Originally Posted by Del La Sol 1320

I had a crash a few years back that illustrated for me the difference between leather and textile. Guy lost a wheelie right next to me and his bike went under mine, so we both crashed at the same time, same place, same speed. My leather jacket just had some scuffs on it, you would never have guessed it went down that hard, you would probably think I brushed a wall walking or something, other than the armor being ripped and crushed while doing its job you could wear it again no problem. His textile jacket on the other hand looked like it had been dragged underneath a car for an hour, the arm was literally ripped off and hanging on by a few threads, and it just had huge rips and tears everywhere. Now granted this is comparing a really nice Vanson leather jacket to a average or so Joe Rocket textile jacket, but still there different was so huge that it convinced me never to wear anything but leather.

Of course textile is better than nothing, but you can get leather for pretty cheap so if you can afford it its no question at all really, and in my experience a good perforated leather jacket is no hotter than a textile jacket despite people's concerns.