Thomas Koehle
Well-Known Member
Gentlemen,
I initially owned a G1 size 46 outta the first production run already but had to send her back in due to some issues with the zipper
Although the jacket was pretty well worn already Morten offered my either to give me a discount on the old jacket and provide a new zipper (improved run) or - if I wanna wait - one of their "improved" G1`s out of the latest production batch
well I decided to go with the new production run ...
"old" version front
new version front
old version back (zipped)
new version back (zipped)
new version unzipped
The easiest differences to recognize is the graining of the leather and color of both mouton and knitting
the knitting is now brighter and no longer as strong as on the initial version - feels and looks better to me now and still strong and durable enough also for motorbike tours - downside the sleeve-knits have a seam right now which I was told was not the case with originals?
the leather seems to be softer to me than on the 1st jacket I had and the graining / structure looks a bit more uneven which is more attractive to me coz looks more natural - color is a thad darker
even though I haven`t worn her daily she is already developing "personality" on the sleeves which I really like
bottom line for me: the only thing I liked more with the jacket of the 1st production batch was the mouton collar - looks too plain to me on the replacement jacket - but overall I like the "NEW" G1 more than my first one ...
All is just my subjective impression / opinion ...
Finally: if you get a brandnew G1 from AVI avoid to wear white shirts underneath for the first couple of times, I had a pretty remarkable color-transfer from the liner to my shirt
Thomas
I initially owned a G1 size 46 outta the first production run already but had to send her back in due to some issues with the zipper
Although the jacket was pretty well worn already Morten offered my either to give me a discount on the old jacket and provide a new zipper (improved run) or - if I wanna wait - one of their "improved" G1`s out of the latest production batch
well I decided to go with the new production run ...
"old" version front
new version front
old version back (zipped)
new version back (zipped)
new version unzipped
The easiest differences to recognize is the graining of the leather and color of both mouton and knitting
the knitting is now brighter and no longer as strong as on the initial version - feels and looks better to me now and still strong and durable enough also for motorbike tours - downside the sleeve-knits have a seam right now which I was told was not the case with originals?
the leather seems to be softer to me than on the 1st jacket I had and the graining / structure looks a bit more uneven which is more attractive to me coz looks more natural - color is a thad darker
even though I haven`t worn her daily she is already developing "personality" on the sleeves which I really like
bottom line for me: the only thing I liked more with the jacket of the 1st production batch was the mouton collar - looks too plain to me on the replacement jacket - but overall I like the "NEW" G1 more than my first one ...
All is just my subjective impression / opinion ...
Finally: if you get a brandnew G1 from AVI avoid to wear white shirts underneath for the first couple of times, I had a pretty remarkable color-transfer from the liner to my shirt
Thomas
