Phoenix 3.0 jacket

[R6ixers]

Looking to get a warm weather jacket. Thinking about the Joe Rocket
Phoenix 3.0 Mesh Jacket. Anyone have any experience with this jacket, pros/cons.

[TZRaceR6]

Here's an example of what happened to me wearing a JR Phoenix jacket. Remember if it is made of polyester (like the JR Phoenix is) it tends to burn really easy. Joe Rocket is crap. Avoid it like the plague. I now have a very nice looking skingraft scar almost 2 years after these were taken to remind me of how awesome the JR Pheonix jacket works. Good luck to you if you get one.

[R6ixers]

pictures speak louder than words no JR phoenix for me. Man u got FUCKED up

[Taos1]

holy shit... Good enough excuse for me too to find another jacket. I got the JR Phoenix jacket also. Time to look for some perforated leathers.

TZRaceR6, what were you wearing for pants?

[TZRaceR6]

The story goes, that I was on my way to the gym wearing my Dainese race gloves, Shoei RF-900 helmet, JR jacket, workout pants and tennis shoes. Only had to go 3 miles, it was a summer day, no rain, and it was hot so I put my leather jacket down and wore the JR mesh jacket.

When I was about a half mile from the gym, a Pizza Hut delivery guy decides that stop signs don't apply to him and runs right through it. I see him do it and only had one choice which was to lay my Ducati 748 down and hope for the best.

Needless to say, the jacket tore in places, right at the seams, and then I ended up under the car and the radiator of his Ford Focus burned right through my jacket, shirt and skin. Wouldn't have been so bad, but as I later found out, the jacket is made of polyester, which melts when any heat is applied to it, like say if you slid down the road and/or had a radiator laying across it. So, the jacket melted into my skin. Luckily for me, I was under during the surgery as they scrapped all the dead tissue AND pieces of the melted jacket out from my body.

So boys and girls, why anyone would make safety gear out of a flammable material is beyond me???

[linjy2]

ack, this thread needs a warning.

but other than that, i thought they put polyestor just for customs or something? but infact they use some other material? i remember reading about that somewhere.

basically the jacket would have done its job but it got melted by the radiator. wouldnt any mesh or textile do the same?

i think mesh will hold up fine up to 40-50mph, because i tested at 35mph tracking the pocketbike and still holds up fine. your problem was it got melted, i think anything plastic related would melt.

i still ride with mesh and leather depending on weather.