Types of Motorcycle Gloves

No Gloves: Some people aren't aware that you should wear gloves when riding a motorcycle, but i'm sure after a few rides they will realize the protection it offers. Leather gloves look great and they also protect you against the cold wind and the vibrations of the motorcycle. Also in the unfortunate event that you do crash, most people try and catch themselves with their hands, its just a gut reaction. On a motorcycle you could be going 20, 30, 60+ miles per hour when you crash, and your hands will take a lot of the damage. For those of you that are still skeptical, you should try running as fast as you can (probably less than 20mph for most people), and then throwing yourself onto the ground while bracing yourself with your hands. You will find that your hands are scraped up and bloody, and thats only at running speed! So wear gloves!

Fingerless Gloves: I play the guitar so my fingers are very important to me, they need to be tough and also sensitive for me to feel the strings of the instrument. Fingers are also great for picking up things like pencils, grapes, and even small mammals. Therefore to have a glove that only protects your palms but it leaves your most delicate tools unprotected is just foolish to me. Without fingers hands would suck! Protect your whole hand, not just your fingers. In my opinion fingerless gloves are only slightly better than no gloves at all.

Moto-cross Gloves: These "moto cross" style gloves are perfectly acceptable, especially on the street. The protect the palm of your hand, your fingers, and have reinforcements on the knuckles which look very intimidating if you were ever to get in a fight with something besides the pavement. Gloves like these would serve most people well, although the one thing that can happen is if you crash your jacket could ride up which would leave your wrists exposed to the grind stone. Gloves like these also work really well as 'summer gloves' if you get them with perforated leather.

Gauntlet Gloves: Finally my favorite types of gloves, the gauntlet style gloves. They have multiple reinforcments on the knuckles and the fingers as well as extra leather on the palm and wrist. They go about halfway up the forarm over the jacket when you wear them and prevent your wrists from being torn to shreds in case of a fall. I've crash tested a pair of gloves like this and they held up really well so I would definitely but something in this style again.