Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / June 2004

Try
http://www.motorcyclegearreview.com/
for all your gear review needs.

Gloves are hit-and-miss, based on factors out of your control, i.e.
accident dynamics are impossible to predict with certainty.  That's
why they're called "accidents."

The closest to objective gear testing I've seen are infrequent glove
comparos in the major American rags.  They'll grind down various pair
behind a truck at the same speed, same stretch of pavement, etc. then
compare the results.  In fact I only recall one such article, though
perhaps there've been more since.

If the gloves you like stack up well in online reviews or whatnot, buy
them.  If they're way hot, heavy, and bling, it's my experience they
won't be often used on the street, nor should they (example: my
Kushitani Hyper Racing are probably too cumbersome outside track
riding).

"Use what racers use" probably won't work in this case, at the pro
level at least, since they're paid sponsorship money.  The game
changes at the amateur level, though: observe what crashes well.

<Op-Ed> Any gloves are better than none, even the guy I rode behind
briefly today wearing farmer-Fred garden gloves, Birkenstocks, and
Dockers on his cute wittle Viffer.  </Op-Ed>

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' Daniel Bannon
' NW WA State, U.S.A.
' 2003 ZX636B Hercusaki, 1999 CBR1100XX
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