Its all good Buddha. Scorpion says it has an entire ballistic shell with armor in the elbow, forearms and back and rates 3 out of 4 (4 being leather of course) in abrasion resistance. I live in Michigan so it is cold in the morning and humid as hell in the afternoon so I need to try and cover all bases. I know leather is the best and I am definitely not into speed so I went with how I ride. Like you said to each their own. A good place to get a review on a jacket or anything pretty much is you tube sportbiketrackgear reviews about everything. Once again its ok man. I love this site and I am just trying to put myself out there and come up with some good conversations. Keep at least one wheel on the ground [cool][up]