Who wouldn't pay £500 for a pair of gloves?

[Salted_Peanut]

I nearly bought Dainese Full Metal 7 gloves, but let’s be honest, a £400 pair of gloves is for poor people. My hands deserve better. Luckily, Held XR2 gloves – CE Level 2 and a step up from the legendary Titan RR gloves – will be launched this month. With the economy going swimmingly, it’s the perfect time to launch a £500 pair of gloves.

Pro tip: you can likely find Titan RR gloves on sale now.

[Inspire]

Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever spent £500 on a pair of gloves!

[Rubin215]

Salted_Peanut said:

I nearly bought Dainese Full Metal 7 gloves, but let’s be honest, a £400 pair of gloves is for poor people. My hands deserve better. Luckily, Held XR2 gloves – CE Level 2 and a step up from the legendary Titan RR gloves – will be launched this month. With the economy going swimmingly, it’s the perfect time to launch a £500 pair of gloves.

Pro tip: you can likely find Titan RR gloves on sale now.

I remember back in the 90's when Nankai first brought out the Mick Doohan replica gloves and they were about £200; the sales pitch at the time was that the price was only £20 per finger and if they saved you losing even one they were well worth it.

[Crudeoink]

£500 is a lot for a pair of gloves. I have a pair of Held's Air N Dry gloves. Absolutely love them, they even replaced them FOC after nearly 5 years when they stopped being waterproof. That said, the Air N Dry gloves were about £250 iirc, id struggle to come to terms with paying twice that!

[Tango13]

I paid £350 for some bespoke BKS gloves back in 2008 which according to the Bank of England inflation calculator is £558 today. Although Brian did comment that if he were to sell the same gloves today he would have to charge somewhere around £750~1000 a pair.

[Tango13]

Rubin215 said:

I remember back in the 90's when Nankai first brought out the Mick Doohan replica gloves and they were about £200; the sales pitch at the time was that the price was only £20 per finger and if they saved you losing even one they were well worth it.

But Mick Doohan had a little finger missing so surely the gloves should have only cost £180?

[Biker's Nemesis]

Rubin215 said:

I remember back in the 90's when Nankai first brought out the Mick Doohan replica gloves and they were about £200; the sales pitch at the time was that the price was only £20 per finger and if they saved you losing even one they were well worth it.

I had a couple of Pairs of Nanki gloves, I'm sure they were Goat skin or something like that, they were really soft and supple. I knew a lad who worked in a Motorcycle clothing department, I can't remember how much I paid it was so long ago.

[robinh73]

That is crazy. Dainese aren't exactly the quality they used to be. I bought a pair of Kustani race gloves about 12 years ago when racing which were £220. Absolutely superb, survived a fair few knocks and are still going strong to this day.

[Oilchange]

£288 here
https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/...

[Sidecar Man]

Well I have a Couple of pairs Daytona Security Evo Boots. So cant really say a lot

[Triaguar]

I'd want a one piece leather suit for that!!

[Salted_Peanut]

robinh73 said:

That is crazy. Dainese aren't exactly the quality they used to be.

The prices—Titan XR2 and Full Metal 7 alike—are undoubtedly crazy. I’m saddened by Dainese’s quality decline, but Held gloves feel like their quality remains high.

It’s a shame we can’t get Kushi’ gloves in the UK anymore.

Oilchange said:

£288 here
https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/...

Unfortunately, those are the old Titian RR gloves. They’re only CE Level 1, which is so last season

[wildone63]

I dont remember the brand but there was an american made crash helmet back in the 80's or maybe 90's which had a four digit price tag and was several times the price of the next most expensive helmet of the time.
The advert for the helmet advised readers that if they had a 50 dollar head then go and buy a 50 dollar helmet.

[NITO]

Damn it, I’m so last season. Saw this thread and immediately thought of the beautiful Held Titan RR gloves. Spent ages drooling over these, eventually bought some when they went on sale as I couldn’t bring myself to spend that much at rrp, then they arrived, what an occasion! I mean who packages their gloves like this?? (Ok,ok, those who charge nigh on £500 for some gloves )

[Rubin215]

Tango13 said:

Rubin215 said:

I remember back in the 90's when Nankai first brought out the Mick Doohan replica gloves and they were about £200; the sales pitch at the time was that the price was only £20 per finger and if they saved you losing even one they were well worth it.

But Mick Doohan had a little finger missing so surely the gloves should have only cost £180?

One of the features was that they had a piece of leather holding the little finger to the ring finger; supposedly if his gloves had had that he wouldn't have lost the finger.

[Rubin215]

wildone63 said:

I dont remember the brand but there was an american made crash helmet back in the 80's or maybe 90's which had a four digit price tag and was several times the price of the next most expensive helmet of the time.
The advert for the helmet advised readers that if they had a 50 dollar head then go and buy a 50 dollar helmet.

