Rokker Legend jeans in blue

We love single-layer jeans; in fact, so much so that we have for some years now refused to sell lined or kevlar jeans. Our favourite jeans manufacturer is the Swiss company Rokker, and to date our favourite Rokker jean has been the Rokkertech Tapered Slim. Made from a UHMWPE, it is lightweight and super strong. It looks and wears like a regular jean, but is much, much stronger. In fact, on a Cambridge test conducted by SATRA the jean achieved a slide time just shy of seven seconds. And this is impressive given that leather comes in somewhere around four seconds. The jeans also contain a component of stretch for unparalleled comfort. The final piece of the jigsaw is a set of adjustable knee pockets that take Ghost armour. Ghost also comes as standard in the hips. The Tapered Slims are not inexpensive, but we consider them to be the best and nicest motorcycle jeans that money can buy.

In only one respect did we feel that they could be improved. The taper below the knee made them, for some people, just a little bit restrictive in the calf region. And so we went to Rokker and asked them to make a jean that was a tiny bit more generous below the knee. But we were, and are, talking a tiny bit. We tested lots of different versions. Too much extra and you had an authentic 1950s look. Too little, and there wasn’t sufficient of a change to be discernible. Eventually we felt we got the fit just right.

The new jean, which has been made exclusively for us, and which is called the Rokker Legend, is in our view the perfect jean. It is everything the Tapered Slim was. To most, it will look no different. But for some, it will be just that little bit more comfortable; especially on the bike.

PLEASE NOTE: Waist sizing on these jeans is quite generous.