Looking for a new glove - Page 2

koenigcitizen · March 4th, 2012, 12:58 PM

Ordered A* GPX gloves from ironpony yesterday. Can post a review if anyone is interested.

MikeBudd · March 4th, 2012, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NDspd

@MikeBudd cool man, I'm getting the SMX-5 boots this coming tuesday!!

Awesome! Those boots should do you well. I was considering a boot that is more "track worthy", but then I was like... I commute a bajillion times more than going to the track lol :P

NDspd · March 4th, 2012, 05:37 PM

Yeah, but the SMX-5's were designed for wearing them on the street/long hours, but with track like protection.

TheJimmyEnglish · March 8th, 2012, 12:53 PM

If Knox made a short glove I would buy a pair.

cmSAE · March 10th, 2012, 11:45 AM

is it necessary to have such a good/expensive pair of gloves? burn me if you would like, but i just use a pair of mechanix gloves with padding on the palms and they are just fine.

koenigcitizen · March 10th, 2012, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cmSAE

is it necessary to have such a good/expensive pair of gloves? burn me if you would like, but i just use a pair of mechanix gloves with padding on the palms and they are just fine.

They will be fine until you crash that one time... Sorry if I am coming off negative...
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cmSAE · March 10th, 2012, 11:49 AM

no, i feel you...but yea, i took that into account, but i figured if i do crash (hopefully i never will) the padding in the palms will suffice, seeing as i dont think im going to do a majority of skidding on my hands.

koenigcitizen · March 10th, 2012, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by cmSAE

<snip>as i dont think im going to do a majority of skidding on my hands.

What makes you think that?
In most falls, you WILL land on your hands first

I hope your skin is worth more than $100 to you... I am not even talking about the pain and how long it takes for road rash to heal (a very very very very long time)....

cmSAE · March 10th, 2012, 11:56 AM

looks like hell. now, i know im inexperienced and have never been in a crash, but after the initial impact on the road, wouldnt you just curl into a ball and let your jacket/helmet/pants take skid? again, im inexperienced, but this makes sense to me...

koenigcitizen · March 10th, 2012, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cmSAE

looks like hell. now, i know im inexperienced and have never been in a crash, but after the initial impact on the road, wouldnt you just curl into a ball and let your jacket/helmet/pants take skid? again, im inexperienced, but this makes sense to me...

You might curl into a ball, you might be tumbling down the ditch, you might pass out upon impact and slide 60 feet like a ragdoll, you might do a backflip like a ninja and land on your feet...

Ideally if you can keep a cool head, in a crash you should do the following:

In a lowside, you want to spread over the road as much as possible to increase your traction to slow down as fast as your can to increase distance between you and the sliding motorcycle in front of you.

In a high side, you wanna try to do the opposite. You want to decrease traction as much as you can, tuck and roll, to get away from the bike that is sliding/flipping behind you.

In any case, I hope you and I never find out what it is like to crash at speed. Gear or no gear, you bet its gonna hurt.

be safe.

cmSAE · March 10th, 2012, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by koenigcitizen

you might do a backflip like a ninja and land on your feet...

i like this one the best. but thanks alot for the info. i just hope i never have to use it.

koenigcitizen · March 10th, 2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cmSAE

i like this one the best. but thanks alot for the info. i just hope i never have to use it.

Link to original page on YouTube.

LOL like that...

PS. sigh.. I still cant figure out how to embed youtube videos

Alex · March 10th, 2012, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by koenigcitizen

PS. sigh.. I still cant figure out how to embed youtube videos

Hit edit on your post and you'll see how I did it. Just put the video ID (and only the video ID) between youtube tags.

cmSAE · March 10th, 2012, 12:30 PM

alex to the rescue!

Whiskey · March 10th, 2012, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by cmSAE

is it necessary to have such a good/expensive pair of gloves? burn me if you would like, but i just use a pair of mechanix gloves with padding on the palms and they are just fine.

Look at how complex your hands are, 27 bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, skin & how often do you use them?

You automatically put your hands out when you're falling.

