fork protection

[camb10]

Just spotted one of my fork seals is a little bit weepy, not surprise as the bike is old and gets used in all weathers.
just a general question, what do year round riders/ decent mileage commuters use these days to protect the forks? used to be fork gaiters back in the day and i just give them a spray with wd40 or whatever once a week through the winter if i remember
i was looking at an cb500x the other day and noticed the chrome was looking pretty knackered, maybe a quality thing or just never been sprayed with anything oily. anyway.... tell me what works for you!

[Biker9090]

I STILL use fork gaiters on my 2006 CBF500 ABS. Protects them perfectly.

I'm currently looking at what I can get for USD forks on my V Strom. In the meantime I've used Autoglym spray on ceramic spray

[TheOversteerLever]

My advice - just keep them clean and dry. The problem with gaitors, shrink wrap or anything else that covers them is that they don't stop 100% of the grime getting past.

The grime then has no where to go, you don't realise it is in there and then the stanchions start to pit/score .

[hondajack85]

I always though why do they have these upside down forks. Even all the offroad motocross stuff has it.
Eventually I decided the fact its upside down means particles may go down and out rather than down and in.

[KTMsm]

Some people (generally off road) use neoprene gaitors

Personally I'd rather see them and clean them

The seal saver scrapers work well

[mudster]

I use neoprene sleeves like these https://www.24mx.co.uk/product/acerbis-neoprene-fo...

The bike doesn't have long travel MX suspension, so I cut one sleeve and used half on each leg. I check and clean underneath the sleeve before and after winter and not had any issues.