Are Your Hands ACTUALLY Protected on your Motorcycle? (You Need Real Gloves...)
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Ill get a pair when paycheck rolls in, looking forward to them arriving. I love everything about them, from the slider, the breathability and the hard knuckles so that I can break some mirrors!
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As a GSXR rider, I can personally guarantee that most of us don't beat our girlfriends/wives... mainly because we don't have any
Well played
I mean you're not a cop
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Sounds like something a GSXR rider would say. 😂
I’m laying in the hospital right now. I had a car change lanes with no warning at 50mph and take me out. The Tech 5 vest saved my life but it was hot yesterday and I didn’t have a jacket on and I was wearing sweatpants. 60% covered in serious road rash. 2 contusions on my right thigh. Nothing broken. No neck or spine injury. The air bag deployed and without question saved my life. Had I been wearing all my gear, I would probably be home right now. I did have gloves on and my hands are perfectly fine. I had riding sneakers on and my feet are fine. WEAR YOUR GEAR!!
The contrast of an airbag vest and sweatpants is mind boggling to me.
I wish you had taken the pants and jacket too… And you would have been riding. And not live in pain at a hospital… Because that sucks. Hope some one else read this and take on all the gear… And you may save one that only have to buy new gear and fix the bike. And not have to fix or have some thing broken on them self.
@@East_TX_LCR I got a socks in Crocs vibe
Get better soon brother glad you are still here with us🙏🏼
@@East_TX_LCR true but your spine and vital organs are protected by the airbag
My riding instructor told me, in case I was wondering if I needed gloves, he said I should try to run as fast as I can, dive forward on the asphalt and land on my hands to see how just that would mess them up. I always ride fully geared up.
I use a similar example for any protective gear like motorcycle gear. Especially friends that wear regular jeans or kakis. It gets the point across.
I think gloves are super important because even a minor injury to the hands can really cause some major inconvenience and be life altering even if it is temporary.
Hands are everything - they're how we interact with the world
Life altering but temporary???
@@vincentdolphin8466 I think he means along the lines of, out of work for an extended time that would take a long time to recover form.
@@vincentdolphin8466 Recoverable injury that takes time to heal, like weeks.
@@vincentdolphin8466 Example, I severely sprained my thumb on my right hand and not only was out of work for 3 weeks, I couldn’t use my right hand for anything including driving my car. It definitely altered my life for those 3 weeks
Spite needs to learn the importance of protective gear. Like sunscreen.
time and time again he's proven he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer so i'm not surprised he's burnt lol
Him and yammie both need sun both look like powedered donuts
Lobster man.. polarized visor may have been a good idea
I got taken out by a deer while doing 45-50 mph last year. Had I not been wearing gloves my hands would’ve been absolutely destroyed. Wear gloves, y’all.
Good God. Did you come out of it OK in general?
@@Cheezmonka The deer took out my front wheel which sent me straight to the pavement. The bike landed on my left leg and the bike and I slid about 20-30 ft and into the ditch on the opposite side of the road. My right arm from elbow to wrist was shredded (cause I wasn’t wearing a jacket) and my left leg just above the knee was swollen like a softball. The front lip of my helmet (open face cause I’m a dipshit cruiser boi) kept me from losing my nose, but it was skinned pretty bad. Had to scream for help as I live in the middle of nowhere, but fortunately some backwoods folks heard me and came to my rescue. I thought my leg was broken, but it fortunately was not. Ambulance took me to the ER. It took about two weeks to make a full recovery, but I was incredibly lucky. I now have proper riding gear for all seasons, a full face helmet and am very good at repairing my bike, which also took a pretty serious beating.
@@enormouslittlethings6893 Geez dude! I'm glad that you were able to make a full recovery and that you're back to riding, safer than ever. Be sure to pass your wisdom on to newer riders, no matter their age.
What is with these crazy deer? We got some deer around here but they always run away. You guy have some angry deer.
@@fee_lo5265 they’re kamikazes or something man. In Upstate NY you don’t hit the deer. The deer hits YOU. 😂
From an older biker buddy regarding gloves, " you're REALLY gonna find your true friends when you can't wipe your ass".
