TYRE WARMERS.

[Torque]

Thinking of getting tyre warmers for the 400. Anybody have any for sale or have some good contacts. Cheers Torque.:2thumbsup

[cowpoos]

http://www.northacc.co.nz/site/pages/accssry.htm

they stock and distribute tyre warmers...ring around your local bike shops and get a couple of quotes for the same warmers....you'll find they may differ from shop to shop...

CP

[White trash]

Fucken' 'ell!

Advice given on Sunday, man looking for warmers on Monday. Who's the guru?!

You sick of seeing the red one in front of ya T?

[svs]

i got mine from diamond security (http://diasec.co.uk) in the UK. Talk to Gary at GP motorcycles - he might have some.

[Torque]

Thanks for the contacts guy's. see if i can get me a set.:doobey:

[dss3]

Yeah put me down for a set too thanks Santatorque...

[Sparky Bills]

Im currantly doing some research for myself, If i find any around the place, ill let you know.

[Shaun]

Try www. racinglinks.co.nz MARTIN DUNN Real good quality

[Sparky Bills]

Try www. racinglinks.co.nz MARTIN DUNN Real good quality


Just placed an order with them.
All good!
$549 for the pair!
Bloody good price.:headbang:

[dss3]

You don't need to spend that much on my pressie Rob, tell ya what, you can make them my b'day pressie as well? Sound good? Sweet... I'll even act suprised!

[FROSTY]

can someone tell me WHY you feel the need for tyre warmers???
Fuck guys save ya moolah and if ya wanna spend it --upgrade ya suspension. $500 ish bucks thrown at ya shocks will go a long way to getting better lap times at your level of development.
TS blew up his warmers --oops --and I aint got any --neither does stu dawe
doesn't slow us down does it ???
Sorry to rant

[cowpoos]

can someone tell me WHY you feel the need for tyre warmers???
Fuck guys save ya moolah and if ya wanna spend it --upgrade ya suspension. $500 ish bucks thrown at ya shocks will go a long way to getting better lap times at your level of development.
TS blew up his warmers --oops --and I aint got any --neither does stu dawe
doesn't slow us down does it ???
Sorry to rant

this man is right...and he knows it :2thumbsup

[Two Smoker]

On a 400cc bike, tyre warmers are only applicabile for wet days... When its dry, you can go pretty hard after one warm up lap...

[Sparky Bills]

On a 400cc bike, tyre warmers are only applicabile for wet days... When its dry, you can go pretty hard after one warm up lap...


So what you guys are saying is no one needs tyre warmers!??
Used properly they are the bizz!!
Even when you come off the track, you put em on (without turning them on!), It helps to stop the tyres from turning blue. In which case the tyre is fucked.
One warm up lap is not enough to get tyres up to temp.

It also comes into mind over matter. It helps us mortals feel confident on the first lap, instead of worrying about grip.

[FROSTY]

sorry SB but thats just BS -
Im NOT saying that Wamers aren't fantastic and needed once you reach a certain level of riding.-say when a fraction of a seconds between winning and losing
What i am saying is that at Torques level of riding his money is much better spent on developing his suspension/drivetrain.--(all in my opinion BTW)
Tyre warmers are just another thing to worry about.
with the warmers comes generators -noise /distraction
Mind you--a generator means you can whip up a nice cuppa tea between races i spose

[dss3]

can someone tell me WHY you feel the need for tyre warmers???

One reason might be so that you don't crash on first lap on cold tyres???

Another reason might be that you have confidence to push hard right from the start, who really thinks their tyres are fully up to temp. after one lap of Taupo?

[sAsLEX]

Tyre warmers are just another thing to worry about.


like putting your foot down when you stop

[TwoSeven]

To me I cant really see the point in using tire warmers if I am using properly chosen road tires. Some of the compounds work between 10 and 60C quite well - especially for a 5 lap warm up ride round the block.

However, if I've just paid $500 for a set of slicks (and being a cheap bugger I'm not likely to do), tire warmers are really good for keeping them in the same heat cycle for as long as possible which makes the difference between making the tires last the weekend and having to put a new set on. :)

[Sparky Bills]

Mind you--a generator means you can whip up a nice cuppa tea between races i spose


See..
I can see your coming round.

Your going to go out and buy tyre warmers just so you have an excuse to buy a generator so you can make a cuppa. ARNT YOU!!:2thumbsup

I can see right through you buddy!

[FROSTY]

nahhh--I hate all the noise
Hey when Im running slicks Ill probably get warmers

[Sparky Bills]

Got mine the other day.:2thumbsup
Will use them at Wangas, Am lending them to one of our Mechanics to use this weekend at Puke (125GP class)

So will find out how they went next week when i talk to him.

[Kwaka-Kid]

also remember a tyre is damaged/chewed alot more when its colder and raced around the track, i guess its more about making your $600 set of tyres go further, for each set over and over.

Plus yeah the mental thing of not going hard on cold tyres and people saying it takes 3 hard laps to warm them up properly. I cant even do a hard bloody lap let alone 3!