Summery and adventurous motorcycle gloves, those are the DAINESE Karakum Ergo-Tek magic connection motorcycle gloves. Besides being a mouthful, they are well-ventilated, sporty, light and well-finished.
The Karakum is a Central Asia desert, which might clarify a few things. These motorbike gloves are adventurers that prefer higher temperatures to the high North. It shouldn’t come as a surprise then that a large part of the back of the hand is made of ventilated stretch material. Goatskin leather ensures a better wear-resistance and excellent grip in the palm of the hand. The combination works and delivers a more than sufficient glove.
The Ergo-Tek knuckle protector has something to do with that as well. The choice to work with a four-part protector instead of the traditional cup is the result of private research, states DAINESE. It approximates the natural anatomy of the hand around the handles and during riding more accurately and allows faster action, while the degree of protection is unsurprisingly still optimal. We see no reason to doubt that: it fits (like a glove).
This brings us to the Magic Connection, the circle-shaped magnet hidden discretely on the wrist. The system is compatible with the magnet present in many recent DAINESE motorcycle jackets and allows you to magnetically hook the glove to your motorbike jacket. When you stop for fuel, walk in a store… It’s convenient, that’s for sure.
The DAINESE Karakum is a light, soft, summery motorbike glove with a couple of ‘extras’ but that also includes everything a motorbike glove should have: padding on the ball of the hand, a short cuff that’s closed by Velcro, DAINESE Smart Touch to operate your smartphone, stretch material around the fingers.
An excellent choice.
