Well, as it turns out, I've currently got 2 pairs of gloves at my home, 1 Highend, and 1 Multitop. The story goes like this...
After I ordered, and waited for a shipping date (or something similar), I was notified that there weren't any medium Multi-tops in the States (and they needed to go harvest some kangaroos to make new ones). I was going to cancel my order, but Motostrano offered to send me a pair of Highend (in medium), and a pair of Multitop (in large, which they had) so I could see if my preconceived notions of which one I wanted, and what size I needed, were correct. The package arrived Monday. Unfortunately, the pair of Multitops are size Small, not Large, but so be it.
Here's a pic of the gloves side by side...
The Multitop...
And the Highend...
The major differences from my perspective are:
1) The Highend glove seems much more vented. I can't say from a "ridden" perspective if there is a huge difference, since I'm only putting them on in my house, but they appear as if they would flow a lot more air. The base of the center two fingers has a woven material stiched in place of hide, which I guess lets air in.. and the material covering the back of the hand is perforated. Of course my Lee Parks gloves don't have any vents, and they're not too hot either... so take it for what it's worth.
2) The wrist closure strap on the Highend is on the underside, while it's on the top of the Multitop.
3) The Highend has the last two fingers attached... the Multitop doesn't.
4) The Highend has carbon fiber bumps everywhere.. on the finger joints, the knuckles, the butt of the hand, the back of the wrist. The Multitop has a hard dark substance (probably some polymer) on the knuckles and finger joints, but only a leather pad on the butt of the hand and top of the wrist.
5) The Highend knuckle guard is actually attached to a seperate piece of material over the back of the hand. There is a small recessed area underneath (could stash a couple small bills there I guess...?). There's no seperation on the Multitop.
6) The two center finger joints, and the top of the arm on the Highend have a metal mesh material inserted (I guess to flow more air...)
7) The Highend gloves have little tacky strips on the ends of the index and center fingers. My guess is that this is to help grip things.
8) Both designs have a leather flap that sits over the bottom of the wrist. For the Highend, this sits over the wrist closure strap. For the Multitop, it doesn't (because the strap is on the other side of the glove).
Both designs are very comfortable... my hand seems to be a medium, but I can actually get the small version of the Multitop on, and it's not uncomfortable... just that I can feel pressure across the width/sides of my palm. The finger length for both versions seems to be identical.
So I'm going to send both pairs back, and wait for them to kill enough kangaroos to make another pair of mediums. Word from Motostrano is that they may gets some mediums in next week. We'll see.