Dwight Dillon cold weather riding

[duke8]

Ok. So I stroked about 5 laps today when I saw Dwight just roaming the track and decided to see what the dude was up to. Pulling over my fingers were numb.
Normal formalities were exchanged.
Standing there in blue surgical gloves Dwight proceeded to tell me how much he loved his SG12 Gaerne boots. As I have just donned a pair of SG10s.
" My friggin fingers are about to fall off."
" Put some of these on," as he lifted his hands to reveal the blue gloves - the ones we all wear during oil changes, regular maintenance on the bikes.
"Wear them under your motto gloves, and they will be warm - comfy".
OK. So after BSing Dwight I went back, snagged a pair of purple skin tight nitrel gloves and put my motto gloves over.
Awesome, a bit sweaty but warm, very warm...

Duke

[212masters22]

The tricks we pick up in life that make things easier and save us money. My latest discovery is that seal saver tool for the front fork seals. For the last two years of our hobby racing career, I have taken the pressure off he forks after traveling, I have relieved the pressure before cinching and even bought some fork blocks but no matter what we did it seemed a seal would leak on one of the four bikes. I would just bring the bike to my local mechanic. This year I was wandering around his shop waiting to pay and I noticed this seal saver product and for 5 bucks just bought it to see if it worked. None of our bikes have been in for fork seals since.

[vessie200]

i recommend having the tires off the ground after washing your bike and spray some windex onto the fork seals and wiping around them several times removing all the dirt or sand that you dont see hiding up there.. from my experience seal savors are great for a little while but eventually lots of dirt gets trapped in them causing a bad blowout.. if you wipe the seals down after every ride you should rarely ever blow seals.. as far as the gloves go.. good tip and always keep some packed in your gear bag for the cold early practices we have at our montana races.