A decent pair of leather gloves are a step below a helmet in their importance to motorcyclists, I’ve had a couple of motorcycle mishaps in my time and it always seems that my hands hit the ground first, followed by every other part of my body, with varying degrees of speed, pain and skin-loss.
These beautiful, retro gloves from Iron & Resin are made from grain, cowhide leather, they feature a draw-string wrist attachment and they won’t make you look like a Tron-Power Ranger.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
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