absolute companion. It should be proof of the spirit of a motorcycle rider.

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Suitable for spring and summer by squeezing the lace-up on both sides

By squeezing the lace-up (6-hole grommets and leather straps) equipped on both sides, you can wear it in a tight fit without flapping even in the season of light clothing such as T-shirts and work shirts.

Loose lace up for layering

On the other hand, if you loosen the lace up and adjust it, you can coordinate it with a thick leather jacket with just the right fit. The V zone on the neck has a well-balanced pattern cut that can be matched with double riders.