In general, motorcycle gloves for summer are not waterproof, otherwise you would get very hot and sweaty hands. Usually equipped with a short cuff and light materials, which makes them flexible and gives you an optimal feeling about your motorcycle. Ventilation and air-permeable parts provide the necessary cooling on hot days.
Summer motorcycle gloves are often composed of a single layer of leather or textile, without thermal lining and with protection on the knuckles and at the palm. The inside of a summer glove is - also with textile summer gloves - often equipped with leather inserts to keep a perfect grip with your handles while riding. A summer motorcycle glove can be made up of full (synthetic) leather, leather and textile and full textile. Softshell motorcycle gloves are a variant of textile motorcycle gloves. Due to the structure of the fabric, they are suitable for the summer, but they will breathe less than regular textile motorcycle gloves.