With Australia entering winter in the next few months what gloves do you guys recommend?

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My 07 XTX
Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator /

My 09 XTX
59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details

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My KTM 990 SMR Mod book. http://www.ktmsmt.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4946

JOX:


Richa Winter:


Halvarssons Trinti:


I personally prefer the type of gloves with separate index finger (never actually tried the Richas above but a similar glove that is no longer in production), less fumbling but not as warm maybe.

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I've probably used most of the heine gerick range of winter gloves over the years . On the most part they work ok for the 1st winter but linings compress with use so they're never as warm for the 2nd year. All have at some point had the lining pulled out when removing hand , which makes glove useless and all were a bit cumbersome.
This year I've used A'stars Jet Road GTX winter glove and they haven't been superwarm but we have had a super cold winter, they do offer a good fit and ease of use of levers etc, more like thicker summer gloves, and they are marked all season gloves by H-G. they also have a nice inner cuff to go under sleeve with wind proof cuff for over sleeve cover, h-g ones all seem to go over sleeve so if raining hard they can get some arm seepage in the liner. The a'stars weren't as cheap as h-g but do seem better quality. if using in prolonged sub 5 deg c then they may need heated grips/liners .

Wash and tumble dry to fluff the linings.

(and) Tumbledrying is essential on all hydrophilic materials, to restore the water repellency - the static build up during the process, gets the fibres to allign properly and restore their water repellency effect.

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You're full of useful info Avo! Good stuff! :-)

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Originally Posted by hazza2805 You're full of useful info Avo! Good stuff! :-)

i second that

Kev

I thought Queensland didn't have winters

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Not as cold as you guys get, we go down to about 5 degrees for a few days in winter, which is too cold for me. I normally ride with motocross gloves most of the year.

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Mods that I have done to my XTX's

My 04 XTX
Stage 1 & 2 DNA filters / Kev fuel mod / snorkel mod / Drilled air box mod / Engine breather mod / Fork Spacer mod / 15w fork oil /
[
My 07 XTX
Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator /

My 09 XTX
59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details

Now ride a 2018 MT09SP ABS + TCS

My KTM 990 SMR Mod book. http://www.ktmsmt.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4946

I have a pair of dririder alpine gloves that I wear in the winter. Cuffs are quite large so you don't get a cool draft up your arm either. They seem pretty waterproof and I don't sweat too much in them.

Oi Kev,

Are you having a laugh ?

I just checked Brisbane' weather history:-



July:-
Ave temps Min 9 degC. Max 20 degC.
7 wet days, 5cm rain, Ave wind speed 3mph,
7 hours of sunshine.

Up on the top of the planet we have just had our worst winter for 30 years and our bikes are falling apart from the road salt.

You lucky sod....
Ray

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