Apparently I suck at zippers

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Do you break zippers?

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Deleted member 9794

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So I have had 3 motorcycle jackets (1 Tourmaster and 2 Speed & Strength) and I keep breaking the pull tabs off of the zipper pulls! Am I the only one that does this? Do I suck that bad at using zippers? Are the zipper manufacturers cutting costs in all the wrong places? Do I need to write a letter to YKK? :mad:

I always end up getting the lanyard replacements as a fix but now I'm thinking that "I" might be the problem. :facepalm:



I never even knew they sold these til I happened across them in Wal-Mart a few years ago.
 
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JSP

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You are not alone. I broke the pull tab on my SS Jacket. I tied some small para cord through it. No clue they made those! Thanks!
 
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SpawnXX

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Don't feel bad, I broke my pull tab on my right pocket of my tourmaster intake jacket last winter because of the freezing temps. Just got too cold and brittle one morning on the ride in and went to zip it up and snap!, right down the middle of the tab. So now I have a sharp stubby tab. <sniffles>
 
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dart1963

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yep... broke my SS jacket a week after I had it, still has the paperclip "tab" I put on from work. Held up for three years!
My pants with side leg zippers, well, let's just say I stopped unzipping them all together...

New riding suit seems to be holding up well.
 
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cloudfire

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I did that this past week with my jacket. Thing is, it broke while I was wearing it and it got stuck. So, what do i do? I pull out my Gerber multitool and proceed to try to yank the zipper down. Ended up popping the metal loop off the zipper. Sooo, I don't think those little pully ropes will stay on. Now if anyone knows a place that can do a good job actually fixing a zipper in North-Central Tennessee, please let me know.
 
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BKP

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My riding buddy pulled the tab off his Speed and Strength jacket on a recent ride... In fact, I think I have a pic of him trying to get it back on, somewhere...

Seems S&S has a particular issue...

I own two Tourmaster jackets (one is a Cortech, but is a Tourmaster product), a Dianese, a Firstgear, and an Icon Contra (which is for sale on this board somewhere) and have never had a zipper issue (and these jackets are rife with zippers).
 
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leprecaun jon

ESTABLISHED RESIDENT
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i dont have that issue on my icon jacket or tourmaster pants...perhaps its an SS issue alone? idk
 
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Anthony

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I always break the zipper as I take it off, so then when i'm getting ready to ride I can't zip up the jacket!:mad:
 
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DragonBlu

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A bar of soap or some wax works wonders on a new zipper for lube. Try it, you'll like it. Zippers are like a fine lady,you have to stroke them gently.
 
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Anthony

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DragonBlu said:
A bar of soap or some wax works wonders on a new zipper for lube. Try it, you'll like it. Zippers are like a fine lady,you have to stroke them gently.
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Oh please, I must have never met a "fine lady" because i've never been with one that said "gently please":rolleyes:
 
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Deleted member 9794

It was about 30 degrees when it broke and the zippers are stiff, I don't recall what it was like when I broke the other two. On the Tourmaster I actually broke the main zipper and both pocket zippers, so far just the main zipper on the S&S.
 
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buzzbomb

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Yep, broke off the tab on my jacket, which has been replaced with a key ring, and broke the whole top of the zipper off the right leg of my riding pants, which I just deal with.

The loss of the jacket zipper tab, I can't argue with. It's a perforated jacket and I had multiple layers of stuff underneath, trying to zip it up over it, last winter. The key ring has actually proven quite a handy little tab.

The pants zipper was weird. Somehow I managed to bend the tab on back of my right leg, where the pants zip over the boot. I was twisting it back into place, and the whole top of the zipper came off. It still works, just digs into my thumb as I work it up or down.
 
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Deathdiesel

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Jeez, you guys are rough on zippers. Im actually just gunna add a paracord knot on mine to make it easier to grab with winter gloves. Otherwise its been years since I broke one, just gotta be smooth with em. Then again I usually dont buy cheap items.(not that yalls are, just i usually spend too much)
 
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BoneJj

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wow, I have yet to have these issues you guys speak of. knocks on wood. I really hope I never do. If so I would say paracord is the way to go for replacement, don't want to put a metal ring on there as it will certainly scratch something it shouldn't.
 

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