{"product_id":"1973-tt-leathers-easy-rider-motorcycle-jacket-barnard-castle","title":"Vintage 1973 TT Leathers Easy Rider Motorcycle Jacket, Agnewtree Ltd, Barnard Castle","description":"\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e1973 TT Leathers motorcycle racing jacket in original wearable condition. Fifty years on a bike. The stripe is intact, the Clix hardware runs throughout, and the lining carries the road inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe hide is black and close-grained. Across the back it has held well, deep and even, the surface largely unbroken. Across the shoulders, chest and arms it has settled permanently into the shape of a rider leaning forward, the creases fixed by decades of the same position over the same machine. This is not surface wear. It is the jacket remembering its owner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eTT Leathers was founded by enduro rider Len Thwaites in Barnard Castle, County Durham, and operated under the name Agnewtree Ltd. In 1973, the year this jacket was made, the company was at the height of its early output, producing serious riding gear for serious riders, in a town that had no business making motorcycle clothing and did it anyway. The quality of the hide in the early jackets is consistently noted by collectors. This is one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThree separate strips of coloured leather, white, red, blue, are stitched flush to the body, running diagonally from the right shoulder to the lower left hem. The same sequence wraps the left sleeve at the bicep. The style drew directly from the jacket Peter Fonda wore in Easy Rider, which by 1973 had moved fully from cinema into the visual language of British motorcycling. Lewis Leathers released their Racing Jacket No. 442 the same year on the same template. The colours on this jacket have held. The strips are sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe cut is racing short, pulled tight at the waist by a strap and buckle adjuster at each side of the hem. Both are original and functional. The hardware throughout is Clix, aluminium-toothed and correct for the period, running cleanly on every closure. Front zip, chest pocket, lower pockets, cuff zips. New-England press studs at the collar. Nothing replaced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOpen it and the lining is duck-egg blue, a plain satin weave, original. The fabric has darkened and mottled across the upper back and shoulders where oil and road residue has soaked through the leather and settled into the weave over decades. It has not moved evenly. It has pooled and shifted in irregular patches, heavier at the shoulder blades, lighter toward the lower back, the accumulated record of fifty years between a rider and a machine. The sleeves carry the same saturation, darkest at the top where contact with the leather was greatest. The inner collar is original suede, conditioned and supple, aged to a deep ochre. This is what the inside of a seriously ridden jacket looks like and it has not been touched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe leather is sound. No cracking, no structural failure, no seam that has given. Wear is present, honest, and concentrated where it should be. The jacket has been professionally cleaned and conditioned in the workshop and every zip has been refurbished and waxed to run cleanly from end to end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOriginal Clix hardware throughout. Tricolour racing stripe complete and strong. Duck-egg lining behind near-black leather, carrying everything the previous owner left in it. These things do not arrive together often.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e1973 TT Leathers motorcycle racing jacket, made by Agnewtree Ltd, Barnard Castle, County Durham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDense close-grained leather, near-black throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTricolour racing stripe, white, red, blue, original, diagonal from right shoulder to lower left hem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMatching tricolour stripe to left sleeve at bicep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eRacing short cut with waist adjuster straps and buckles at each side of hem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eConstruction consistent with Lewis Leathers Racing Jacket No. 442 of the same year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eOriginal Clix aluminium zips throughout, front, chest pocket, lower pockets, cuffs, professionally refurbished and waxed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eNew-England press studs at collar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePlain satin weave lining in duck-egg blue, original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSuede inner collar, original, conditioned and supple, aged to deep ochre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eOil saturation to lining consistent with fifty years of road use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eProfessionally cleaned and conditioned in workshop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAll hardware original and functional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGarment Measurements (Laid Flat)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eChest (armpit to armpit): 20\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eShoulders (seam to seam): 17.3\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSleeve length (underarm seam to cuff): 16.5\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSleeve length (shoulder to cuff): 22.5\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eBack length (collar seam to hem): 24\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eHem: 17.5\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBest suited to a 38\" chest slim fitting. Please compare with a similar garment to ensure an accurate fit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revive Restore Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54373422989635,"sku":"EB5058","price":795.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/2232\/7107\/files\/IMG_8477.jpg?v=1776850989","url":"https:\/\/reviverestorevintage.co.uk\/products\/1973-tt-leathers-easy-rider-motorcycle-jacket-barnard-castle","provider":"Revive \u0026 Restore Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}