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Why is this in my Icon jacket?

All praises be to Lovecraft.
If you pray and are good you will be him in his house at R'lyeh.
In his house at R'lyeh dead C'thulhu waits dreaming, amen.
 
Well Icon claims that... You seem to take my comment pretty seriously, do you work for them or are you in the industry?

I am all for riders wearing Icon rather than nothing but it doesn't mean I can't poke fun of the brand's hype and "gangster" persona.

budbandit said:
Yes it is "hilarious" until you reflect upon the fact that they are the first who took truly cutting edge graphical design and street esthetics and translated it into fat margins, huge profits and became the envy of the rest of the industry. And guess what? Some of their stuff is actually pretty good, although sadly some of the most fun gear with the demons and skulls and shit is hugely overpriced, at least for a product cycle or two, after which it tends to get marked down to more reasonable, less premium levels more in line with the actual BOM. Seems many of their leather jackets go thru a $600 > $450 > $300 evolution as the older designs age and are replaced by newer designs. Largely same materials and engineering, but different graphics allow huge premiums.

Have you not noticed how just about all the other gear makers have taken to copying them? Regardless of whether or not you think a bunch of wanna be hoods and thugs with tactical vests, baggy pants and LP enfucked bikes are Straight Outta Compton or Straight Outta the Toolbox, Icon is setting the pace and the others are, regardless of their merit, playing "me too" going after the lucrative market niche that these bright boys have carved out.
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Whatever it is, it is religious, like an ICON, and the ACLU needs to work.
Make the call.

Me, I would just tuck it back into the little pocket, zip it up and go for a ride.
 
QuaiChangKane said:
:rolleyes

I'm sure that if you read the fine print either in the gear or in the product literature that you'd find the same statement from most other motorcycle gear manufacturers.

Here's a quote from the tag in my Motorhead jacket:


This means that the gear has not been crash tested to meet any safety gear regulations, so ICON will not accept any liability if a rider crashes in their gear and gets injured. Does anyone have evidence that any motorcycle gear manufacturer crash tests their gear to any standard or certifies a level of minimum liability regarding crash protection?

The armor is CE approved, but there really is, AFAIK, no regulations or testing procedures outside of OSHA, ANSI, or other workplace regulations regarding PPE (other than helmets) in the US. Shock lanyards and safety harnesses, hard hats, steel-toed boots, protective eye wear, kevlar gloves, etc. - these are designed to protect the user from a defined hazard, and are certified to do so. Motorcycle gear, on the other hand, can not physically be designed to protect the user from all types of potential hazards all the time, and is not considered to be PPE by any type of legal specification.

The jacket is 1.4mm cowhide, double and triple stitched, has CE armor where it counts, is comfortable and was reasonably priced. Even high-end gear fails under certain circumstances, so I wouldn't talk trash about ICON even if I wasn't a customer - funny how a culture like ours that stomps all over misinformation regarding riding technique allows the spreading of misinformation regarding riding gear, typically coming from those with no experience with the product...

:thumbdown



-Q!
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go ahead and try to find a manufacture that had a tag anywhere near the wording that the icon tags had, i can tell you right now you wont. how do i know that? i used to work in a shop selling gear and wrenching on bikes and when we originally found the icon tags we couldnt believe it either. Im not saying that icon gear is bad by anymeans, I know alot of riders that are sponsered by them and they love the stuff. hell id rock some of the gear they make "NOW".
 
what the frack you freaks!
I don't care if you uber religous or gods gift to atheism:
They put the Wrong Freakin' Saint in their jackets.

St. Columbanus is the patron Saint of Motorcylists.
 

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Moike said:
All I can really say I guess, is that if you can ride and say you have no little glimmer of some hint of a sparkle of some belief in a higher power to pray to... Be it in the traditional book form or something you made up on your own one day when you were bored and the power was out, Then...

You've never really and truly braked way too late... Or really -really- overcooked a corner, or found yourself in a sudden traction optional situation with wheels pointed in directions and angles in no way relative to what inertia has to say about things....

...and made it out the other side on the rubber and unscathed.

