Comments on: Motorcycle Riding Gloves: How Many Are Too Many?

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:08 +0000

Gloves? ONE pair plus a spare in the closet when the old pair wears out. Plain deerskin that you can buy at mpst hardware stores for about $8, today. I have been wearing the identical gloves since 1974, as they provide a nice grip without making my hands sweat. They can even be machine washed once or twice before they wear out.

I no longer need furlined gloves for cold weather as I quit riding in “below 50°” temps 30 years ago.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:54:46 +0000

I own too many gloves, mainly because I’ve had to experiment to find how to keep my hands warm since I ride even when it is cold. So, I will post this to tell you not how many pairs I have, but what I have that actually works: Of course, for warm weather riding, all you need is something cool and comfortable, with good protection – so almost anything will do. For colder weather, I found that most cold weather rated gloves are roughly equivalent in terms of keeping hands warm and none of them work much lower than 40 degrees for me. A liner helps for a few more degrees. I wear Tourmaster Winter Elite 2 gloves – they are a bit pricey but the reason I like them is they are made from sheep and goat skin, so very supple and not bad even with a liner. Once the weather gets down there, I slip in a pair of First Gear heated liners. So far they have kept me happy into the lower 20′s. The reason I prefer a winter glove plus liner over just a heated glove is I ride extended distances at fairly rapid pace in all weather (except ice and snow), so if my electrics fail (and it sucks when they do that and you’re hundreds of miles from home), I still have a liner and winter gloves as backup. My next line of defense I keep in my top box – a pair of handlebar mitts made by Kwik Tek under the name Scootr Logic – about $20 bucks from Amazon. They strap on the handlebars (slits for the mirrors) and you can slide your hands into them – they work really well and are not intrusive. I also generally carry backup reserves in case my heated jacket liner fails – extra clothing and even an additional electric controller and liner.

By: Larry Edwards

Larry Edwards — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:16:09 +0000

I just counted ….. I own 17 pair of gloves. Those are just mine. Not counting all the gloves I have for the variety of folks riding my pillion.

I am covered from 0 degrees to 100 degrees, dry arid to stormy and hail.

Obsessed? … I think not!

See you out there
Larry

By: Transalper

Transalper — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:00:31 +0000

I have depending on season one pair on and one pair in the top-box , plus a pair of scrambler gloves for the hot times , whoops five pairs , there was an article in a monthly bike mag in the UK advocating mountaineering gloves for winter / cold weather dexterity

By: Don Ingram

Don Ingram — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:37:24 +0000

I am also guilty, I have eight pairs. I have an all time favourite pair which i would hate to lose. I have gloves for different seasons and gloves for differing weathers, i also carry a spare pair on the bike.