This weekend appears to be a big weekend at Glen Helen. On Saturday our club, ARX, is having a race along with "Marty Tripes 100cc Works Revenge" races. On Sunday, AHRMA & CalVMX are putting on a race. The "Vet World Championship" is also running on the National track on Saturday and Sunday. They usually have a fair turnout of "Old" (in their 30's and 40's) pros.
Looks like a good weekend of racing and spectating.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Lloyd
With the rain today, it will be slip-sliding-away. Make sure to put the duct tape on the underside of your fenders :D
Great idea. I take a couple of different sized wooden spatulas and a couple of other devices to scrape the mud off, but the duct tape on the fenders sounds like a great idea. I wonder if taping the inside of the shoulder of the Akron rims would work? Might have to think about this for awhile. At different times in the past I have tried spraying "Off" and other oven cleaners, etc. with only marginal success. Anyone have tips for bike prep for muddy event?
There are some good products made to spray on the plastic and areas on the bike like between the engine and skid plate to keep mud from sticking, but any good spray silicone followed by a rub down to help fill in the pores on the fenders, etc. will help shed mud and make clean up easier. Just avoid the seat and areas that might cause problems like grips, Etc. I read something on another site about Rain-X spray that was claimed to work even better than silicone spray after being rubbed into the plastic parts. It literally shed the mud like water. Mike
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Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S
1975 Can Am 175 TNT & 77 250 Black Widow
1979 Husqvarna OR390
1976-78 RM & 77-79 PE Suzuki's
1974 CR250M 07 CR125R 79 CR250R
For the rims, we need the trick foam inserts that the Jones' use to run on their YZs. I wonder if anyone every tried to reproduce them?
Lloyd
Back in "The Day", we sprayed inside fenders, rims and motors with Pam cooking spray....mud usually wouldn't stick and any that did stick would hose right off....worked great...!
Steve Minor
Wilmington, NC
Back in my day, thee was NO PAM!!!!! LOL
Donny Smith
Paragould, AR
RE wheel foam...When I was running the winter series in SW Washington several years back I used 5/8" foam insulation backer rod like they sell in rolls at Home Depot and elsewhere in my Akronts to reduce the mud load in a big way. http://www.lowes.com/pd_127194-1410-C23H_0__?catalogId=10051&productId=3010567&UserSearch=5%2F8+backer+rod&Ntt=5%2F8+backer+rod&N=0&langId=-1&storeId=10151&rpp=24
I cut lengths that would fit into the mud grooves with a bit of resistance when stuffed in there end-to-end. Every once in a while one would pop out and get lost but they mostly stayed in place pretty well. Some mud would build in the wheel center around the spokes but no where near the volume normally scraped out after each mud race.
Jon McLean
Lake Grove, OR