Melted my sleeve

[dilligaf]

Since this winter in ohio has been unusually warm, I've had the good fortune of putting a couple hundred miles on the bike. Well, after the last ride while locking the bike up with a cable lock, i brushed the sleeve of my riding jacket(Joe Rocket) against the header and melted a one inch sized hole in it. After some swearing and ranting i calmed down enough to do a closer inspection and found that it did not melt through the water proof membrane.

Question... Does anyone know of a way to patch a synthetic jacket? Maybe an iron-on cordura patch?

Thanks,
Mike

PS
D.J., Nice pics thanks, We're riding vicariously through you

[toner87]

I wouldn't recommend an iron-on patch, I just don't think it would hold. Just have your local drycleaner (they usually have a tailor/seamstress on premise) use heavy duty thread to stitch a piece of appropriate fabric over the hole. That's what I'd do anyway. Maybe you have an old cordura backpack lying around you could cut a piece out of?
T.

[DJ Downunder]

Thanks Mike......I bet that made a nice smell..

What a bugger!...I've done the same thing a few times with my leather jacket...lucky it's leather.

I would try a dry cleaner or tailer..they usually have a repair service.

DJ

[KMACR]

Guess you could always sew on a brand logo patch over it. Joe Rocket, BMW,......flames?

[challey]

They now make duct tape in black . . .
Seriously though, you can't use an iron-on patch, not because it won't hold well - they do - but because you will probably melt the nylon attaching kit.

[Ed K]

Yup, sew on a brand logo patch...

Have had the same experience and fixed it that way.

Although BMW doesn't do patches, you can find bootleg ones on eBay that look good...also BMW MOA patches if you join/are a member...as examples.

[collyers]

i brushed the sleeve of my riding jacket(Joe Rocket) against the header and melted a one inch sized hole in it

Maybe it's just me, but if you only "brushed" the sleeve against a hot spot, I hate to think what a fall might do to it. Maybe it's time & reason enough to consider a leather jacket, which will protect you 1000% compared to a 1-fall textile jacket. Just my opinion, but maybe this'll help you make a good choice about proper gear.

not for the weak of constitution - or kids

http://tinyurl.com/frfrc

[bmwdave52]

WOW!!
I'm now forever vindicated in being anal about wearing my gear all the time.

[jimcameron]

Mike

I did the exact same thing about three weeks ago......................except I wasn't wearing a jacket or long sleeve shirt at the time.......OUCH! It still is kind of a nasty pink-purple although the scabs are gone. One more scar to match a number I've received since my first in 1968 when I laid a Yamaha 125 exhaust pipe on my leg.

As far as a patch. Take a look at http://www.aerostich.com then search in the riding suits accessory section. There is a repair kit for about $15.

Good luck. Ride safe.

[GeoffJ]

I wish I burned my jacket. I got a first degree burn on my arm last summer with it contacted a hot pipe. The damaged skin still hasn't recovered.

[dilligaf]

Thanks for the replies, i think i'll go with a sewn on patch, maybe a leather one . Yes DJ the smell was bad, and yes i am considering going back to leather gear. You're right Collyers my second thought(after thinking how stupid i was), was that this stuff would not hold up well in a spill!

[priapismic]

I also burned a hole in the sleeve of a cordura jacket when I absent-mindedly let it touch a hot exhaust can. I used an iron-on patch to cover it, BUT, you gotta be real, real careful doing this repair. Too much heat in the iron WILL melt the remaining cordura. Use an iron on permanent press setting, use a light touch, move quickly, and if you're real careful, you'll have an acceptable repair.

Years ago, when I was a n00b and didn't have enough sense to always wear the right gear, I took a girl (eventually to become my wife) for a ride, and she wore shorts. In dismounting she somehow managed to touch the inside of her lower leg against a hot exhaust pipe. That was one nasty burn - second degree, huge painful blister, then it got infected and had to be treated with some super antibiotic .... We both learned from that experience, now it's ATGATT!

[leno]

i brushed the sleeve of my riding jacket(Joe Rocket) against the header and melted a one inch sized hole in it

Maybe it's just me, but if you only "brushed" the sleeve against a hot spot, I hate to think what a fall might do to it. Maybe it's time & reason enough to consider a leather jacket, which will protect you 1000% compared to a 1-fall textile jacket. Just my opinion, but maybe this'll help you make a good choice about proper gear.

not for the weak of constitution - or kids

http://tinyurl.com/frfrc

As a year round rider I would never considure leather in winter. It does not keep you dry and it does not keep you warm. The crash protection is less but I always make sure my textiles are fully armored.

Not sure how you could fix the jacket without damageing the lining but perhaps you might try the patches that they fix rubber boats with. If it can stop one of them sinking perhaps it will keep you dry too.