In a crash / highside with cheap un-armoured gloves the gloves will be ripped apart on contact, and your hands will take most of the initial damage.
Then your body moves over the hand, hyperflexes (bends back) your wrist breaking a few bones & tearing up tendons & ligaments

Do enough damage & they won't heal right

MikeBudd · March 11th, 2012, 12:47 AM

Wut he said ^

But yea, I when I first started I was wearing cheapish gloves, and when riding I simply could not comprehend crashing with them. My hands probably would have been utterly destroyed. Picked up some more protected ones and felt slightly better. Now I got SP-1's (actually, they were supposed to be here friday

), and I am sure I will feel much safer.

koenigcitizen · March 11th, 2012, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

Hit edit on your post and you'll see how I did it. Just put the video ID (and only the video ID) between youtube tags.

Thanks, Alex!

cmSAE · March 11th, 2012, 08:09 AM

thanks for all the info gents. with the heat of riding season coming up, ill be sure to pick some up. any recommendations?

koenigcitizen · March 11th, 2012, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by cmSAE

thanks for all the info gents. with the heat of riding season coming up, ill be sure to pick some up. any recommendations?

A* SMX-2 air carbon gloves are probably the best selling summer glove, and can be had for less than $70.

NDspd · March 11th, 2012, 01:57 PM

Take a look at the pics i posted on my crash thread from yesterday. You really need to have more than just flimsy foam on the palms of your hand. When I had my nasty low side I wore almost totally through the palm sliders on my SP-2 A* gloves. I just bought some SP-1's for even more protection

MikeBudd · March 11th, 2012, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NDspd

Take a look at the pics i posted on my crash thread from yesterday. You really need to have more than just flimsy foam on the palms of your hand. When I had my nasty low side I wore almost totally through the palm sliders on my SP-2 A* gloves. I just bought some SP-1's for even more protection

Although I bought the SP-1's before you crashed, your pics of the SP-2's further reinforced my desire to have more protection!

SP-1's FTW! Still haven't received mine, but I should get them monday or tuesday!

NDspd · March 11th, 2012, 04:09 PM

@MikeBudd Nope, I held off because I'm a little low on cash, but after my incident I put gloves as priority number one. Number 2 is repairing my leather jacket.

MikeBudd · March 11th, 2012, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by NDspd

@MikeBudd Nope, I held off because I'm a little low on cash, but after my incident I put gloves as priority number one. Number 2 is repairing my leather jacket.

drvr5 · March 11th, 2012, 09:36 PM

http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Detail.bok?no=3096
Held Thrux, be here shortly... hopefully they live up to my expectations (shouldn't be hard). Gotta love a closeout deal... makes stuff way outta your price range suddenly affordable

miss_connie · March 11th, 2012, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeBudd

Hey Everyone,

I am in need of new gloves. I am pretty sure I am going to get gauntlets.

What do you have, what do you recommend?

Any ideas would be appreciated

I read the title and my question was... Right or Left.. lol

azimmer11 · March 12th, 2012, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by miss_connie

I read the title and my question was... Right or Left.. lol

he wants his gloves for riding his motorcycle, not for taking things out of the oven.

MikeBudd · March 13th, 2012, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by azimmer11

he wants his gloves for riding his motorcycle, not for taking things out of the oven.

LOL!

anyways, I got the SP-1's. I really like them!

I did a video unboxing/review so I'll post that up, then I'll post up a ride report later tonight (to lazy to quickly edit the video).

Cheers guys.

NDspd · March 13th, 2012, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeBudd

LOL!

anyways, I got the SP-1's. I really like them!

I did a video unboxing/review so I'll post that up, then I'll post up a ride report later tonight (to lazy to quickly edit the video).

Cheers guys.

COOL!! I'm gonna do a review here in the next few days of my SMX-5 boots, since they've now been crash tested.

MikeBudd · March 15th, 2012, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by NDspd

COOL!! I'm gonna do a review here in the next few days of my SMX-5 boots, since they've now been crash tested.

