While helmets and gloves are normally the closest of bedfellows – where else would you put your riding gloves when not on the bike – we don’t often see both items from the same manufacturer unless part of a much bigger range, but hey, who’s complaining? Certainly not us when they look like this!
Again, part of a much bigger range – a sub-set of a sub-set, in fact – these mid-length gloves cover most options and again are very competitively priced.
All but one pair are 100% premium aniline goat leather – said to have high tear and abrasion resistance – with a polyester lining for a comfortable feel. They are stitched together with high-tensile nylon stitches and most have the good grace to look as they’ll look after a few thousand miles on the road straight out of the box thanks to the aniline dyeing process and a waxed finish. The exception being the exception to the 100% leather rule: the Hollywood denim, which has a 10oz denim back that will wear and fade over time like only denim can.
Most are workmans’ gloves but all are styled quite differently and I suspect that you, like me, will be buying on a combination of style and protection. So rather than hitting the spec on each and getting bogged down horribly, each glove is captioned for easy identification and I’ll run through any specific additional points.
The Fullerton are perforated for cooling, feature a side-zipper – YKK – and single density foam pads for added protection.
|
Fullerton available in black or gold £50.60 |
 |
XS: 916191 |
S: 916192 |
M: 916193 |
L: 916194 |
XL: 916195 |
XXL: 916196 |
XXXL: 916197 |
 |
XS: 916198 |
S: 916199 |
M: 916200 |
L: 916201 |
XL: 916202 |
XXL: 916203 |
XXXL: 916204 |
You’ll buy the Sunset for the style alone, so it doesn’t need any additional features! Ditto the half-denim Hollywood and the Evel-Knievel-meets-Peter-Fonda Americana.
|
Sunset available in gold or red £53.06 |
 |
XS: 916261 |
S: 916262 |
M: 916263 |
L: 916264 |
XL: 916265 |
XXL: 916266 |
XXXL: 916267 |
 |
XS: 916268 |
S: 916269 |
M: 916270 |
L: 916271 |
XL: 916272 |
XXL: 916273 |
XXXL: 916274 |
|
|
Hollywood £34.34 |
 |
XS: 916205 |
S: 916206 |
M: 916207 |
L: 916208 |
XL: 916209 |
XXL: 916210 |
XXXL: 916211 |
|
Americana £53.06 |
 |
XS: 916275 |
S: 916276 |
M: 916277 |
L: 916278 |
XL: 916279 |
XXL: 916280 |
XXXL: 916281 |
The Beverley Hills is specifically a ladies’ glove in a choice of great colours, featuring a reinforced palm and thumb.
|
Beverly Hills available in black or red £46.54 |
 |
XS: 916212 |
S: 916213 |
M: 916214 |
L: 916215 |
XL: 916216 |
XXL: 916217 |
XXXL: 916218 |
 |
XS: 916219 |
S: 916220 |
M: 916221 |
L: 916222 |
XL: 916223 |
XXL: 916224 |
XXXL: 916225 |
The Silver Lake is just a great-looking, classically-styled work glove in black or tan leather – which Torc refer to as Gold – which you’ll either love for the diamond stitching or you won’t, in which case the more modern Hawthorne might press the right buttons.
|
Silver Lake available in black or gold £47.93 |
 |
XS: 916226 |
S: 916227 |
M: 916228 |
L: 916229 |
XL: 916230 |
XXL: 916231 |
XXXL: 916232 |
 |
XS: 916240 |
S: 916241 |
M: 916242 |
L: 916243 |
XL: 916244 |
XXL: 916245 |
XXXL: 916246 |
|
|
Hawthorne available in black or gold £55.95 |
 |
XS: 916247 |
S: 916248 |
M: 916249 |
L: 916250 |
XL: 916251 |
XXL: 916252 |
XXXL: 916253 |
 |
XS: 916254 |
S: 916255 |
M: 916256 |
L: 916257 |
XL: 916258 |
XXL: 916259 |
XXXL: 916260 |
Despite all but the semi-denim having knuckle protection of sorts – whether hidden or conspicuous – none are ECE approved but that currently only matters if you’re riding through France, and then only if you are checked … but then they do have an increasing number if things they can check you on, from the Crit’Air certificate to retro-reflective tabs on your helmet.
With impending regulations – which might have passed into law now – they won’t be allowed to be sold as motorcycle gloves because they lack CE approval, so they sell them as work gloves and we can still wear what we like. They will always be better than riding without gloves: it just means that we take ownership of the risk.