Went down yesterday on my 890R doing about 70mph, wearing my hypernaked brand (plus racing) racing gauntlets. Not a scratch on my upper body thanks to my RF1400, gloves, and jacket.
ya love to see it (well, the protection not the crashing lol)
I had gloves and a jacket when I went down just a little faster and other than lots of heat Burns from sliding the only upper body injuries was where my gloves and my jacket sleeve meet above my wrist had pretty bad damage gauntlet style would have prevented that
OP, how'd you go down?
@@Cheezmonka came down from a wheelie and bike got unsettled and went into a tank slapper I couldn't recover. 7 years riding bikes never seen a tank slapper that bad.
@@nickcahill4210 Damn dude. Glad you came out of it OK
I’m amazed at how many motorcycle gloves don’t have a palm slider … especially the fashion cafe racer style gloves … grip is your enemy with a glove … it has to slide on the road to dissipate progressively the energy of the impact …
I know right!? I want good gloves but I do not want to look like a wannabe motoGP power ranger. There are some like Knox Handbury which look good in classic street fashion and is something I will probably buy this summer. Some Macna gloves also have small sliders on one side but 99% of classic style gloves have barely anything at palm/wrist, at best some thick leather and maybe gel padding underneath.
Palm slide testing should be mandatory at basic CE level 1 tests.
@@MaaZeus i’m a radiologist … believe me … it has to have a slider
@@pixelmixture3067 Agreed. Palm sliders should be a CE test requirement.
Usually I just wrap my hands in trojans, they've always given me great protection
When I was 14 I learned riding my little 50cc bike on the field behind our house. Crashed once without gloves, always wearing proper gloves since then
After my 1st accident 3 years ago in wet weather my bike needed fixing my shark evoline series 3 pro carbon helmet was unusable but my cheap gloves were still good for another fall. I kept my helmet as a reminder to stop racing like an idiot in wet weather.
Gloves on a Motorcycle ist a „MUST DO!“ I even have gloves on when I ride a bicycle.
Take some advice from a chaplain that has been called to hospital visits of riders who have needed hand and arm amputations because they didn't wear gloves or protective jackets; you don't want to learn the hard way. Gloves and jackets are a must.
I laughed when I saw my dad wearing garden gloves to the MSF course
I went to Cycle Gear roughly 2 years ago to go buy myself some winter gloves. Coincidentally, this other guy wearing his helmet came into the store and was looking for new gloves as well. I finally narrowed my search down to one pair of gloves and I was looking for the right size, only to be told that helmet man had taken the last pair of those gloves in my size. Thanks a lot, Yam, YOU TOOK THE LAST PAIR that day!!
I have the Held Chikkara for street use when it’s warm, just like the Race glove in the video, a bit less beefy but with ventilation! Full Kevlar and hard shell gauntlet, sewn together ringfinger and pinkie. Inside kangaroo, a fantastic glove and not that expensive!!
Gloves are a must! I went down in my neighborhood doing 35mph about a month after I started riding. No gear besides a helmet. Big chunk got taken out of my palm. 6 weeks later I was healed enough to close the fingers on my right hand. Even cheap riding gloves are better than nothing. You won't catch me on a bike without gear ever again
I can't always keep up a full first-aid kit and trauma equipment on the road... BUT I DO keep aloe-vera WITH lidocaine. It's cheap, readily available, and ER's use lidocaine by the BUCKETS, so they're VERY familiar with it when you show the label to EMT's on sight... I hope you never have to deal with anything bad... BUT for a couple bucks, it answers a question I get ALL the time because apparently almost nobody knows what to do about road rash "on the spot"...
...AND when you've got a "total noob" in their first real (bad) case of road rash, it can help get them back to "coherent" enough to be able to assess for things like brain trauma and the like... JUST slather away... maybe cover lightly with a rag (clean cloth) unless there's a "bleed" ongoing... ;o)
I’ve always worn full gauntlet race gloves on the street and have no complaints. My hands are worth the $250 gloves!
right I was thinking abt wearing racing gloves for commuting. I am not gonna risk mt hands to get destroyed.
