Waterproof Motorcycle Jackets
For commuting and long-distance riding in the rain.
- Waterproof membrane
- Storm flap and sealed pockets
- Adjustable cuffs
Custom Waterproof Motorcycle Riding Gear Built for Wind-Driven Rain
Every waterproof garment works in a shower test. The difference shows up at 100 km/h in rain that is not falling but arriving horizontally — finding the gap behind a collar, the underside of a cuff, the top of a pocket, and the one seam somebody decided did not need taping.
Waterproof gear range
Custom Waterproof Motorcycle Riding Gear Collection
Waterproof jackets, pants, rain suits and packable outer layers developed for touring, commuting and wet-weather motorcycle programs.
Waterproof Motorcycle Pants
For riders who need the lower half as dry as the jacket.
- Waterproof riding construction
- Optional pre-curved knees
- Optional boot-opening adjusters and jacket connection zip
One-Piece Motorcycle Rain Suits
For carrying on the bike and pulling on when rain arrives without warning.
- One-piece lightweight rain shell
- No waist gap for water to get in
- Packs small to carry on the bike
Two-Piece Motorcycle Rain Sets
For riders who want a rain jacket and rain pants they can wear together or on their own.
- Separate rain jacket and rain pants
- Quick to put on and take off
- Worn alone or together as the weather needs
Packable Rain Covers
For adding rain protection to the hands and feet.
- Motorcycle glove covers
- Boot covers
- Pull on over existing gloves and boots
Who buys waterproof gear from a factory: brands, fleets, dealers and touring groups
Four buyers, all judging the same garment on the worst day of the year.
Riding-gear brands
Need a laminate range that performs consistently and can be explained to a customer standing in a shop.
Wants · explainable performance
Courier and delivery fleets
Buy for people who ride in rain daily and will file a complaint the first time a shoulder wets out.
Wants · no wet shoulders
Dealers with their own label
Want one honest rain piece in the range rather than three optimistic ones that all get returned.
Wants · one piece that holds up
Touring clubs and operators
Order for long days where getting wet in hour two means being cold for eight more.
Wants · hour eight, not hour two
Laminated or drop liner: where the membrane sits
Both keep a rider dry in a test. Only one keeps a rider dry and light after two hours — and that is the honest basis for choosing.
| Laminated | Drop liner | |
|---|---|---|
| Shell wets out less; garment stays lighter | Outer soaks before the membrane works | |
| Still close to dry weight | Noticeably heavier, even with a dry rider | |
| Thinner assembly, less forgiving of a bad seam | Cheaper and more flexible in production | |
| Riders out in rain for hours | Occasional rain, price-led ranges |
How to check itAsk which one it is, in writing. A supplier who answers "waterproof membrane" without saying which construction has answered a different question.
Taped seams, and what “fully taped” should mean
A needle makes a hole every few millimetres. Critically taped means the main seams; fully taped means all of them — both exist, and only one is usually what a customer assumes they bought.
01
Tape width
Against · the seam allowanceToo narrow and the stitch line is not covered; too wide and it bunches on a curve.
02
Bond settings
Recorded · per fabricTemperature and pressure written down per fabric, not carried over from the last job.
03
Tape ends
Where · tape lifts firstThe ends of each run are the first thing to peel, so they are finished rather than trimmed.
04
Crossings
Where · flat tests pass and fields leakWhere two taped seams meet, the tape has to bridge a step. This is the one that catches people out.
The eight places water actually gets in
Scroll: they light up in the order water finds them. None of them is the middle of a panel — and a garment is only as waterproof as the worst one.
The order they light up
Not the order they appear on a spec sheet — the order water actually finds them on a moving bike: over the helmet first, then the zip, then everything the airflow drives it into.
- 01Collar and neck gapWater runs off a helmet straight into the opening. Needs height, a close fit and a storm flap behind the zip.
- 02Main zipA zip is not waterproof by itself. Storm flap outside, inside, or both.
- 03CuffsHands are forward and low, so water runs down the sleeve to the wrist. The closure matters more than the sleeve.
- 04Pocket openingsA flap facing the wrong way turns a pocket into a funnel at speed.
- 05Vent zipsA vent is a deliberate hole. Waterproof zips or storm flaps — not open mesh backing.
- 06Hem and backWater runs off the back and onto the seat. Hem shape and drawcord decide where it goes.
- 07Seam crossingsWhere two taped seams meet, as above.
- 08Any untaped needle holeIncluding logo stitching — which is why decoration on a laminate is transferred, never sewn.
As good as
the worst one
the worst one
A specification that lists a membrane rating and stops there has described the easy part.
Breathability, and the honest version of the trade-off
A rider who is wet from the inside is still wet
Waterproof and breathable pull against each other, and any garment is a position between them. Riding makes it harder: the rider is working, the air is moving over the outside, and the temperature gap that drives moisture out changes every few minutes.
- A jacket sealed enough for a monsoon is one you overheat in on a city commute.
- That is why vents exist — and why their position is a design decision rather than a feature-list item.
How to check itAsk where the vents are and how they close. Vents that only work unzipped in the rain are decoration.
