I would almost sooner ride without a helmet than without gloves. I've turned around and gone back 1/2 mile when I realized I didn't have gloves.
When it's warm, half finger gloves. When it's chilly, I use Wells Lamont motorcycle gloves - they're hi-viz yellow with reflective patches
amazon.com/Wells-Lamont-7674M-Motorcycle-Visibility/dp/B005XQKE1G
When it's really cold, I use hunting gloves, which are basically blaze orange thinsulate lined ski gloves. If you pick them up at the end of hunting season in the department stores around here, you can get them for < $20.
I've got my eye on some sweet winter gloves at the LBS but they want $65 for them. Screw that.
I was just up on Amazon looking for winter gloves. It's kind of ridiculous. You look at "cold weather, wind and waterproof" gloves, and they're all highly rated, then when you read the comments, you find out that people think that 20*F is "cold". OK, how about -20*F?
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