What's the purpose?
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Rosamond, Cali
You'll feel the 'soul' of your bike alright, if you ever fall on your face and stick your hands out to try to keep from eating asphalt...which everyone in that situation will naturally do. Even light leather gloves will afford some protection. Bare skin? To each their own.
Alan
Alan
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Sweden via Bisbee, Az.
Leathers head to toe no matter how hot.
Protection and protection...
The sun will beat you up! And all the coin you drop to your skin doctor could have been spent on toys. NO escape, so cover up.
Protection and protection...
The sun will beat you up! And all the coin you drop to your skin doctor could have been spent on toys. NO escape, so cover up.
Tourer
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 251
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From: Australia
For all you guys that wear gloves in this unbearable heat? Or any other time except when the cold season arrives. I've never figured out what other purpose they serve. I like to feel the soul of my bike when I ride, and dread to have to put them on in the late fall. I could maybe understand protection from a fall, but most of the guys I see wearing them are helmetless, so that doesn't really make much sense. So just wondering ( not a slam) why you wear them?
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Western MD
Hit the road with your hands and you'll see why, it'll only take one time!
I wear just plain ol leather work gloves with the fingers cut off. Got a bad case of Road Rash on my hands once, that was enough for me!
Oh! By the way, you feel the soul of your bike, thru "your" soul, not thru your hands. Never heard that one before! Next thing you'll be telling us is you can feel the Battery charging thru your ***!
I wear just plain ol leather work gloves with the fingers cut off. Got a bad case of Road Rash on my hands once, that was enough for me!
Oh! By the way, you feel the soul of your bike, thru "your" soul, not thru your hands. Never heard that one before! Next thing you'll be telling us is you can feel the Battery charging thru your ***!
I wear regular leather gloves, doesn't feel right without them. My hands don't get sweaty and i feel like i have a better grip on the levers.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,126
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From: PA
That's pretty much it for me as well. My hands get sweaty (without them) in the heat and I have a better grip on the throttle with my gloves than with bare hands.
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 185
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From: Greenville SC
Used to my gloves. I feel odd when not wearing them.
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From: SW Minnesota
Most wrecks involve hands getting torn up not heads . Go ahead do a lttle slide and leave a couple palms worth of skin on the road or better yet trade with gravel & blacktop ground in . Then after you get home and you'll all bandaged up try you luck at getting you old lady to wipe your *** for you cause you can't .