Need New Winter Gloves...

[ScaredyCat]

So, almost exactly 2 years to the day my pair of RST Urban gloves have split on the palm. They were £30, I can't really moan about how long they've lasted. Now looking to replace them and have had a look at the RST Paragon 5 WP gloves. Anyone had a pair? How did they hold up?

Other recommended options? Price range is to £60
____________________
Honda CBF125 ➝ NC700X
Honda CBF125 ↳ Speed Triple

[notbike]

I have a pair of Richa Arctic textile waterproof gloves. They're the best gloves I've ever had for cold riding. They're still fully waterproof after a few hours in the rain and they stay warm through winter. Or at least they did for me last winter. They also aren't as bulky as other winter gloves.

Anyway, they're more expensive online but I got a pair from local bike shop for £65. Think I saw a cheaper pair on eBay earlier.

Worth every penny.

[Whosthedaddy]

I've always used summer gloves all year, last year I opted for some muffs and it makes so much of a difference. I found that any winter glove to be just to cumbersome.
____________________
Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[NJD]

Snap.

<mr bean's voice from ratrace>
I'm winning, I'm winning
<mr bean falls asleep>

I've been using RST Blade WP in all weathers for not far of two years and winters the only time I've ever had any trouble with them. Sure the mention is counter productive because you want a winter glove and here I am saying use them but here I am saying they've left me after a handful of miles with numb hands but truth is in freezing cold temps there's a limit IMO to how long everything's going to last. "Forcefield Tornado Glove" is on the maybe investment list depending on how well they fair up this year. Forcefield because their balaclava kept me noggin warm when needed so might as well try something else in their range.

I've got a pair of RST Urban gloves but I didn't really much like them and after an attempted handful of uses I went back to the Blade's. If you've managed to get along with them thus long and don't have any complaints and are only looking because split why not go with the same again? They're still available £37.99.

Two years might be about average as my Blade's have devolved a small tear in one of the fingertips and are showing their age. Still waterproof and comfy.
____________________
The do it all, T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶,̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶l̶u̶m̶p̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶N̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶

[M.C]

[recman]

I bought a pair of Triumph branded winter gloves out of necessity during a ride out four years ago, still going strong but then I've hardly used them because fair weather garage queen.

[NJD]

[Oneear]

Just got these:

https://www.triumphfactoryoutlet.com/gloves/triumph-bright-motorcycle-gloves.html

https://www.triumphfactoryoutlet.com/media/catalog/product/cache/4/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/r/bright_gloves.jpg

£80 reduced to £25.

Seemed a reasonable price. No idea if they're any use mind, I'll have to wait for it to start getting cold.

[ScaredyCat]

[Oneear]

[.....]

Tucano Urbano muffs + summer gloves. More comfortable and warmer.

[M.C]

[ADSrox0r]

This year I'm looking at investing in heated gloves now that the technology has moved on far enough for small LiPo batteries. Usually I use a set of Barkbuster Blizzard covers which do a great job of reducing the wind chill but they do make full lock a pain to achieve. I also have a pair of Spada Enforcer winter gloves kicking about but I hate them, they're stiff and bulky and don't actually do a great job (if the Barkbusters aren't on)

Thing about heated gloves is without trying them I'm not 100% sure if the heating elements on them run all the way to the fingertips. It's always my thumb ends that take the brunt of the Nortthern winter, jeffing painful ah tell thee.
____________________
Current bikes: '08 VFR 800 VTEC(yo) , '07 ZZR1400 Winter hack: '95 Aprilia 650 Pegaso Currently lusting after: RC30

[pinkyfloyd]

My winter gloves look like this

https://img.motoraccs.co.uk/ebay/mandp/595336.jpg

With summer gloves and heated grips.

mmmmm toasty
____________________
illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[Snowdonia Rider]

My RST Blade summer gloves did OK winter '14 but winter '15 I went for a ride up the mountains in the snow and fook me, I had to stop every 5 mins to put my hands on the engine! So naturally the next day I went out to buy a pair of winter gloves, but returned with nothing despite trying a few shops. I was put off by not believing they would perform as advertised and mostly it was the bulk, I hate not being able to feel my indicators properly.

In the end I bought heated grips (which you can get for less than £60) and wow, best investment ever. Never before in my whole life have I ever felt such value for money I continued to use my RST Blades with them, being a leather summer glove you get the heat through instantly and it even keeps the top of your hands OK too. Plus you get all the feel of the controls you need.

If you can install them yourself you'll have change from £60, otherwise it'll cost you a bit more of course.
____________________
I want your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.
Suzuki GP125 Suzuki GSX600F Suzuki SV650S KTM EXC250F SkyTeam Bongo 125
My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SnowdoniaRider

[nitrosurf]

Just thought I'd chuck in my two pee...

Bering Yuka goretex. Got them for 60 notes and they're bloody marvellous as uncle Benny would say. Plenty of feel and are really actually waterproof due to the more more goretex.

Nice.

🏍
____________________
"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

[Holdawayt]

Alpinestars Drystar for me. They're sold as more of a spring / autumn glove but they've kept my hands toasty through last year's snow.

[andyscooter]

spada enforcers here


three years old and never a problem

also have a pair of rst gloves but they leak and have cracked leather on them
____________________
gilera runner vxr200 (chavped)
if its spelt wrong its my fat fingers and daft auto correct on my tablet

[-Matt-]

[Rogerborg]

[-Matt-]

[Rogerborg]

... lording it over me with your fancy £15 gloves.
____________________
Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[DrDonnyBrago]

I wear my summer gloves and slip my hands into a pair of big furry muffs.

[nitrosurf]

If you have to withdraw from the muff in a panic do you sometimes get stuck?

😯

🏍
____________________
"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

[Snowdonia Rider]