I've done about 20000 miles with the jacket.
The waterproof inner gets your wrists wet and you sweat like mad inside it. Some of the stitching on one of the shoulders on the outer jacket came loose fairly early on but is not really a problem.
My main gripe about the jacket is I find it too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. I bought it specifically for all the vents hoping I would be kept cool but no. I always wear a back protector so this doesn't help. I've got rid of the inner thermal padded part and just use a decent windproof fleece and a lightweight breathable goretex rain jacket as the waterproof layer.
In rain the outer jacket pockets get very wet - don't keep documents/papers, ear plugs etc. in them.
As for washing: I just take the armour out and put the outer jacket in the washing machine at 30 on a synthetic program, it comes out cleaner than when it went in.
Would I buy the jacket again? No. I'll be looking for something else this summer.
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