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Hi Guys-

I've started a Youtube channel where I provide concise, objective gear and accessory reviews, as well as durability reports of items I'd previously written up in Motorcycle Consumer News, Rider, Thunder Press, BMW Owner's News, and some of the other mags I write for. Tonight I uploaded a vid of Held's Air N Dry gloves, if anyone is interested....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzivqZe1hDI

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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2016, 03:56:17 AM »
Nice job, as always.
I found them to be a tad warm, and that's an individual thing, but agree that they are well done.  HELD gloves fit great.

As an aside, I just returned from 400 miles in the wet Sunday and my HELD Gore X-tra fit gloves were 100% dry.
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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2016, 11:00:10 AM »
I too have a pair of these gloves and they work well but when riding the day before in 95+ temps I was thinking it would be nice to have a thinner and smaller (i.e. non-gauntlet style) glove.  I see in the comments about the video that you find them to be waterproof and that's good to know as here in California I don't see much rain but hope to get out and about this summer and expect I'll find some water coming down somewhere.

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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2016, 12:04:11 PM »
Great report, clear, to the point and useful info.  I'll be looking out for more.  Thanks.
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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2016, 12:08:46 PM »
 I forget that our own Moshe Levy is the same guy that is famous in the MC'ling press . Nice job bud , keep it coming .

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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2016, 10:47:04 PM »
Hey Guys-

Thanks alot! I have a report coming soon focusing on the Agostini pipes on my V7R. I think you might enjoy that too!

Can someone help with a tech request? I'd like to receive an email when someone replies to my posts, so I can respond faster. Is that possible with a setting? I couldn't find it.

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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2016, 09:36:32 PM »
I have to agree with others that your reviews are perfect, clear, concise, and no BS. I have these same gloves for about 5 months now. Haven't tested the waterproofness yet, but like the features and flexibility between hot and wet. I am concerned about the durability to price ratio as you mentioned. Wish I would have caught your video before purchase. Oh well.

Thanks for the review.

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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2016, 05:00:14 AM »
Thank you very much! And please tune in this Sunday night (10ish) for the newest vid, which will be a functional overview and durability report on the Agostini Mandello exhaust for Guzzis! https://www.youtube.com/c/motomouthmoshe

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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2016, 05:59:35 AM »
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Can someone help with a tech request? I'd like to receive an email when someone replies to my posts, so I can respond faster. Is that possible with a setting? I couldn't find it.

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At the bottom of the thread page there is a button you can click that says "notify".  I think it notifies you whenever any reply is made to that topic, but it will get you in the ball park.

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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2016, 06:09:04 AM »
Thanks!
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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2016, 06:46:42 AM »
Moshe-

Very cool.  - I subscribed to your channel.  Thanks for sharing


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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2016, 08:17:08 AM »
Moshe-

Very cool.  - I subscribed to your channel.  Thanks for sharing


Eric

Thanks! Tune in for the Agostini Mandello report tomorrow night at 10pm!

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Re: Held Air N Dry Gloves Functional Overview & Durability Report
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2016, 09:24:01 AM »
"I am concerned about the durability to price ratio as you mentioned. Wish I would have caught your video before purchase. Oh well."

I don't think you'll be disappointed with respect to durability. I wear Held's Race Tech. Every riding day for the past three summers. Sun to rain, from freezing to too hot for me, other than 'patina' (some dyes have faded) these fit and work like the day I bought them.
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