racetechs

[cowpoos]

I was just talked into buying some racetechs for the new toy...soft front/medium rear...ready for the trackday...anyone use them had experience with them???

comments?

[skelstar]

...soft front/medium rear...
Im a noob...what are racetechs? Are they a pair of shorts?

No seriously, I dont know what it/they are.

[k14]

Im a noob...what are racetechs? Are they a pair of shorts?

No seriously, I dont know what it/they are.
Yeah they are special protective shorts that you use for riding your bike. Can get different hardness's in the front and rear depending on your needs :rofl:

[skelstar]

Yeah they are special protective shorts that you use for riding your bike. Can get different hardness's in the front and rear depending on your needs :rofl:
Id hate to think what cowpoos's 'needs' are.

Im guessing that they are tires. Was thinking suspension for a bit...

[Sparky Bills]

OH NO!! YOU DIDNT DID YOU!?
Are they black???

If they are....













You will be sweet!:lol:

Na.. Great tyres mate! You'll love em.
wont last too long though, and not the best in the rain. (lack of tread)

[DEATH_INC.]

I've used a fairly well used one on the rear of my gixx,worked real well,though it tore up pretty fast.....
LB had 'em on the TL when I rode it and they felt great round taupo too.

[GSVR]

Last time I looked the Wellington Hardcore all had Racetech M3 (whatever they are) tires on their bikes. Guys that can tell you about how good Racetechs are and how they run them are Trash. Jimbo and Deano.

Great tyres by all accounts if you wanna go hard out and can afford new rubber every other week.

Oh yeah Two Smoker uses them too so they must be good.

Tyres cost money thats all I know.

[Firefight]

I was just talked into buying some racetechs for the new toy...soft front/medium rear...ready for the trackday...anyone use them had experience with them???

comments?


great tyres, very sticky, don,t expect to get high mileage out of them, but what you get will be fun...


F/F

[cowpoos]

great tyres, very sticky, don,t expect to get high mileage out of them, but what you get will be fun...


F/F


sounds like I've made a good choice so far...and yeah...milage dosn't really bother me if I get 1500-2000k I'll be happy

[Sensei]

Yep good choice have M1 on the front at the moment & is one of the best tyre's I'v had , so a race compond will be fucken Mint as

[DonaldH]

I am an old man, but the racetech are the business.

I got 5K out the rear.... Enjoy

[Firefight]

sounds like I've made a good choice so far...and yeah...milage dosn't really bother me if I get 1500-2000k I'll be happy


thats about right.

F/F

[jimbo600]

Mate racetecs are the bizzo. Best tyres you can get. Run them at around 36psi on the road to try and get some milage out of them and drop pressures to around 31 for the track. You measure the life of them in hours as opposed to kms though.

[cowpoos]

just got my bike back from its first service.....and the front tyre has been put on backwards.....arrrrrhhhhh!!!!!!

[skelstar]

just got my bike back from its first service.....and the front tyre has been put on backwards.....arrrrrhhhhh!!!!!!
Theyre trying to tell you something dude.

[sAsLEX]

I have one on the front off Nickos race bike, seems to works ok

[cowpoos]

Theyre trying to tell you something dude.

yep...they are try to say they don't want me to pay the bill...I'll be out in the garage tonight [if u can call it a garage] changing the wheel and look to see if anything else is amiss....grrrrrr

[R1madness]

Try 30psi front and 28psi rear on the track. Use tyre warmers if you can for track days to reduce cold tearing, and if it begins to tear then up the rear preload a bit.
Have fun

[loosebruce]

Racetec's work real well, you have to stay on it on the road to keep temperature in em as they're designed to run at a higher temp than road tyres, so have to push harder to keep hotter to get the best out of them.

On the track, they are the shiz, feel better than supercorsa's but thats just me, put it this way if you crash on them you've done something seriously wrong.

[slob]

I had a set of RaceTecs on my '96 GSX-R750 SRAD and they were the best tyres I've had. They sharpened up the steering heaps, and made the bike more flickable. They're really thin too, compared to say, the Sportec M-1 so they should help the bike perform better.

If you're doing road riding with a bit of track time, I'd recommend the RaceTec K2 - they go supersoft (K0), soft (K1) medium (K2).

[cowpoos]

I had a set of RaceTecs on my '96 GSX-R750 SRAD and they were the best tyres I've had. They sharpened up the steering heaps, and made the bike more flickable. They're really thin too, compared to say, the Sportec M-1 so they should help the bike perform better.

If you're doing road riding with a bit of track time, I'd recommend the RaceTec K2 - they go supersoft (K0), soft (K1) medium (K2).
I got K1 front K2 rear....thanks for the advice everyone.....and yeah...ta for the jinx Loose bruce....;)

[sAsLEX]

They sharpened up the steering heaps, and made the bike more flickable.

you can say that again I tipped the bike on to the ground when i first had it put on!

[loosebruce]

.and yeah...ta for the jinx Loose bruce....;)

Welcome :finger: see you sunday