I am looking at new gloves and can not decide between the full length gauntlet design or the shorter designs. Which ones are better for street riding while offering great protection? Most of the guys I see around here seem to wear the shorter gloves. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,
Aaron

 

Depends on what you want. I have both. I use the shorter gloves in the hot summer weather with my textile jacket and I wear a longer racing style glove when it is cooler and more comfortable to wear my leather jacket.

 

i wear the longer gauntlet gloves. more protection and keeps the wind off of your wrists

 

I prefer gauntlet style and like Alpinestars GP Plus for the street and GP Tech for the track...

I fear road rash, so if I go down and my sleeve slides up I'll have less chances of getting burned! Most gauntlet style gloves have armor or padding in the wrist area, because any extra protection is good for me!

With gear, I always choose whats the most protective...after all, if you have a high speed crash wearing a sleeveless shirt, no gloves and shorts, you would too.

 

Do you know Held Phantom? In Germany they are well-known and they are excellent quality!
They are made of kangaroo and ray leather.

But I don't know whether you can find them in the USA, too....
In Germany you have to pay 169€ to get them [&:]

 

I've heard of them sammy and you're right, they're very expensive, but highly spoken of...I've had them recommended by established riders/racers...

 

I gots to agree with tribal. I could not see myslef wearing those long gauntlet gloves in the summer. I wear the Joe Rocket Nova in orange during the warm wheather they proved good protection but are also nice and light and during the colder wheather because New York gets alittle chilliy before you have to put the bike away I wear the Joe rocket Nitro or something like that. They are very comfortable and very ware with thinsolate and feels like fleece inside of them.

 

i wear the icon superduty gloves they are short, year round but i don't really like to wear gloves but after i had my wreck and my hands got all rashed and scraped up, i decided i needed to be wearing something, and the more i wear them the more i'm getting use to them the throttle doesn't even feel the same without my gloves now.

 

i have both long and short...i wear the Dainese Firestarter(long) for cold days, and Icon Stealth(short for hot days...only problem taht i have is that the long ones are hard to get stuff out of pockets

 

short if i'm wearing leathers
long if i'm wearing leather - textile mix