As far as the handroid goes, I came across one person saying their ring and pinky finger were damaged from the armor on the ring finger, but nothing about the palm sliders.
I did come across a bunch of people on various forums complaining about stitch quality, or that they crashed and the gloves, or the sliders really, did their job perfectly.
I can see the possibility in certain freak accidents where the armor on a glove causes damage, but I would think at that point your hand would have been ****ed anyways.
Like a seatbelt breaking ribs and collar bones, or an airbag blinding you and breaking your nose.

From many of the images I just pulled up of crashed knox gloves, the sliders do seem to work as intended. There are other companies using the knox sps that make gloves and might make them better.
The racer R gloves I linked were extremely highly rated and had every known safety feature, including the ring and pinky fingers bridged.

I only went with the knox biomech gloves because of price
But they seem very comfortable and sturdy, with wrist protection all around and finger armor as well as knucle protection.
Either way, they are far better than the cheap thin things I was wearing....
Glad my insurance is covering this.... If I had to pay, i would never ride again.

 

Oh, and just dont try to catch a spill with your hand. Not that it's easy to control, it's the most natural reaction.
But between your weight, the bikes weight, and your velocity, there isn't much point.
The hand and wrist have too many small joints easily damaged.
As long as you have on a helmet and other proper gear, I say try to shoulder it, with most of the force applied across the arm.
more armor in the arms of our jackets, more impact displacement, and arm is easier to fix :P
But in the end, there isn't much time to think when it's happening....

 

I haven't had an update in a while.
It's been too hot to work on my cbr. The wrapping under my cast swells up after soaking up sweat, plus it stank to high heaven. I also learned my lesson about putting too much pressure on the busted hand.
But the cast is removed and I'm wearing a splint again.
The pins are being removed on Monday with just a small surgery.
It will take another month of physical training to regain full use of my thumb, but I will be able to use it, so eventually I will be back working on the cbr.
It's been over two months and week since I fractured it.

 

Finally have a small update.
Firstly, I bought a '96 CBR1000f.

Also, I decided I didn't do a good enough job when I first cleaned my F2 carbs. Went cheap and lazy. So I decided to re-do them entirely.
This time I separated them and bathed them in a small sonicator.






It made a difference!
It has all new O'rings and gaskets now.
Only problem is that I cracked a fuel T joint, a brown one, in half when joining a bank together. I'm just going to use a fuel safe epoxy to rejoin it for now. It sucks, but it will work fine. One day I will likely pick up a cheap used carb and take a fuel joint from it.

I have the wheels mounted to the bike finally...mostly...
I'm waiting on some new rubbers for the cush drive on the rear wheel.
I finally have a power washer and a soda blasting kit, both of which I intend to use on the bike.
I'll post up a few current pics later. It's still not much to see, but I do plan to have the bike running in the next month or so...or 3...whenever...

 

Great to hear an update! That hand must be doing better since you're working on carbs.

 

Hand has been good for a month now or so.
It was a matter of me getting back out and doing stuff.
Like this.


After four months of being lazy, it took a bit to get back in the swing of working on projects.
I even went out and dug a 20' trench in the front yard to make a modern french drain, then made a rain barrel.

The hand doesnt have the same range of motion at the wrist, and it stings a bit if I try to bend it too far forward or back, but it's close enough.
The thumb is a bit stiff still, and likely will be for a long while. It's not as flexible either, but close enough.
The main thing is no real pain, as long as I don't flex the wrist or thumb beyond certain points. When riding the bike I just have to make sure to flex the clutch hand and move it around from time to time, to keep it from getting stiff.
I have a dogs chew toy, a squeeze ball, that I use to work out my hand.

For now I just want to get the F2 wired up and started. I'll put the body parts back on once I feel like making new mounting tabs.
I have had this bike for more than half a year yet have only heard it run twice and have never ridden it.

 

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A great and cheap way to practice hand strength, got one myself and have spun it to a point that I reckon I should get a new one cause it's so worn the gears rattle. Another great way is to make a 1"x1" hardwood square block and spin it in your palm with your fingers. Leave the corners sharp and it will massage your hand.

Good to hear you're on the mend, that x-ray sure looks nasty.