Shaggy
Zoinks!!!!
Several baseball players have admitted to pissing on their hands for the same reason.
Another old article, but same concept: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_.../2004/05/why_athletes_pee_on_their_hands.html
Blisters on the hands
- Thread starter rjbrittain11
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Several baseball players have admitted to pissing on their hands for the same reason.
Another old article, but same concept: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_.../2004/05/why_athletes_pee_on_their_hands.html
EastBayDave
- Kawasaki Fanatic -
Thank's for that HB. The question still got me curious. I raced 77'-84', & most of the old KAW's were a handful alright.
Funny you mention the "Esses" as it was one of my favorite places of SP. (Back then of course 8a/9/10 combo was much faster.) You really had to countersteer like hell to make the big bikes transistion fast thru there. My 600lbs.+ tankish like Gpz11 plowed like hell there, even using full arm/hands/back/etc. strength on the bars & hanging the rear all the way thru the turn, never really hooking up = drifting it all the way thru. Just more or less amount of slide...along w/plowing the front & controlling that.
My hands would get a bit sore thru there, but never blistered. On all the old bikes including that one, I went to softer grips (forget brand name.) It helped a bit for comfort & longevity, but I just never got blisters.
It could have been either my physical labor job back then (before I went White-Collar), or just being a BIG guy? (Maybe it was in the genes?) I donno. It's weird to hear so much of you all getting them nowadays. It makes me wonder if yes the good handling of the newest bikes gives you a more "direct" connection to the front-end. Making it tougher on da hands?
Hmmm....?
Gavin Botha
Well-known member
That is exactly the problem. The reinforcement used in most race gloves result in a blister generating seam. Find gloves that don't have a seam at the blister location and better still soft leather/padding in that area and you won't get blisters. Many years of unofficial reasearch:nchantr
On the converse perspective, the older bikes didn't have the brakes or the suspension so you really had to manhandle them sometimes as they wallowed down the straights just before going into a lock to lock tank slapper :laughing Try squeezing the front brake lever as hard as you possibly could and hoped that the drum front brakes (or even first generation disc brakes) would generate enough stopping power, before overheating :wow :laughing
The good ol days that Dave talks about were...the good ol days lol
EastBayDave
- Kawasaki Fanatic -
Funny! I recall countersteering so hard I used to imagine I was bending the bars. Multiple checks showed this was not happening of course. I used to call it "banging the bars" to start the roll, banging them again to stop it at the precise max ground-clearance point, & pushing/pulling like hell trying to get the bike to keep turning (stay at that lean-angle) when it wanted to lift-up! :laughing
One of the reasons I liked the Esses best at SP. Especially 8 was my favorite corner there. All the other corners were challenging yes (especially the Carousel/the hardest to get right), but to make time & beat others T8 was it man (for max speed around 9.) Irrelevant now yes w/the new sucky Chicane
( :mad ), but getting 8 right lead to higher top speeds around 9. Saving time! Beating others. :cool
Brakes? I recall we couldn't brake near as hard as they do now. That may be where the blisters are showing up. Back in the day the brakes were horrid; fading & soft. You'd have to move your brake marker back (T7/T11) each lap ~10 yards to cope w/rotor warp (had to get rotors surfaced every raceday.) Be happy you'all don't have to deal w/that today...
Maybe that's it = brakes? Much harder braking than long ago? Hmmm...
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Gavin Botha
Well-known member
They were good old days, but I prefer the better new days. I remember racing a GS850 Shaft drive, completely stock on the banked turns of Charlotte motor speedway. More flexing and twisting than a belly dancer
onto1wheel
Riding All The Time
i never got blisters while roadracing, or even road riding, but I've gotten some pretty bad blisters (under my callouses) after a few hours of off-road riding or racing.
I found some good tips from one of the top pro's (found in a magazine many years ago):
-Spray hands with Cramer tuf-skin spray
-Wrap hands with cloth athletic tape (I could provide or find some pic's, if needed)
-Spray hands again with cramer tuf skin just before putting on gloves (which practically glues your gloves to your hands)
Not sure if this is worth it for a short roadrace, but it works fantastically for 4+ hour off-road races
I found some good tips from one of the top pro's (found in a magazine many years ago):
-Spray hands with Cramer tuf-skin spray
-Wrap hands with cloth athletic tape (I could provide or find some pic's, if needed)
-Spray hands again with cramer tuf skin just before putting on gloves (which practically glues your gloves to your hands)
Not sure if this is worth it for a short roadrace, but it works fantastically for 4+ hour off-road races
EastBayDave
- Kawasaki Fanatic -
Wow; now you were really the man to race one of those! :wow :teeth
EastBayDave
- Kawasaki Fanatic -
to me, putting all that stuff on would interfere with "feel" & degrade f/your performance?
fortyonethirty
concussed
I like oury grips. I learned about them for motocross. They are super soft, but surprisingly tough.
Best thing for blisters is tough hands. Ride about 1 hour of motocross every week, and blisters will definitely go away.
Best thing for blisters is tough hands. Ride about 1 hour of motocross every week, and blisters will definitely go away.
onto1wheel
Riding All The Time
Huh??
Cramer tough skin is just a spray, It doesn't take space. The only thing taking space is the tape, which is pretty thin.
I'm pretty sensitive to the diameter of the grip and everything else that comes between my hands and the grips. I love the cramers with tape because it is so thin, and with the gloves glued to your hands, there is nothing rubbing on my hands, which seems to be what causes my blisters (that, and when my callouses get too thick, it causes blisters)
lol
thedub
Octane Socks
onto1wheel
Riding All The Time
Oh yes, I know…
I was just hoping to bring to light the ridiculousness of creating confusion by trying to save two keystrokes. Sorry, I just gotta call it as I see it. :teeth
MX500
Pooter
I've been working in various trades for the past 14 years as well as riding. For me it's all about the gloves. Shitty work gloves give me blisters in a couple hours of work.
I always try on a fair pairs of gloves before buying. Just like with helmets, few brands truly fit me well. Alpinestars SP2's fit me very well once broken in, but I greatly prefer the older generation SP2 over the current due to the longer and larger cuff. I did a 7 hour ride when I bought my current 2017 SP2's and did not get blisters although it was close and my hands had a couple sore spots from the much tighter knuckle area. They've since broken in and fit like gloves. No blisters ever while using any Alpinestars glove. I've done 50 miles short of an ironbutt and still had no issues.
While dirtbiking, I would get blisters after several hours of aggressive riding particularly if my gloves got contaminated with dirt.
I always try on a fair pairs of gloves before buying. Just like with helmets, few brands truly fit me well. Alpinestars SP2's fit me very well once broken in, but I greatly prefer the older generation SP2 over the current due to the longer and larger cuff. I did a 7 hour ride when I bought my current 2017 SP2's and did not get blisters although it was close and my hands had a couple sore spots from the much tighter knuckle area. They've since broken in and fit like gloves. No blisters ever while using any Alpinestars glove. I've done 50 miles short of an ironbutt and still had no issues.
While dirtbiking, I would get blisters after several hours of aggressive riding particularly if my gloves got contaminated with dirt.
MX500
Pooter
I use pro grip 714 and have only used them for the past 10 years. I had previously tried several types including standard renthal full and half waffle, oem honda, full diamond, and serfas spider grips. The original serfas (NOT slt) were the best grips of all time,unfortunately they were discontinued. The pro grip is the largest diameter soft grip I have found and works great in all conditions.