any experience with M2R?

For summer, I wear a Rev'it Egineered Skin mesh. They say the material holds together in a skid, but I thankfully haven't tested that yet. It has a sealed seam liner which I put in during one long, driving, September rainstorm trip and didn't have a noticeable drip! The liner, being windproof, has been used on several occasions when I got caught in some unseasonably cold weather and worked great! I've been through a couple other long, hard rains, but in high temperatures, and enjoyed the cooling without putting the liner in! The material in the Rev'it doesn't seem to absorb much or any moisture, so you dry off real quick after the rain stops. It came with CE armor on the shoulders and elbows. The back pad is protective foam, but can be replaced with CE armor. It really ventilates!

The only problem with Rev'it is that it's not widely available -- at least when I got mine in 2004 and moderatey expensive. I understood some BMW dealers carried it, but I got mine directly from Rev'it over the web REV'IT! Sport USA. Except for the minimal reflective material (I added one-inch reflective tape across the back) I really like the jacket and wouldn't trade it for any other mesh jacket I've seen so far. I also have Rev'its mesh, armored gloves which I think are great!!

For winter, I have a Tecknic Power Skin which is waterproof, windproof, and breathable. It has a removable, quilted liner, CE elbow and shoulder pads, in addition to sewn in-foam (look like gladiator pads) and a sewn-in, hard back pad with no provision to add to or replace the backpad. With a microfiber vest and the quilted liner, the Tecknic is more than comfortable down below anything my hands can take which is somewhere below the mid-40's at Interstate speeds. I got the Tecknic for a fairly reasonable cost through eBay.

I chose cloth because I wanted yellow jackets for visibility. The only problem with the yellow Tecknic is that the collar is yellow and needs more frequent washing than it gets. All companies really need to design so their collars are dark -- preferably BLACK!!