Im currently riding in Vietnam while I’m on vacation. And the amount of carelessness these people have is new levels of impossible. I’ve recorded so many incidents on my GoPro where men, women, teens and even kids on electric scooters. Eating the tarmac and just SHREDDING their hands because they CBF wearing gloves 🤦♂️ I get that the streets here are slow, and at times I’d be topping out at 40MPH tops, but man, watching these people wipe out at just 20mph and their hands COVERED in blood. It’s just a whole different level of not giving a shit. I on the other hand, get weird and judge-mental glares because I’m wearing my SMX-2 Carbons and my full face helmet. Go figure 🤷♂️
This is pretty much South East Asia. I'm in the Philippines and a lot of riders don't wear gloves here either. At least helmets are mandated by law now.
Lol are the helmets as big of a joke there as they are in Vietnam? The helmets here couldn’t protect a watermelon 🤣🤣
20mph is still gnarly fast to hit tarmac with *zero* protection!
@@Q_N- Vietnamese here, good helmet are expensive here so most average folks will just go for the cheap half-head ones. Also, full-face and Open-face ones are way too hot to use in our climate, especially in the South. Same with gloves too.
I live in Arizona. I rarely see riders wearing helmets, gloves or a riding shirt/jacket. Meanwhile I get weird looks going through a gas station with my helmet, leather jacket and cheap ass gloves. Ordering proper gear to replace the jacket and gloves. Can’t believe how insane people are. Going down the 40 (Yucca, AZ) I’m getting passed by semis while going 70-80mph. The motorcycle riders I see wear no gear even in those insane conditions.
Gauntlet gloves on the street have another advantage... they keep wasps out of your sleeves.
Tuning my bike one day, I decided to take her out for a spin without gloves on, and got caught in a hail storm...No Bueno!!! And I know you touched on it briefly, but being in Law Enforcement, and seeing several motorcycle accidents, may I loudly recommend PALM SLIDERS...Walking around with hunks of hamburger where you hands should be is also not optimal. Great video guys!!
Agreed regarding palm sliders - they essential for motorcycle gloves
I'm going for a weekend ride, 1,2,3+ hours on a rice rocket and I'm sorry but I'm wearing a suit and gloves with gauntlets......maybe not 3k+ dollar Alpinestars pro GP stuff but I'm gonna wear full gear
I agree with Mr. Spite, I really like the design, features and the bank account friendly price of Revit.
I priced out an Icon Airflight Helmet with tinted and clear visor, Gaerne GP1 Evo boots, Revit perforated leather suit with back and chest protection, Revit gloves, and a Revit perforated textile jacket for commuting and shorter rides for just over 3k Canadian dollars. I don't think that's all that bad for full protection for weekend warrior rips and a jacket for going to work
Thoughtful video, and I was glad to see Spite mention CE protection. That's something that more riders should pay serious attention to when buying gear.
Also, it’s well worth checking Australia’s MotoCAP test results 👍
2 years back i had a minor laydown with very minor abrasion on my leg and arm. I went back to the leather shop i bought my jacket and gloves at (for a really decent price) and gave the sales guy a coffee shop gift card as thanks. I showed him the road rash on my jacket and gloves and he was impressed.
50 mph accident lost part of one of my fingers.
had i not been wearing gloves (well full gear) i would have lost ALOT more. stay safe
I have three pairs of gloves: summer ones with ventilation, medium weather where it's raining and/or cold but not too cold, and winter gloves which are heated
I always wear gloves & helmet. My brother hit gravel on way to school and was picking rocks out of his hands for weeks.
I learn from his mistakes
That was downright well done. The info was super valuable, even for me who has bought literally dozens and dozens of pairs of gloves over the years. Your comments on comfort, breath-ability and feel are something I am going to use on my next pair of gloves. Spite's comments were very on target. Awesome.
I started riding last year and picked up some Dainese 4 Stroke 2 gloves, very happy with them. They're more in category 2 since they're not full gauntlets but they've got all the slide portions on the pinky and base of the palm, they're perforated for air flow and have resin-encased steel inserts for reinforcement. Very happy with them, though they weren't cheap (~$250). I figure you only get one set of hands.
Icon used to make gloves back around '05 that had titanium knuckle protection and titanium rivets on the heel of the palm for sliding. Still to this this day the most protective gloves I have ever found. I literally had a Speed Triple bounce off my hand at 80 and nothing. Not even any damage to the gloves.
