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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 08:08 PM
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Looking for a good pair of leather gloves. What do you recommend?
 
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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 08:11 PM
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Gonna have to give a little more detail than that....

You looking for an all purpose leather glove? Gauntlet? Shorty? Armored? Perforated? And the list goes on.......
 
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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 08:17 PM
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Great gloves, inexpensive and made in the USA from locally harvested animals:




I have several pair and styles.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 08:22 PM
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More or less a shorter glove. Mainly for summer/fall riding
 
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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 08:50 PM
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I've had very good luck with Held gloves. Had three sets. The higher end stuff. Light, very protective, and good feel for the bike. Crash tested them on the race track.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 09:04 PM
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Really depends on what you're looking for in a glove. A good basic riding glove can be had at the local hardware store in the form of deerskin work gloves. The Aerostitch Elkskin Ropers would be a step up from that. I generally (75% of the time) wear a pair of Weise short gloves with full armor protection. Or a pair of BMW light armor waterproof summer gloves. Or the ventilated leather Pursuit gloves. In a price range from 20 bucks for the deerskins to about 175 for the BMW.

And if you're like most, you will end up with more than a few pairs.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 09:14 PM
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In the summer I use $10 tan work gloves from Sears. They last about 2 years.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 09:41 PM
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Lee Parks outseam
 
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Napa glove company and safety. Google it. Good gloves and selection. The web site says they sell through dealers only but I drop in whenever I need a pair. Prices are decent. The Gauntlet with thinsulate work awesome on cold
 
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I have so many pairs I lost count.... I look @ gloves like tools. Different 1's for different jobs. I've yet to find a glove that can do it all thru 4 seasons of riding. Especially riding different types of motorcycles
 
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