"How cold do you have to get before you fall off?"
The faster you ride, the colder you get!
At some stage of your bikeriding, you're going to get caught in a rainstorm.
Option 1:- Find a bar, take off your leather motorcycle gloves, sit under an umbrella and watch the rain fall!
Option 2:- Make a rainsuit out of plastic garbage bags. Punch arm and head holes in one, then leg holes in another and step into it. Then go back to the bar, find the kitchen and ask the cook for a pair of dishwashing gloves to wear as liners inside your leather motorbike gloves.
Plastic shopping bags inside your boots will keep your socks dry.
With Option 2, duct tape everything together, so all the plastic won't blow apart. You'll be dry for a while, maybe long enough to ride out the storm.
Aside from the emergency preparations above, you can prepare for riding in the rain. With motorcycle gloves, at some point, they eventually get wet, but the big gauntlet style full leather motorcycle gloves works best. Some riders like to wear the summer weight leather motorbike gloves. They get wet, but they dry out quickly. Besides, some riders like to "feel" the bars. If it's cold outside as well as wet, try a lightweight kind of thermal glove underneath your leather motorcycle gloves. Toasty and warm!
Talking about handlebars, I'm a great believer in heated grips. They keep the blood flowing in ya fingers and are great with the thinner variety of leather motorcycle gloves.
Now, we all know leather is neither warm nor waterproof, but many riders do go for the leather riding suits with their leather motorcycle gloves because they feel safer, and when you feel safe on a bike, then you don't mind arriving home wet!
Nothing is as cool as leather!
Look for cool leather motorcycle gloves at:-
http://www.leatheronhand.com/motorcycle_gloves/
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