Motorcycle Leather: A Purchasing Guide For Leather Motorcycle Apparel



The most common material for motorcycle leather is cowhide, chosen for its strength and durability. Buffalo hide, another high quality leather, is made not from the U.S. buffalo, but the water buffalo most commonly found in India and Pakistan. Many leather products come from this part of the world, and the Pakistanis are world renown for their expertise in the manufacturing of leather garments. Whichever type of hide you choose, you must understand the tanning process, and how it adds or detracts from the quality of the leather.



Leather was of course once the skin of an animal, and therefore must go through a tanning process to strengthen it, and to keep it from...
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