A Scooter Jacket Is Essential

One of Your Most Important Gas Scooter Accessories

The right scooter jacket is one of the essential gas scooter accessories for protection from both danger and the elements.

A few jacket options for scooter riders...

When you ride a scooter, it's important to be protected. The right scooter clothing is not just in the realm of gas scooter accessories. Rather, jackets and shoes, among other items, are essential to your safety and comfort when riding.

At the very least, the jacket you ride when scooting should be of a densely woven fabric, or even better, of leather. It should have long sleeves, zip or snap closed and cover your waist area completely.

This will help protect you from wind, rain, and mild abrasions in the event of a fall. Even better might be padding or what is called "armor" to protect you from a high-speed fall onto pavement.

Scooter Jacket Materials

Traditional motorcycle and scooter jackets are made of leather, usually black, in a variety of styles, most of which include ample metal accents.

But today's man-made materials, such as cordura nylon, can offer lighter weight and just as good protection. They also come in a wider variety of colors and styles.

One of the downsides of scooter jackets is their prices. It's nothing to spend $100 to $300 on a moderate to high quality jacket. Now, I know the value you get is probably worth it, provided you have that kind of cash. I didn't... especially right after buying my scooter.

But it WAS important to me to be safe and comfortable (since I started riding in the fall). So, I started out with a heavy denim jacket, which isn't a bad choice, but those kinds of jackets aren't really that much in style these days and kind of hard to find... at least here in Boise.

My next find... for a mere $39 on sale... was a Carhart jacket constructed of a heavy canvas material with a wonderfully soft and snuggly fleece lining. This has turned out to be a perfect choice for me... at least in terms of comfort for the fall into winter transition.

I think the heavy canvas will protect me pretty well in case I ever fall or have an accident too.

In the end, you'll need to find the scooter jacket that is right for you.