I'm assuming they worked out well

I'm hoping I don't crash in my SMX-2. They don't have nearly as much protection, but then again, not meant for the track

March 4th, 2012, 12:58 PM	#41
koenigcitizen Russian Ninja :) Name: Andrei Location: Ocean City, MD Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Triumph Street Triple R, 2009 Yamaha FZ6, 2010 Kawi 250r (sold) Posts: 335	Ordered A* GPX gloves from ironpony yesterday. Can post a review if anyone is interested. __________________________________________________ 2009 Fazer (2009 Yamaha FZ6), 2012 Triumph Street Triple R

March 8th, 2012, 12:53 PM	#44
TheJimmyEnglish ninjette.org guru Name: Andrew Location: Cleveland TN Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Kawasaki Ninja 250R Red Posts: 316	If Knox made a short glove I would buy a pair. __________________________________________________ My YouTube Channel

March 10th, 2012, 12:30 PM	#54
cmSAE ninjette.org member Name: Connor Location: Hickory, NC Join Date: Mar 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250 Posts: 80	cheers alex to the rescue!

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March 4th, 2012, 05:37 PM	#43
NDspd 1/4 English, 3/4 Kick Ass Name: Jeremy Location: Dayton, OH Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2002 Triumph Speed Triple 955i, '05 Suzuki SV650S(retired), '11 Ninja 250R(sold) Posts: A lot.	Yeah, but the SMX-5's were designed for wearing them on the street/long hours, but with track like protection.

March 10th, 2012, 11:45 AM	#45
cmSAE ninjette.org member Name: Connor Location: Hickory, NC Join Date: Mar 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250 Posts: 80	is it necessary to have such a good/expensive pair of gloves? burn me if you would like, but i just use a pair of mechanix gloves with padding on the palms and they are just fine.

March 10th, 2012, 11:49 AM	#47
cmSAE ninjette.org member Name: Connor Location: Hickory, NC Join Date: Mar 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250 Posts: 80	no, i feel you...but yea, i took that into account, but i figured if i do crash (hopefully i never will) the padding in the palms will suffice, seeing as i dont think im going to do a majority of skidding on my hands.

March 10th, 2012, 11:56 AM	#49
cmSAE ninjette.org member Name: Connor Location: Hickory, NC Join Date: Mar 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250 Posts: 80	looks like hell. now, i know im inexperienced and have never been in a crash, but after the initial impact on the road, wouldnt you just curl into a ball and let your jacket/helmet/pants take skid? again, im inexperienced, but this makes sense to me...

March 11th, 2012, 12:47 AM	#56
MikeBudd ninjette.org guru Name: Mike Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): RED 2010 Ninja 250r Posts: 304	Wut he said ^ But yea, I when I first started I was wearing cheapish gloves, and when riding I simply could not comprehend crashing with them. My hands probably would have been utterly destroyed. Picked up some more protected ones and felt slightly better. Now I got SP-1's (actually, they were supposed to be here friday ), and I am sure I will feel much safer.

March 11th, 2012, 08:09 AM	#58
cmSAE ninjette.org member Name: Connor Location: Hickory, NC Join Date: Mar 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250 Posts: 80	thanks for all the info gents. with the heat of riding season coming up, ill be sure to pick some up. any recommendations?

March 11th, 2012, 01:57 PM	#60
NDspd 1/4 English, 3/4 Kick Ass Name: Jeremy Location: Dayton, OH Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2002 Triumph Speed Triple 955i, '05 Suzuki SV650S(retired), '11 Ninja 250R(sold) Posts: A lot.	Take a look at the pics i posted on my crash thread from yesterday. You really need to have more than just flimsy foam on the palms of your hand. When I had my nasty low side I wore almost totally through the palm sliders on my SP-2 A* gloves. I just bought some SP-1's for even more protection

March 11th, 2012, 04:09 PM	#62
NDspd 1/4 English, 3/4 Kick Ass Name: Jeremy Location: Dayton, OH Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2002 Triumph Speed Triple 955i, '05 Suzuki SV650S(retired), '11 Ninja 250R(sold) Posts: A lot.	@MikeBudd Nope, I held off because I'm a little low on cash, but after my incident I put gloves as priority number one. Number 2 is repairing my leather jacket.

March 11th, 2012, 09:36 PM	#64
drvr5 ninjette.org member Name: Carl Location: Phoenix, AZ Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): '09 250 Green+Black Special Edition Posts: 19	http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Detail.bok?no=3096 Held Thrux, be here shortly... hopefully they live up to my expectations (shouldn't be hard). Gotta love a closeout deal... makes stuff way outta your price range suddenly affordable