These things will make you at least believe in some form of patron saint of fools and do-overs.
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It depends. You get away with too much, or feel like you -should- be dead or (I'm optimistic) you're lucky to be alive, then it can develop in to more of a Fuck The World attitude. Whatever the case, I think having more of an optimistic and confident attitude, whether that be through trinkets or OCD, is ultimately beneficial to the motorcyclist.

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Hellfish_Monkey said:
Can't we all just get along?



Hmm... is it just me, or does that image look more like Cthulhu than it does St Christopher?

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Haha, nice work!


And the medal is nothing like drilldo-ing a hog with a Jew's toothbrush and not telling him. To an athiest, it shouldn't matter. You may have religios friends. If someone tells you they'll keep you in their prayers, are you going to go off on them and bitch them out? Have them served the next day?

Honestly, I can't imagine any level-headed person doing more than a little "huh." upon discovery of said medallion, other than MAYBE cutting it off. Unless you're the type to punt-cunch old grannies for saying "bless you" when you sneeze all over them on BART.:rolleyes
 
I'm an atheist, the St Chris medal don't bother me!

A little strange, but it's cool.

I would expect an anti-sausage creature medal of original design would be much cooler though.
 
Bordiga said:
Well Icon claims that... You seem to take my comment pretty seriously, do you work for them or are you in the industry?

I am all for riders wearing Icon rather than nothing but it doesn't mean I can't poke fun of the brand's hype and "gangster" persona.
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Please show us this "ganster persona" you speak of in their advertising.

Is it Jason Britten?
 
HEH! i just realized the charms my lady friend gave me is adorned with the image of st.christopher.
 
Hey Gabe nice article. "Because!"? "Go complain to your mom" :rofl I guess we have the same attitude. Does this mean in a photo journalist now? I also added it to Stumble upon for more to find.
 
socialDK said:
Does this mean in a photo journalist now?
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This depends. Are you totally incapable of doing anything else? Have you ever been escorted out of a building by armed security? Can you unflinchingly order room service at a 5-star resort? Do you think having to pay for tires is an injustice? Do you own more than 6 pairs of Piloti driving shoes?

If you answered yes to more than 3 questions, you may be a moto-journalist...
 
CABilly said:
Honestly, I can't imagine any level-headed person doing more than a little "huh." upon discovery of said medallion, other than MAYBE cutting it off. Unless you're the type to punt-cunch old grannies for saying "bless you" when you sneeze all over them on BART.:rolleyes
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I once pulled an old lady out of the way of a speeding truck, but when she said "bless you, sonny!" I punted her taco back to the diamond lane.

I'm an atheist, I had to do it.

:twofinger
 
Moike said:
All I can really say I guess, is that if you can ride and say you have no little glimmer of some hint of a sparkle of some belief in a higher power to pray to... Be it in the traditional book form or something you made up on your own one day when you were bored and the power was out, Then...

You've never really and truly braked way too late... Or really -really- overcooked a corner, or found yourself in a sudden traction optional situation with wheels pointed in directions and angles in no way relative to what inertia has to say about things....

...and made it out the other side on the rubber and unscathed.

These things will make you at least believe in some form of patron saint of fools and do-overs.
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I pray to the almighty Osh Itt. You invoke him by saying his name rapidly, thrice, and then stating your desire. E.g., "OshitoshitoshitIhopeImakeitoutofthisalive!"
 
'Resurrecting' this particular Icon thread seemed to make the most sense :laughing

So being one month new into motorcycling and, subsequently, this forum... i've been noticing a fair amount of mockery toward the brand. One of the jackets I bought was an Icon Contra (textile), in part because I liked its looks... but it does have CE elbows and shoulders, plus I wasn't aware of the squid stigma that was attached to the brand during my online shopping spree(s)

So is that it then? Am I wearing a scarlet "I" in the eyes of the other riders on the road when I rock this thing? As if my squidish parking through twisties wasn't eyeroll-worthy enough. :applause :|

I guess I really don't care all that much... the jacket is comfortable, functional and stylish imo. But it would be interesting to know what the current consensus is toward Icon jacket quality today...

Anyway, this thread is a fuggin riot and definitely worth the read. :twofinger
 
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