Eagle Leather — Local services in Lakewood

Update below. Good quality product, caring salespeople, and expanding to meet a more safety conscious market.

I know nothing about leatherwork, and have no love for a V-twin. However, pulling into the parking lot an hour before close on Saturday, the sales guy was happy to help me. I first asked to be measured. The salesman didn't know how to tape, so we instead discussed my needs and style preference. The decision was made to just try sizes until we could find a fit. Went to the clearance rack and tried the one I'd cased online. Take caution, and bring along a friend because sales guy was ready to go---but my seamstress girlfriend immediately saw it as too tight in the chest. Sales guy did a great job finding an alternative make, with similar styling cues. I bought that, some armor, and went home. (Note: Jackets don't come with pads. I know outlaw types and hobbyists don't care about protection, but commuters and racers do. Dearly.) I got home, tried to install the pads. D3O is the only set they sell, but the shoulders don't fit the given pocket. While trying to migrate my D3O back protector, we found that the men's size is too large to fit. Another salesman (seemed more experienced) said that only the woman's back would work. I'll return to the store when I have time off, following the holiday, but if this is the norm, it is a major oversight. Will return to edit review if they make it right during next visit.

Otherwise, it's a fairly standard featured product.four out, two in pockets. Exhaust vents on arms and back, but not front. Articulated shoulders. Removable liner is minimal, but built in is full mesh with canvas or nylon borders. Will probably wear May-November, if everything works out right. Probably looking into building one or two pockets into the liners too.

Edited to keep with the times. They did make a manner of patch job, adding straps to original jacket to hold the armor in question. Rode through four seasons, and got stolen before showing any sign of wear. Came midday on a weekday, and the salesman from the previous visit literally remembered our faces. Knowing what I wanted, and the appropriate size, this time I just walked the floor a bit to see about the clearance rack. No luck, since I'm 6'3". However, their selection of name brand gear has improved a bit. I tried a couple race-ready jackets to discover that they literally wouldn't close across my chest, much less a developing gut. However, sat next to them was THE ONE I was imagining on my first visit nearly a year ago. I'm told it's a new make, says "unik" on the label. The liner is slightly thinner, and there are only four vents. But the ribbed style motif blends into great articulation for the arms. The overall weight is heavier, which I actually like. And the pockets securely fit a full suite of d3o protection. Great implementation of the changes. Sorry for not fixing a review on a jacket I actually loved. But I'm literally happy it got stolen, and has been replaced with this more comfortable, more protective, more Akira looking, piece. I really want to leave a third comment when I crash in it, but you can't top five stars. The old jacket only saw one parking lot slide, so there's not...

My husband and I are new to riding so we have lots of questions and trying to get all the right gear. All the staff have been great. We have worked mostly with Emma and she is amazing. She has the absolute best customer service I have ever experienced ANYWHERE. My husband is very indecisive he has a hard time deciding what will work for him and Emma seems very knowledgeable and patient. We have been there almost every day sometimes even more than once in a day she smiles and spends as much time with us as we need. I highly recommend Eagle Leather! There are plenty of things that we could have ordered on amazon for a little cheaper but the customer service we receive is absolutely worth the few dollars more that it costs. We will be lifetime customers and get everything we need from them if they have it…….p.s. I had to have the pink shoe laces and one of the guys even put the laces in boots for me! Now that is...

I took a friend there to get new helmets for both of us and for him to get rain gear ( as he will be going to Oyster Run for the first time!). Great selection of helmets, good help to get the right sizing. The staff showed us a new helmet strap buckle that has surpassed my expectations for ease of securing my helmet. Great job guys! The one thing my friend was saying would be to have separate rain pants and rain jackets to that you could match the garment size to the rider. Sometimes you need larger pants or jacket than what the pair sizing is. You may have larger jacket or pants than you need. I realize that most manufacturers sell these as a set, but people are not "built as a set". Still, he found something that will work for him when he uses some suspenders for the pants. That would be something to advise the manufacturers about. My rain pant do have a built in suspender and it makes a world of...