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BRAND:
To most people it's just a road. A strip of asphalt, a way to get from here to there. To Icon, the streets of our country represent freedom. They are the facilitators of our gasoline powered lifestyle. They are both the divine inspiration and the glorious end-game.
"From the streets - for the streets" is more than just a tag line - it is the embodiment of our soul. That's what Icon motorcycle gear is all about. Pure performance for real world situations. Icon is not interested in some candy-ass, euro-styled road racing outfit. Icon motorcycle gear is all
about stoplight to stoplight, corner to corner, here to there riding. That's it.
Straight up. And that's what drives Icon to create the most innovative
motorcycle gear available for street riding. It's what gets Icon motorcycle gear
designers out of bed in the morning and keeps them up at night, it's what they
do, it's who they are. Team No Limit's master stunter Jason Britton, the host of
Speed Channels SuperBikes, is a big part of ICON research and development. Just
watch the show to see a lot of ICON gear in action.
SELECTION: Icon motorcycle gear offers a wide selection of street style
gear. Specifically, leather and textile jackets for men and women, wild graphic
helmets, denim style pants, textile and leather gloves and street style boots.
In 2006, Icon introduced the Alliance SS Battlecry helmet, the Stage 2 Team Merc,
the Merc series of leather jackets and TiMax 2 jackets in both leather and
textile. But late 2006 was all about the ladies. Icon expanded their popular
Kitty line of apparel for ladies by adding the revolutionary Bombshell jacket,
Bombshell chaps, Bombshell pants and Bombshell boots. As well, Icon added the
Rogue ladies jacket for a radical super hero look. They also introduced an
expanded Strongarm jacket line for men with the 7, 13 and Fate versions of the
jacket. The Strongarm Fate jacket uses laser etchings on the arms to achieve an
unbelievable skulls graphic. Inside each Strongarm jacket is a custom designed
graphic liner for true street styling.
FIT:
Icon gear is the most forgiving and wide ranging fit available. The street
styling of the gear offers a loose, comfortable fit on all of their gear. The
men's leather jackets have more of a loose fit style than the textile jackets.
The textile jackets are a more snug fit so if you are between sizes on a textile
jacket or you want a looser fit, choose a larger size. The women's Icon gear
does run small and most women end up with a larger size to balance the fit
between chest and waist. If you are a brick house then get a larger size Icon
jacket than you normally would buy. If you are a petite hottie then Icon was
designed for you and get your normal size. Icon helmets fit like most other
mid-range helmets such as KBC, HJC and Scorpion so choose your normal size
helmet when you purchase.
PERFORMANCE: Icon is all about riding the street and is designed to hit
the asphalt. The leather jackets are made from heavy leather that does not
scratch or tear under tough street riding conditions. The textile jackets are
tough enough to withstand long slides on the pavement without ripping or wearing
thin and have armor for impact protection. The demin pants are just that -
denim. They have reinforcements in the knees but they do not have padding
against impact so be sure to wear Icons knee padding and field armor shorts if
you are going to get after it on the street. The Icon boots have thick toes.
This causes some problems with shifting on sportbikes. You may need to adjust
the gear shift up to fit the toe of Icon boots under it. The Icon helmets are
SNELL and DOT rated so you are getting a safe helmet with great street styling
and graphics.
RETURN
RATE: We have very few returns on Icon motorcycle gear. Most of the
returns we do have are for sizing. Icon gloves make up most of the returns
because they are difficult to size without trying them on before your purchase.
We recommend that you purchase a larger pair than you normally would if you like
a loose fit. If you like them snug, buy your normal size gloves.
OUR
RECOMMENDATION: MetricBikes Superstore is one of the largest Icon dealers
in the world because we believe in Icon gear and most of us roll street style. It is
different from almost all other motorcycle gear available and that is what is
great about Icon - it is an individual expression of who you are. Ride among us!
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