Show us your gloves

[scroter]

gloves please,

Im a trucky for a job and a biker for life.

Why is it that when im at work i am constantly seeing bikers without gloves this season, this to me is unaccaptable around town and yet it has infected our open roads heavily as well. I know im anal about wearing the correct gear but if you dont think you might come off, regardless of whose fault it might be, then why wear any of it. Gloves aint the half of it really but its a pet hate of mine. I hope everyone one on kiwibiker wears there gloves 100% of the time, and for those who dont please dont call me to wipe your arse after a crash, wear your gloves and then for those occasions that may never happen you give yourself a chance of pooing in private. safe riding everyone

[Duke girl]

I doubt they would be able to call you to wipe their arse as they wouldn't have any hands left to be able to use a phone to do so. Dont understand any motorcyclist riding without the appropiate protective gear on. If they value their lives at all they would wear it no questions asked. It really doesnt matter how good of a rider you are as accidents can happen to the best of us even when its no our fault. There are all types of riders as well as drivers on our roads today and you only have to be in the wrong place at the wrong time for an accident to occur. It only takes a few seconds for your life to change. Like you said come on all you motorcyclists out there Please wear the right protective gear while riding. Aint your lives worth it?. as I know mine is.

[James Deuce]

I once wiped my bottom with tissue paper instead of toilet paper. Definitely not an ATGATT move, but I'm still here.

You can control a small percentage of your own fate. Do a good job of that and waste not the unheard, unseen lecture.

[varminter]

Bare legs, bare hands, I just don't understand it, I value this old bag of bones.

[portokiwi]

I once wiped my bottom with a rock afghan style... It hurt.
I have 6 pairs of gloves never have been on the bike with out gloves, i dont know why I sopose it would be like riding with out a helmet, Only in the islands can you get away with that lol.

[klingon]

Gloves are the one I really don't understand - I mean I kind of get it when people talk about their bike gear being too bulky, too expensive, too hot, blah blah blah...

I just bought a new pair of summer gloves from the Motomail outlet store. $29 so hardly expensive!

When I take off my helmet I tuck them into the helmet and forget about them. So it's not like they're awkward to carry around!

AND gloves look great on a biker so it's not like people will be worried about their image.

So what's the problem? A cheap, convenient and cool-looking way to protect a VERY IMPORTANT part of your body. Why wouldn't you wear them?

[vifferman]

I usually wear gloves, but there are odd times (like when I went out one lunchtime and got down to my bike to find I'd left my gloves behind) that I don't bother.
However (but!) in the first few years of motorcycle ownership, I wore gloves only if my hands were cold.
In the several times I've crashed, my helmet has contacted the road only once, and my hands only a couple of times.
When I was yound and relatively bulletproof, I had little need for protective gear. However, I'm more conscious of pain now, and I need my hands to make a living.

[ManDownUnder]

See if anyone can find a photo online of degloved hands (medical term) following a bike accident.

Plenty of degloving photos out there (VERY not nice...) but I didn't find any specific to m/c accidents and I'd be interested to see one.

[Radar]

See if anyone can find a photo online of degloved hands (medical term) following a bike accident.

Plenty of degloving photos out there (VERY not nice...) but I didn't find any specific to m/c accidents and I'd be interested to see one.

Here are some photos. Warning: horrific!

[Badjelly]

In the several times I've crashed, my helmet has contacted the road only once, and my hands only a couple of times.

In the several times I crashed in the old days, my helmet never contacted the road and I sustained no significant injuries to my (often ungloved) hands. But like you, I was young, bulletproof and stupid (you didn't say stupid, did you? ). I don't plan on wearing out my luck and I wear (almost) ATGATT.

[PrincessBandit]

Anyone remember that horrid brown shiny loo paper you sometimes got in public toilets? (not that I frequent those, I'll have you know....) don't know how it was supposed to do anything as it was completely non-absorbent! Eeewww.
I have only ridden once (very short trip) sans gloves and even tho it was nice weather my little handies got so cold I resolved never to do it again. Brrrr. Am I a wuss?

[DEATH_INC.]

I once took some pics of a pair of gloves I had that had all the knuckle armour worn through after a little mishap to show a young fella I knew that rode without them, he went straight out and got some.... I'll see if I still got them...

[Usarka]

Gloves are very important. I'll put gloves on even when riding around the block in my shorts and t-shirt to dry the bike off after washing it.

[Askelon]

I learnt my lesson the hard way - no gloves, leather waistcoat.. 2 mins from work to home. Sun strike and a car led to me turning up to my sisters wedding with no skin on both palms and up both arms to the elbows. You'll never catch me without a jacket, gloves and boots as a bare min..

[Richi]

Makes me feel queesy every time i see it. I think the biggest culprits are the scooter riders. I guess they think they arent going fast enough?? I have seen heaps of riders already going past my place without anything but a helmet.

If nothing else i would wear a helmet and gloves...whats the first thing you put down in a crash to protect yourself...?