ETA: I just looked them up to see if there's anything equivalent, and apparently my old school ones are now worth over $200. They don't make them like that anymore...
I have a pair of those. They are one crazy style of gloves. Would be nice if they still made them.
Knuckle protection on the back of the glove is really important. I had a lowside on the track and it was the back of my gloves that took the hit.
A friend hit a deer and as he was sliding down the asphalt, his gloves wore through the back, right down to his skin. He had several broken ribs and other injuries, but his gear saved him from road rash. He now uses armored gloves.
Im a GSXR bro and laugh at all your jokes, cant believe some people get offended!
I fell down in the highway wearing all my expensive gear and that is the reason why the onlsy consequence was a very bruised shoulder, some "beauty marks" in my pants, jacket, helmet and gloves, but no burning in my skin.
Dress for the fall, not for the ride.
I never actually realised that someone might not think gloves are necessary because they would assume that not wearing them is somehow easier lol
How about fingerless gloves that Harley riders love to wear?
about as smart as a skull cap helmet
Well it's in the name FINGERLESS
Depends on the gloves, good grade leather with Palm and wrist support. I wear in summer weather but only for literally few miles and only out for under half hour depending on circumstances but any further distance I use my other full coverage gloves. If someone wants to ride wearing Speedo swim wear, t shirt and trainers then it's up to them. But if someone wants protection but ended up with useless equipment then definitely help and educate them. I'm against legislation telling the individual what they must wear.
well when shit hits the fans, the riders will become "Finger-less" :))
I wouldn't even wear those on a bicycle! The only mode of transport when fingerless gloves are safe is walking.
My gloves only cost me 50 bucks. Haven't wrecked or even dropped my bike yet. But so glad I got them
I have the full on RST Race gloves. I play guitar and drums so I really don't want to mess up my hands, so I'll take the odd looks from the GSXR boys with my heavily armoured hands.
Both yammie and Fortnine coming in clutch after work
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Full year later and looking into getting a bike and binging so many videos from Yammie and F9, all of them helpful.
Anyone else remember the fad of gloves having metal slider rivets in the palm? Thinking it allowed better slide protection, but the rivets turned sideways, got sharp, and hot during an accident, and sliced through gloves and hands..
I spent too many years bicycle commuting and dropped enough times on sandy corners and such, on a bicycle I'd almost rather ride without a helmet than without gloves. Even dropping at a modest 20 MPH on a bicycle, I'd lose enough skin to be painful for weeks. On a motorcycle, I'm not riding without both.
Even the most expensive gloves out there are cheaper than a new set of hands 🤷🏻♂️
Wearing gear makes me feel cool. Putting my helmet on reminds me of playing halo, when you spend your childhood through the helmet of master chief it makes you feel cool to put one on in real life. When I played football putting pads on made you feel like iron man. It feels good to be protected.
That is true. Weird how the mind works sometime. I've watched F1 for 15 years and think the helmets look really cool. So I always wanna put on a helmet, because to me it looks cool.
I crashed going 90....had all gear except pants and gloves(gloves were in bag becuase they fit me weird).....have a life long scar on my knuckes that's reminds me every time I ride to wear gloves
Question I put to young riders I notice riding without gloves, would you be willing to run down the road as fast as you can (10-13kmph) and throw yourself down onto your un-gloved hands and knees and slide to a stop. The look they give you is priceless, like they just encountered an utter moron because what person in their right mind would do that. But they are quite willing to ride around at highway speeds, even city speeds, without gloves. Go figure.
You left out the best part of the white track gloves. The Knox scaphoid protection system. They can actually prevent a broken wrist besides saving your skin.
What a timing. I just broke my thumb taking a roundabout too fast and too lean. I was wearing gloves. Could've have been worse
Yooo my man yam, the braces are lookin good bro, the clear ones are nice, you can barely tell! Another awesome vid from Team YN!
I went down last year coming out of a round about on the way home one night after work (think I may have hit something but rear slid from me) not going fast maybe 20-30 km/h. Fortunately I was wearing some padded gloves for winter, unfortunately the one on my right hand got caught on something on the way down and got thrown from said hand and I smacked it hard on the road. Thankfully there wasn't much damage aside swelling and being unable to do a proper handshake for a good few Months, the real mvp though was the full face helmet, textile jacket and proper bike shoes, my visor took it like a champ.