Vents that work in rain, which is the difficult version
Opening a hole in a waterproof garment is easy. Opening one that still keeps water out, in the airflow of a riding position, is not.
Chest and back exhaust
Placed · so air flows throughPositioned so air actually crosses the body rather than entering a dead pocket and sitting there.
Arm vents
Placed · where the airflow already isIn the airflow at speed, and out of the path of water running down the sleeve towards the cuff.
Waterproof zips or flaps
Closed · and forgottenSo a vent can be shut and stop being a hole — which is the entire difference between a vent and a leak.
8WAYS INNone of them is the middle of a panel
4TAPE CHECKSWidth, settings, ends, crossings
2CONSTRUCTIONSLaminate or drop liner, stated in writing
0NEEDLE HOLESThrough the membrane, including logos
Layers and linings: what comes out and what stays
A touring garment is worn in four seasons, and the layers are what make that possible
A removable thermal liner turns one jacket into two garments — but only if the outer fits properly without it. The common failure is a jacket cut around the liner: with it removed the garment is loose, flaps at speed and lets water in at the cuffs.
- The pattern is built for the outer alone, and the liner is fitted inside that — not the other way round.
- Attachment points are placed so they do not pull the outer out of shape when the liner is in.
How to check itTake the liner out and ride. If the jacket suddenly feels like a tent, it was cut around the liner.
Armor pockets that never become holes in the membrane
Pockets are holes in an inner layer, and they have to stay there
Shoulder, elbow and back pockets sit inside the garment, and their construction has to keep every needle hole out of the membrane layer. On a laminate this is one of the two or three decisions that separate a factory that has made waterproof gear from one that has made jackets.
- Pockets built into the liner side wherever the construction allows it.
- Taped where a pocket must cross a waterproof layer, with the crossing treated like any other seam crossing.
- Positions still set on the block in the riding position, so the pad stays over the joint.
How to check itAsk how armor pockets are attached on a laminated shell. The answer should not contain the word "stitched" without the word "taped" beside it.
Why this one separates factoriesA pocket is a small, ordinary piece of construction, and on a non-waterproof jacket nobody thinks about it twice. On a laminate it is a decision with a consequence three layers away, and it is made at pattern stage or not at all — which is why it is a better question to ask a supplier than anything about the membrane itself.
Two tests, two documents, two owners
A spray test proves the fabric. Only a garment test proves the garment — and they are two different documents from two different people.
Fabric ratings come from the mill and describe a piece of fabric, not your jacket. A garment is checked as a garment: water directed at the collar, the cuffs and the pockets from the angles a rider meets them, with the garment on a form in a riding position rather than flat on a bench.
We do not publish a waterproof rating as if it were ours. The fabric figures belong to the mill's test report, which we can pass on. The garment-level claims that go on your packaging should come from a test you commission and own.
What each document actually covers
- The mill's report covers a piece of fabric under laboratory conditions — useful, and not a statement about your collar.
- A garment test covers the assembly: seams, crossings, closures and the eight points, in the position they are used in.
Two questions, two documentsAsk for the mill's fabric report, and ask separately who tested the finished garment. A supplier who answers both with one number has answered neither.
Garment and hours in the rain
Tell us how long your riders are out in it, and we will tell you which build
Decoration on waterproof gear: transfer, never stitch
Every embroidery stitch is a hole through the laminate, so marks on waterproof shells are heat transfers — four films, each pressed with settings recorded per fabric.
PU cut vinylNames, numbers and single-colour marks; thin and mattestandard
Printed transferFull-colour artwork with gradients thread cannot holdfull colour
Reflective transferHigh-visibility marks for touring and instruction gearvisibility
Silicone / high densityA raised badge with an edge you can feel, without a needledimension
The one-line testIf a supplier offers embroidery on a laminated jacket, they have not thought about what a needle does to a membrane — and every one of those holes is on the list of eight above.
Lead times, and what each change costs
Where the days go, and which changes are still free.
Construction sampleA full garment with taped seams and the closure set
15–20days
Bulk after sample approvalScheduled backwards from your date
25–35days
Shell colour changeNothing structural moves
Noneno effect
Laminate to drop linerThis changes the whole build, not a detail
Newsample
Vent position movedA new sample if it crosses a seam; a pattern note if it does not
Dependson the seam
Repeat orderFrom the archived block and specification
Noneno new sample
Waterproof quote: the six things to send
Send these six and Anna comes back within 24 hours on business days with the construction and the taping level.
The garment
Jacket, pant, suit or a set — and which riding position it is for.Laminate or drop liner
Or tell us how long your customers ride in rain and we propose one.Taping level
Fully taped or critically taped, so the quote is comparable to any other you hold.Vents and closures
What you want where, and we will say what survives the rain.Armor and liner
What has to fit inside, so the pattern is built for it from the start.Sizes, quantities, date
So the grade and the schedule are built for the real order.
The pages around waterproof gear
Where the pattern, the decoration and the related garments live — and where the same membrane logic turns up at a smaller scale.
Garment and hours in the rain
Send the garment and how long your riders are out in it
Anna replies within 24 hours on business days with the construction we would build, the taping level, what the vents and closures need to be, and the lead time to your date.
Anna · Sales Manager
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