That's great, good on you.

(I'm not being sarcastic)

I'm 5'10 and about 12 stones.

I'm the one on the left.

do you meen on your left .. guess who's me?

That's a tricky one....

Would you be the one wearing the "up yours" t-shirt?

yah, in order, we have blackhat twowheels cynic airhead aka oldgitonabike me and a dude from the twostroke club.

Thanks, it's always nice to be able to put a face to a name.

so? now that i seen your skinny little frame,, what size jacket did you order? small

Large 'cause medium is too small.

ah, you see ? the sizing in motorcycle jackets ain't normal? they go up to 6 x extra large.im a xl,

but if i buy a motorcycle jacket i get a 4x .they fit me like a xl from debenhams.

confused , yea and so was i. try one on in your local then buy on line.

Thanks for the advice, I will next time I buy one that I can find in a local shop.

Also, I might as well buy it in the shop then.

no because you can always find it cheaper online.

this is why shops are closing down so much.

no because you can always find it cheaper online.

I normally try and get the shop to lower the price to approach the online one.

I'd rather buy locally if they are willing to accommodate me.

me to, they always get the option to match an online price,unfortunately they never can.

over heads you see.

I normally give them a ~5% margin over online prices.

Sorry, I forgot to update this thread.

I did receive the second jacket and it's a great fit.

It is still fairly tight but not uncomfortably so.

Now only time will tell whether it "works".