Summer motorcycle gloves

exalted512

What are you guys wearing?

I purchased these in September of last year:
http://www.alpinestars.com/store/productdetails.aspx?productid=356775&cs=1

With about 5k miles of riding time on them, they are starting to wear holes in the tips of the fingers.

I purchased a* because everyone says that theyre great quality, but I think thats semi-unacceptable.

What have you guys used with success over more than a year?

-Cody

dagame27

www.foxcreekleather.com

That's where I buy all of my stuff.

Kex

+1 ^^^ Good quality leather is the way to go IMO.

bobman1235

For summer gloves I like a mesh fingerless. Been using these for this summer and have liked them pretty well.

Looking for a good cold weather glove though, so thanks to the aboves for the Fox Creek link.

exalted512

I'm not going to go fingerless, I like my fingers too much. Although it would solve my problem of wearing holes through the tips

While I was searching, I found this absolutely hilarious youtube.
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-Cody

Sherardp

http://www.kneedraggers.com/details/Alpinestars_Octane_SMoto_Gloves--601177.html

brettw22

exalted512 wrote: »

I purchased these in September of last year:
http://www.alpinestars.com/store/productdetails.aspx?productid=356775&cs=1

Maybe I'm reading into it too much, but I wouldn't buy a product whose picture was designed to be flipping me off.........and me paying to take it.

I think you basically got what you deserve.

WilliamM2

My summer gloves are Fieldsheer, so is the jacket. They are at least ten years old with 35,000 miles on them, no holes yet. But these models are no longer available.

I have tried Alpinestar gloves before, and the seams came apart within a couple of years. I also have an Alpinestars jacket for cold weather that is holding up great.

exalted512

brettw22 wrote: »

Maybe I'm reading into it too much, but I wouldn't buy a product whose picture was designed to be flipping me off.........and me paying to take it.

I think you basically got what you deserve.

No, thats just the motorcycle wave for the squids on harleys who are too good to give the motorcycle wave back to people on sport bikes.
-Cody

bobman1235

I don't even bother waving at guys on Harleys anymore, waste of time.

And I ride a (Honda) cruiser, not even a sports bike!

bleboozender

For almost the entire year (thanks to heated handgrips), I have been wearing Held gloves for the past 6 years or so and they are holding up great! I got them at a BMW dealer (in San Francisco), but I went to find a link, and apparently, the model I wear is called "Steve" ?!?!:

http://www.heldusa.com/steve.htm

:)glen

FA - Q

bobman1235 wrote: »

I don't even bother waving at guys on Harleys anymore, waste of time.

And I ride a (Honda) cruiser, not even a sports bike!

-i STOP and help 'metric cruisers' every year [distress signal or not]


-i dont wave to storeboughts...not since the 80 s

-so what...



-anyways...leather w/ the pull ties work and protect as good as any designer gloves

WilliamM2

-i dont wave to storeboughts...not since the 80 s

-so what...



-anyways...leather w/ the pull ties work and protect as good as any designer gloves

What's a storebought? Did you build every part of your bike from scratch? Tooling must have been expensive.

Designer gloves? If that's what you call gloves specifically designed for motorcycling, I don't think so.

FA - Q

-buy another metric car and complain about the economy


-frames from 4130 chr-mo...in house
-s&s engines [wi], unless i can quire a knuck or pan...baker trany s [mi]


-yeah designer

bobman1235

Anyone have their decoder ring?

exalted512

bobman1235 wrote: »

Anyone have their decoder ring?

thats what i was thinking.

I guess youre on a whole other level if you dont even bother with those **** **** 'store bought bikes';)
-Cody

FA - Q

-4130 chrome moly steel / 1936-47 knucklehead / 1948-65 panheads


-simple builder terms...


-i see why no chops 'wave'...pfffft :rolleyes:

dkg999

Take a look at Icon, these are the ones that have served me well:

http://www.newenough.com/gloves/street_short_cuff/icon/pursuit_motorcycle_gloves.html

WilliamM2

-buy another metric car and complain about the economy

Nah, I'll just buy a bunch of parts and build my own car. That way I'll be cool, and I won't have a storebought.:rolleyes:

dkg999

Hmmm, my Honda Accord is one of the few true American built cars. It's got a higher US parts and assembly content than my HD motorcycle.

WilliamM2

dkg999 wrote: »

Hmmm, my Honda Accord is one of the few true American built cars. It's got a higher US parts and assembly content than my HD motorcycle.

Same with my Kawasaki ZX-11D motorcycle. 72% U.S. content, assembled in Lincoln, Nebraska.