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I'm not sure if I ever posted about this, but last summer I had been out on a ride in Maine and when I got back to Bridgton, I threw my Vanson Avenger jacket over the passenger side rail of my Ridgeline.
2 hours later, I hopped in the truck to go to dinner and it flew off along the way.
Stupid, certainly, but what's worse is the sentimental value. It was 25 years old, so old that when I bought it, they were still located in Stoughton, MA. It had accompanied me faithfully on most of my miles since 1998.
I threw up a few posts to local pages and a woman recalls seeing it, but did not stop. someone did, and it's been there's theirs ever since...
I replaced it with a Rev'It textile jacket, but it wasn't the same.
Eagerly anticipating the arrival of my 2025 Triumph Thruxton FE sometime this spring, and being in the Fall River area last Wednesday, I popped into the shop. The Avenger is gone, a custom item if I want to wait. But I did walk out with a brand new Manx jacket. It's not armored, but it fits perfectly and just instantly feels "right."
The quality is very much the same. If my ever more addled brain doesn't lose it, it will outlast me.