Bell, I think it was late 70's early 80's.

It wasn't four figures but they were definitely significantly more expensive than anyone else at the time.

[robinh73]

Sidecar Man said:

Well I have a Couple of pairs Daytona Security Evo Boots. So cant really say a lot

Same here! Wouldn't have anything else at all, saved my toes and ankles on more than one occasion.

[Tango13]

Rubin215 said:

Tango13 said:

Rubin215 said:

I remember back in the 90's when Nankai first brought out the Mick Doohan replica gloves and they were about £200; the sales pitch at the time was that the price was only £20 per finger and if they saved you losing even one they were well worth it.

But Mick Doohan had a little finger missing so surely the gloves should have only cost £180?

One of the features was that they had a piece of leather holding the little finger to the ring finger; supposedly if his gloves had had that he wouldn't have lost the finger.

I can remember the fingers being attached but I thought he crushed the finger between his handlebar and someone elses exhaust whilst racing at the Suzuka 8hr?

I recall the tale of how a while later he snagged the pin holding the finger together on his shorts whilst running and yanking the pin clean out...

[Rubin215]

Tango13 said:

Rubin215 said:

Tango13 said:

Rubin215 said:

I remember back in the 90's when Nankai first brought out the Mick Doohan replica gloves and they were about £200; the sales pitch at the time was that the price was only £20 per finger and if they saved you losing even one they were well worth it.

But Mick Doohan had a little finger missing so surely the gloves should have only cost £180?

One of the features was that they had a piece of leather holding the little finger to the ring finger; supposedly if his gloves had had that he wouldn't have lost the finger.

I can remember the fingers being attached but I thought he crushed the finger between his handlebar and someone elses exhaust whilst racing at the Suzuka 8hr?

I recall the tale of how a while later he snagged the pin holding the finger together on his shorts whilst running and yanking the pin clean out...

Yeah, it was like an extra section stitched over the outside of the two fingers; you could still move them but the idea was that it would stop your pinkie being pulled sideways too far.

I'm sure the Suzuka accident was that the finger was pretty much snapped off because he hit a backmarker and it got bent so far out; this was long before Capirossi's end-over-end when he clipped Gibernau and jammed his front brake on of course, so no bar-end protectors at all.

I like the stories of Bayliss and Mc Williams losing their fingers.

Bayliss, having mashed it in a Race 1 crash, apparently asked the medical centre if they could just cut the remains off and tidy it up enough that he could get a glove on in time for Race 2.
He's also quoted as saying afterwards that he really missed it nowadays as he had been "really attached to it."

McWilliams on the other hand (see what I did there?) lost his ring-finger on his left hand.
Supposedly when asked what he would about a wedding band he said he would never need it anyway.

[Tango13]

Rubin215 said:

Tango13 said:

Rubin215 said:

Tango13 said:

Rubin215 said:

I remember back in the 90's when Nankai first brought out the Mick Doohan replica gloves and they were about £200; the sales pitch at the time was that the price was only £20 per finger and if they saved you losing even one they were well worth it.

But Mick Doohan had a little finger missing so surely the gloves should have only cost £180?

One of the features was that they had a piece of leather holding the little finger to the ring finger; supposedly if his gloves had had that he wouldn't have lost the finger.

I can remember the fingers being attached but I thought he crushed the finger between his handlebar and someone elses exhaust whilst racing at the Suzuka 8hr?

I recall the tale of how a while later he snagged the pin holding the finger together on his shorts whilst running and yanking the pin clean out...

Yeah, it was like an extra section stitched over the outside of the two fingers; you could still move them but the idea was that it would stop your pinkie being pulled sideways too far.

I'm sure the Suzuka accident was that the finger was pretty much snapped off because he hit a backmarker and it got bent so far out; this was long before Capirossi's end-over-end when he clipped Gibernau and jammed his front brake on of course, so no bar-end protectors at all.

I like the stories of Bayliss and Mc Williams losing their fingers.

Bayliss, having mashed it in a Race 1 crash, apparently asked the medical centre if they could just cut the remains off and tidy it up enough that he could get a glove on in time for Race 2.
He's also quoted as saying afterwards that he really missed it nowadays as he had been "really attached to it."

McWilliams on the other hand (see what I did there?) lost his ring-finger on his left hand.
Supposedly when asked what he would about a wedding band he said he would never need it anyway.

The idea for stiching the fingers together probably came about from a Hollywood silent film star... Bonus internerd points if you can guess who without clicking the spoiler.

Harold Lloyd lost a thumb and forefinger on his right hand whilst messing about with a special effects prop bomb so he had a prosthetic glove made with false fingers that all bent together. They concealed the injury and prosthetic glove with carefully positioned camera shots.