I love my Odin MFG Heavy Hitters. There are probably more protective gloves out there, but they are so comfortable and the feel through the bars is great. I have had a minor low side wearing another pair of Odin MFG gloves and the leather in the palms handles abrasion amazingly. No scratches, bruises or cuts on my hands. I had a cheapy Sedici Adv style jacket and it had amazing protection too. I guess the moral is good protection doesn’t always have to be from the most expensive product. (Though the helmets I ride with are an Arai and a Shoei.)
I wear the Mechanix Wear impact gloves and they work for me when I ride my motorcycle on city streets.
Kangaroo leather is fucking insane. It has some serious specs on it that make it dramatically different than most leathers like cow/goat/pig 👍 source: am amateur leatherworker
How is it different?
@@The-Splat "Kangaroo leather is lighter and stronger than the hide of a cow or goat. It has 10 times the tensile strength of cowhide and is 50% stronger than goatskin." There's an article on Wikipedia just for kangaroo leather because of its uniqueness, check it out for more info
My dailies are RevIt! Dirt 3 gloves. They're like the Striker 3 but with more armor - basically the Revit version of Yam's Taichi street gloves. Super breathable, palm-heel striker, armor over every finger joint plus a big Gixxer-bro knuckle duster for the ladies. The gloves were a bit stiff at first, but it didn't take long for them to conform to my hands. The cuffs go a little ways up the wrist, just enough that your jacket cuffs can be tightened down over them.
The best gloves I've ever owned and played with are the Knox handroids mk4
Have crashed many times, and my gear has taken the hit every time. The one time I wasn't wearing gloves when I came off, it left my hand in a bit of a mess, and that was barely over walking speed.
IMO gloves and boots are the most important for regular traffic. Period. Helmet next. Do it, and always think everyone hates you and are out to get you. Mostly when you are riding.
Been riding a few years, and I just bought my first set of real gloves because of this video (always rodewith work gloves before)
Not quite the flip flops vs motorcycle boots video I was hoping for, but still worthwhile.
The MSF schools here in Houston require you to have a helmet, high top boots and motorcycle gloves.
Great video. I bought a cheap pair of gloves last season when I got my first bike and have been looking to upgrade because I want a little more protection. I think those Evs gloves are going to be the ones. Looks like great bang for your buck.
When I was young I took a spill and my hand went knuckles down on the right side of my body. It scraped a good amount of the protective material off my glove and I moved my hand rather quickly away.
If I didn’t have those gloves my right hand would probably not be the 100% use of it I have today.
I got taken out by a deer 2 years ago unlike the guy below my comment I had on Alpinestars shorty gloves I was doing the same speed as him roughly I almost lost my ring finger the Alpinestars gloves totally failed they completely fell apart with that being said I will never own anything alpinestars ever again they failed me, they let me down
Absolute must for me is palm sliders, they aren't offered in many gloves unfortunately. I've been running the scorpion sg3 MK ll. They've been needed to be replaced every year though (at a minimum of 10k miles and 5 track days a year) not sure what I will go with next, probably Knox or hypernaked
Never riding without my gloves, got summer gloves and winter gloves.(revit)
Many many years ago I was a dude who didn't ride gloves. One lovely mid-summer day here in Vegas while riding my cbr600F2 (bitd baby) my left hand was actually BURNED from pulling the clutch lever by the time I got to my destination. It was about 115 degrees that day.
I even wear regular leather gloves when riding my scooter. It's only up to 50kmh(30mph)i want that extra level of 'skin' if i ever do go down.
i personally LOVE gloves, imo it's one of the coolest parts of motorcycle gear. I always ride with AT LEAST gloves, helmet and high motorcycle boots.
Yeah guys in Miami we need the air flow great review ✊
Gotta make sure your gloves have those palm sliders man those are real important.
Also, I just but some RS Taichi WRX STIs and the boxer engine is cool but the seams are on the inside of the glove. Way more uncomfortable so you might wanna keep that in mind and get gloves where the seams are on the outside like the more expensive RS Taichi Lancer Evo gloves.
