Cortech by Tour Master FSX Textile Jacket

The FSX jacket offers sharp styling and very good convenience features for street or touring riders. The price is good too! This jacket has more storage than most “sport styles. There are two front hand warmer pockets, one vertical chest pocket and a large rear fanny pouch too. For crash protection you get CE “turtle shell” type armor in the shoulders and elbows and a foam back protector. And for colder weather, you can use the removable full sleeve insulated liner. The jacket has extensive zippered venting on the front and rear, but the inside jacket lining is the “waterproof” barrier in this jacket, so being a solid material, it will not allow air to pass through from the zippered vents to your skin. The air coming in the vents will pass between the outer shell and the inside lining and provide some cooling, but it won’t be the same as other vented jackets where the air comes all the way through the inner lining (usually nylon mesh) and passes over your skin. The upside to this kind of design though is that the waterproof capabilities of the jacket are greater than with jackets that have zippered vents that pass all the way through the jacket. Those jackets have flaps and waterproof zippers and such but are prone to leakage. Anyway, consider this jacket to be a great choice for cold to mild weather and wet conditions, but when it gets hot, you’ll be coming back to buy a mesh style :) Take the “View Larger Pictures” link above to see some good close-up pictures of the features of this jacket.