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Old 02-02-2006, 05:53 PM
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I was looking to get a leather riding jacket and most of the ones I tried on seemed like full length gauntlet gloves would have a hard time going inside the sleeve or over the sleeve. I like the Icon motorhead a lot but can full length gloves be used with them?
 
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they go over the jacket not under.
 
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yeah sometimes i go over but sometimes i go under just depends on my mood
 
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Personally I'm an outy, never an inny.
 
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check it, when you go sliding, say supermang style...if outty, the sleeve catches on pavement, if inny, it goes with the slide.
 
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For normal riding gloves go over coat sleeve. If it's raining tuck 'em in the best you can to keep rain from running down the sleeves into the gloves. Soggy gloves suck. Plus if you fall off when it's raining the wet pavement is kinda alread lubed up for ya.
 
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so are u advocating inny or outy?
 
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Some gloves are made to go inside , some are made to go on the outside.
My Dainese Kirishima gloves are made to go on the inside.
 
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so are u advocating inny or outy?
Neither ... the important thing is to wear them. My preferences are for the most comfort I can get. Out for most days keeps the wind from going up my jacket sleeves. In on rainy days keeps water from running into my gloves. The sliding factor if you fall off is only gonna work in your favor if you have a controlled slide. Last few times I crashed I ended up in an unceremonious pile barely able to distinguish up from down.
 
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i wear them inside my leathers coz once i zip up the sleeves its seals me up against the elements

the other reason i prefer gloves under the sleeves are that in the event of a crash, my gloves are less likely to ride up/down unlike my sleeves ... so hopefully what the sleeve can't save, the glove can
 


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