I just wish more glove manufacturers made gloves with palm sliders.
Have never not worn gloves on a bike. Agree with Yam on feel through the glove, it's the main reason I don't wear the liners on my winter gauntlets. Gives up too much feel.
Been using indie ridge gloves this past year and a half. comfortable, good looking, and great protection.
Great video,good protection is cheap insurance
Always wear the appropriate motorcycle gloves when riding because the pavement is hard and it's especially hard on naked skin. Your skin deserves to be protected against the unforgiving pavement.
For Christmas my sister got me a pair of HDMC perforated leather gloves. Yes I wear then on my Suzuki 😆 they're comfy and make me feel protected. No hard protection though.
I put on my full gear today and actually it took me like 30 minutes 😂😂 at the end of it I was like: yes, it’s like putting on a knight armor for the battle ground and damn thats a extra weight to handle but at the end our body isn’t made for bike accidents so better be protected 🤷♂️
To be honest, riding in full gear gives me much more confidence than without, it feels like a protective shell. I still ride a 50cc moped, but since i started taking motorcycle lessons (almost have my license, just not yet) i’ve been at least wearing my jacket when going to places. If i ride without it, its like driving a car without your seatbelt. Same story for the gloves. I used ski gloves at first, and no gloves in summer. I now have a pair of good winter gloves and a pair of midseason gloves.
I have already been hit by a car at 25~30kph, t boned, whilst hitting the ground it messed my knees up for quite a while. Im all good now, but man, that hurted like hell. Definitely learned something that day.
@@HvV8446 I totally understand you, I’m the one who is driving only in full gear, it’s looks bad ass but also I love to ride and I want to ride till I’m way to old for it 😄
Getting a bike is a set of vertical learning curves for things you never knew had learning curves. So much fun. A burning question waaay off topic. 'what's with the classical music. I like it in there. It's a big part of how I roll.
When you fall, walking, running, off a ladder, off a bike, what you do you instinctually put out in front of you to try to catch yourself?
I currently wear a pair of Icon Pursuit Classic gloves, which are super comfortable and have great feel but no palm slider. My next pair will definitely have that feature as well.
I have 4 sets of gloves. 1 perforated for summer, which I like the best because they have great feel, 1 pair of mid season/summer rain gloves and 2 pairs of insulated winter gloves. I wouldn't even think of going for a ride without gloves.
Any glove is better than no glove. I loved the light minimalist summer gloves, but last week I had a wasp in my jacket sleeve entering by the small gap around my wrist. The wasp was really upset and made sure I was aware....My next glove will be covering the jacket sleeves. I may still meet upset wasps...I just want them to be OUT of my clothes
I always found the armour to be a cool plus to motorcycles. Growing up claws and teeth in northern Alberta I owned expensive biker gloves long before I ever straddled one.
I’m bad about pants but but gloves,boots and helmet are a must. Jacket 95% the time. Riding pants just... I can’t 😂. Don’t know why but it’s jeans for me. Even in the rain... Jeans’s.
As a trauma physician, I see the worst of the worst. Crashing in the dirt on a dirt bike completely different vs crashing a bike on street. Dirt bike riding occurs on forgiving dirt and bushes. Asphalt is slippery at high speeds. So many rigid, non flexible items along road ways. Bones and muscles much easier to repair vs internal bleeding bleed. Brain, heart, liver, spleen, intestines are similar to tethered water balloons. These structure move, bounce, and twist causing tearing and bruising. I wear full gear with air bag when I ride on the street. All my bikes have stability control hidden in the background just in case. I have been riding over 50 years and raced professionally when I was young. You want to stay away from my ER.
What features do you recommend in a glove? Knuckle armor? Palm sliders? A pinkie finger bridge? Or not?
I remember watching a MotoAmerica qualifying race where the rider went down at triple digit speeds with his hand trapped under the bike. It ground through the titanium knuckle protector and into skin. It did some decent damage but he was out racing the next day
Eek! 😱
I wear nice leather gloves on my sport bike but wear thinner dirt bike gloves on my Honda Grom. I crashed at 20 mph coming down from a wheelie and also slipped on gravel (sorta pushing the limits) and I broke my hand both times. ZERO road rash which was great but no actual hand support. Choose your gloves with your risks you're willing to take for more or less comfort.
