Motorcycle Gloves

What’s good about the Arc-on Apex race gloves? Fit and feel. The all-new, all-roo Apex race glove, designed by London-based leather manufacturer Arc-on, is rammed with armour and all the usual selling...

What’s good about the Knox Handroid gloves? I think the Handroid gloves look really cool, although many don’t. Knox gloves seem to be an almost perfect fit for my hands, and it’s the same with the...

What’s good about the Weise Shark gloves? If I could only have one pair of gloves for riding in Britain they would be like these – sporty gloves with a waterproof membrane but no thermal wadding. They...

What’s good about the Oxford RP-2 gloves? These are a good-looking, cheap pair of sporty summer gloves. And while the price may suggest a few corners have been cut it’s actually quite hard to find...

What’s good about the Alpinestars WR-1 Gore-Tex gloves? These gloves have been my best friend over the past few months. I’ve worn them on chilly road tests, launches and commuting, on everything from...

What’s good about the Gerbing XRS12 heated gloves? Gerbing have given their popular XR glove the short-cuff treatment and dubbed it the XRS12. They’re now super-easy to slip inside my jacket sleeve,...

What’s good about the Ducati Scrambler gloves? Products with desirable product names attached often cost more than they are really worth – so these shortie gloves bearing both the ‘Ducati’ and...

What’s good about the Spidi Carbo 1 leather gloves? What a brilliant pair of gloves. Spidi have always made fabulously comfortable and well put together hand protection, and these mid-level Carbo 1...

What’s good about the Richa Carbon Winter Waterproof? These gloves are warm and gave me good feel as soon as I put them on. More essentially, they are cheap as chips. They were a lifesaver when I...

What’s good about the Oxford RP-5? These gloves give a fairly decent product for not very much money. It’s hard to point at stand out features, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing - they’re a...

What’s good about the Alpinestars Vega Drystar? These Vega Drystar gloves claim to be ‘all-weather’, but I only ever wear them when it’s raining and above freezing. I’ve found them to be well stitched...

What’s good about the Held Air N Dry? Versatility is the strongest asset of the Air N Dry gloves, which have two chambers to suit different climates. There’s a Gore-Tex divider between the two...

What’s good about the Held Touring 5 Tex Waterproof gloves? The leather was soft and supple from first wear and they needed absolutely no breaking in. The visor wipe on the index finger works well and...

Beefy leather/textile gloves with a robust knuckle protector. Can be powered with the included wiring loom, from a Gerbing jacket (set by the dual controller) or by cuff power packs. Powered from the...

These leather gloves with a proper knuckle protector and secure wrist adjuster warm up fast and are one of the warmest around, heating evenly across fingers, palm and the back of the hand. Though...

What’s good about the Held Phantom II gloves? These gloves ooze quality. Pick them up and you feel all the different protective materials, from titanium and Kevlar to Kangaroo leather panels that are...

What’s good about the Dane Varde Gore-Tex gloves? One of the biggest frustrations of British autumn is having don thicker gloves to cope with the lower temperatures, but these gloves make that...

Product Review: Alpinestars 365 Gore-Tex gloves £169.99 Tester: Michael Guy Time tested: Four years/44,000 miles What’s good? These are my gloves of choice regardless of weather. They offer the same...

Product Review: Held Titan gloves (now Evo, £249.99) Tested by: Emma Franklin Time tested: Five years/6500 miles What’s good? These are the gloves that refuse to die. The Held Titans (now superseded...

Spidi STR-3 Vent Coupe gloves, £84.99 Tester: Andy Davidson  Time tested: Three months, 2500 miles  What’s good? The STR-3s are a decent pair of lightweight, warm weather gloves. The mesh...

Spada Forty4 Driver Glove, £39.95 Tester Simon Brown Time tested 500 miles/one month What’s good? These shorty gloves are dead comfy in summer thanks to perforated leather on the backs of the...

Knox Biomech gloves, £129.99 Tested by Liam Marsden Time tested: Two years/4000 miles What’s good?  Although they’re two years old now, these remain my go-to gloves for summer riding as...

Ixon RS Rain HP gloves, £49.99 Tester: Alison Silcox Time tested: 1260 miles/eight months What's good? I like the lack of fuss with these gloves, as being short there's no extra bulk and the...

Top FIVERicha Rock £34.99 Leather gloves with hard knuckle protection and reflective panels to help you show up in a car’s headlight beam. In common with most gloves of this length, there’s a Velcro closure...

Alpinestars 365 Gore-Tex gloves £169.99 Tester: Michael Neeves Time used: Seven months/2000 miles What’s good? These are the latest-generation 365 Gore-Tex leather gloves, which I’ve used on road...

Racer High Racer gloves, £99.95 Tester: Tony Hoare Tested for: Two years/3000 miles What’s good? There are plenty of reasons to welcome summer with open arms, and the ability to dig out my Racer...

Held Phantom II gloves, £199.99 Tested by: Liam Marsden Time tested: Two years/2000 miles What’s good? I’m more than confident in the protective abilities of these Phantom II gloves, which are made...

Richa X Pro gloves £130 Tester: Rupert Paul Time tested: One year/7000 miles What’s good? For me, getting a good fit with gloves is always tricky. These are almost perfect, and the kind of thing you...

Knox Orsa gloves, £79.99 Tester: Andy Davidson Time used: one year, 12,000 miles What’s good? These are my go-to gloves when it gets a bit warmer. They’re lightweight, breathable, peppered with...

Held Talin GTX gloves, £154.99 Tester: Adam Child Time tested: One year/10,000 miles What’s good? These are without doubt the best winter gloves I’ve tried in nearly 20 years of biking. I’ve ridden...

Wolf Outlast Titanium II gloves, £89.99 Tested by Tim Thompson Time tested: Nine months/1000 miles What’s good? Finding a good glove for high summer is easy enough, so too finding one for the depths...

Held Arctic winter gloves £124.99 Tester: Michael Guy Time tested: Five years/24000 miles What’s good? They’re good looking, well-tailored and well-fitting gloves that have lasted very well and feel...

Spada Eighty2 Claw Gloves, £39.99 Tester: Adam Child Time tested: One year/13,000 miles What’s good? Sometime you just want sausage and mash. It’s sufficient, simple and you know what you are getting.

Macna Proton heated gloves, Time tested: One month, 1000 miles What’s good? Heated gloves are always my first choice in the winter months because my fingers get very cold very quickly. The Protons...

Spidi Carbo 3 gloves, £169.99 Time tested: Six months/3000 miles What's good? I wouldn't normally choose this style of glove as they are designed more with a MotoGP racer in mind than a Honda CB650F...

Ixon Pro Blizzard Gloves, £79.99 Time tested: One year/4000 miles What’s good? What a good glove this is from French bike clothing specialists Ixon. I’ve worn these through some pretty harsh weather,...