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AeroFan_07

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Vanson Cafe Racer with zip-out vest liner. Size 46 - $200 BIN or offer...
Note - seller has "0" feedback. Too good to be true?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157062076167?

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AeroFan_07

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I am not familiar with this model Vanson - "Sponge-Bob Square pockets" but golly does it have some amazing looking leather to it, quite grainy. "Size 38" but appears a bit larger in the photos with dimensions. Does have waist elastic if that matters. $250 BIN or offer.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/306275971992?

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Zoro

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Europe
Vanson Cafe Racer with zip-out vest liner. Size 46 - $200 BIN or offer...
Note - seller has "0" feedback. Too good to be true?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157062076167?

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My 2cents for any potential buyer: If I wanted it, the lack of feedback wouldn't stop me.

Beyond the eBay/Paypal protection, looking into the seller's profile they've got a few more things for sale and the pictures seem consistent (aka all with same lighting, angle and background). While it's possible a ****mer could go into someone else's profile and "steal" all their pictures, I rarely see them go to such lengths, so I would totally take the risk if I wanted this jacket.
 

AHP91

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cbez

Call Me a Cab
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2,464
Location
CA

four speed, 38, good price

looks like start of zipper damage
 

blm14

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nyc
really nice fox creek in size 44L. Seller is taking offers, and already seems willing to let it go for $250. Lots of nice little details on this one. Grainy leather, it's long enough to fit me. I would nab it if not for the fact that the chest is about a half inch too small for me
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cbez

Call Me a Cab
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CA
How would you compare them to the top tier Japanese brands (Rainbow Country, Freewheelers, Mccoys etc)
on par. very nice leather and good build quality. thick custom cast bronze buckles. They don't do as many jacket models but the ones they do they get made right. I have given more info in the trophy clothing thread you can dig up.
 

Trouser Bark

Banned
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640
Location
Your Cerebral Cortex
Vanson Cafe Racer with zip-out vest liner. Size 46 - $200 BIN or offer...
Note - seller has "0" feedback. Too good to be true?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157062076167?

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There's something about this jacket that strikes me as being not quite right and I can't put my finger on it. I've got a Vanson Model A and it's close... but not the same. Nothing stands out as being overwhelmingly odd about it, it's just a compilation of small aspects, like:

- Zero feedback. Yeah. Not a deal breaker but an interesting aspect.

- Seller purports to be female and says wearing this size 46 jacket made her a better rider. If that's the case when she orders a drink, it's diesel.

- There are no snaps for a slipstream liner but there is a zipper and liner that looks mostly as I'd expect

- That look like a #10 zipper to you? Seems a little light to me

- That look like brass hardware to you?

- Hem and P2P are both 21.5"? If that's the case there's some common core math in here somewhere.
 

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