I even own 3 pairs of gloves. I ride a naked bike all year round.
So here it comes:
Rev’it Chevak (GTX) - using it in winter time. Very thick glove. I use it at temprature of 0 - 10 Celcius
Alpinestar Smx - mid seasson. Thinner but still warm enough to ride during spring season nice for 10-20 celcius
Rev’it (not sure about type anymore but looks like these) Fly - my summer gloves and my favorites. Very good feel, lots of air. I use it at 20 Celcius and up.
I can't even imagine how depressed I would be if I could no longer use my hands. No more riding, no videogames, no BJJ, no more working as an aircraft mechanic. It boggles my mind when people don't wear gear.
My favorite cheap gloves are the joe rocket super moto's.. the have the hard tpu slide protector on the palm, hard pvc knuckle protection, leather palm, perforation on the top for airflow, and the finger pads are great for touchscreen on the gps.. they break in fast and theyre comfy while not flimsy at all for 50 bucks. I came across them by accident and have gotten 3 pairs to color match my helmets lol.. out of my 10 pairs of gloves for different rides, they are my go to's
I wear racing gloves in the winter, and fast mask in the Texas Summer. You really can't beat fast masks for breathability.
Spite looking badass with that totalbiscuit shirt
those plastic pucks are so you don't snap your wrist. If you don't have those, if you just have leather or something and your hand takes your weight during a speedy dismount on asphalt, the friction is going to cause your palm to stick while the rest of your mass moves forward at a much higher velocity. Snapping your wrist. Used to be an incredibly common injury among motorcycle riders until they figured that you need something to slide on.
All motorcycle gloves should have palm sliders
Gloves... sliders are a must. That hand goes down and ends up gripping the pavement instead of sliding... you have broken bones. Those knuckles don't like junebugs or small rocks hitting them when at highway speeds.
Funny you guys mentioned hands being so important after basically shaming people into not wearing gauntlets for daily gear. There have been a lot of friends/people ask me about what bike I recommend, what gear, and how to go about starting to ride and I always tell them to not cheap out on a helmet and pair of gauntlets. I’ve crashed 3 times in 10 years and don’t want to know what my hands would be like right now if I hadn’t, especially after fracturing my wrist on the 2nd crash (including skull fracture and tbi). I know we have different experiences but I love gauntlets for their look and their protection, so they’re a must in my eyes.
Tried every short cuff glove on at revzilla in philly and for me the Revit hyperion was the most comfy one without being broken in.
My daily commute gloves is an mx pair, but after watching this I’m going to start using a leather dry rider pair I have.
I’m totally guilty of not wearing enough gear - basically because of the heat (North Queensland Australia). Gear manufacturers, or at least local stores, do a crap job of supplying gear that cool enough. Lightest protective ride shirt only available in dark black. I’m rethinking all this as I’m toying with the idea of buying a bigger bike again and starting to do some on and off road touring.
My biggest problem is arthritis. Just got back into motorcycling after 20 years. Been using my hands a lot for work, and now I learn that anything that compresses my knuckles results in days of pain. I have LONG, SKINNY hands. I had to settle for manufacturers that use actual numbered glove sizing, and the gloves that don't compress my knuckles are WAY oversized for my hand width. I got some elkskin gloves from Aerostich and they're okay, but I'll have to sew in some Velcro cinchers to keep them on my hands. The supplier is Geier, a glove maker out of Centralia, Washington. I recommend getting their actual elkskin roper gloves from the source. You can't buy direct, unfortunately, but they're top notch. I wear a size 13. I've tried on a pair of 12's and the thickness and build make much more sense than the Aerostich version. Looking forward to getting an actual size 13 in the plain roper glove.
I wear gloves to mountain bike, so there's no way in hell I would not wear gloves while riding a motorcycle
If you go down the first thing you put down is your hands. Those delicate, sensitive hands that we use for absolutely everything. Just think about your life without hands for a second. Hand protection is the most important part of your protective gear after your helmet. If you can only afford two items of protective gear it must be the helmet and gloves
You can get real dirt bike gloves and they aren't like street bike gloves but with little patting you will be fine