AGV Sport Laguna Motorcycle Gloves Review via Webbikeworld.com

   Summary

The AGV Sport Laguna gloves are the "premier full length sport-racing glove" in the AGV Sport lineup.
These sport or sport-touring gloves are made from soft, mid-weight leather and they have an array of protective features.

Their main claim to fame is the large amount of perforated leather surface area between the fingers, which actually makes the Laguna gloves a good choice for warm-weather without sacrificing protection.

  Introduction
I reviewed the AGV Sport Willow gloves (review) last year as part of our "Budget Track Day" series.
That series included reviews of the excellent AGV Sport Willow one-piece leather suit (review) and a pair of Sidi ST boots (review), which made a nice outfit for anyone's street or sport adventures.

The Willow gloves were admittedly the weak link in the chain, so to speak. Not that there's anything inherently wrong with them; just that they are probably more biased towards street riding than serious track day wear.

So, ever on the lookout for the "perfect" pair of street/sport gloves, we moved up one notch along the AGV Sport food chain to the AGV Sport Laguna gloves, which are also the recent benefactor of a list price drop from $129.00 to $99.00, making an especially noteworthy deal.
 

 Background
There are dozens of different motorcycle gloves for sale in the "street" or "sport" category, all nicely sorted into regular pricing intervals and all vying for your hard-earned dollars (or Euros or Pounds or Shekels...).
Choosing a pair isn't easy and reviewing motorcycle gloves is difficult. There's really no way of knowing if one pair or another will protect your hands better when/if the time comes. About all we can really go by is brand reputation and key features, like double-locking closure systems, extra leather on the areas most prone to abrasion and decent-looking stitching.

One does sort of get a feel, so to speak, for the types of features and the construction that hopefully will work best. As is the case with much of the motorcycle gear for sale today, "you get what you pay for". More or less, anyway.

Most of the street/sport gloves in the circa-$100 range have comparable features but there's one in particular that webBikeWorld readers have been looking for: ventilation.

I can't tell you how many emails we've received from webBikeWorlders looking for that "perfect" combination of good ventilation without sacrificing protection. Well, the AGV Sport Laguna gloves may be just the ticket.

I wasn't expecting a street/sport glove to have good ventilation, so this is a surprise. The combination of the medium-weight leather that makes up the body of the Laguna gloves, along with perforated leather inserts on both side of the fingers, make them especially comfortable for warm-weather riding.

Coincidentally, some correspondence with webBikeWorld Laguna glove owners who ride in hot climates has confirmed my findings: the Laguna gloves indeed have a reputation as a good choice for hot weather sportbiking.
  

You can read the full review here @ webbikeworld.com

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