Tyre pressure for track days?

[hang0ver]

So the last and first time I went to the track I ran normal road pressures - 36F/42R

How much lower should I look at dropping them for optimum grip?

--> 98 Fireblade, Bridgestone Battlax's, 75Kg rider.

Cheers,

H

[CHOPPA]

Id prob go 28 in the rear and 30 in the front but maybe just do 30 30

[hang0ver]

Id prob go 28 in the rear and 30 in the front but maybe just do 30 30

Sounds good, I'll give em a try Friday...

Hey I'm guessing you're Sloan? I know Lexxie from many years back growing up, I'll stop and say hi when I spot you guys in the pits...

Cheers,

Hamish

[CHOPPA]

Sounds good, I'll give em a try Friday...

Hey I'm guessing you're Sloan? I know Lexxie from many years back growing up, I'll stop and say hi when I spot you guys in the pits...

Cheers,

Hamish

Yeah thats me, oh I think she has been telling me about you guys. Did you have an RS250?

[HenryDorsetCase]

So the last and first time I went to the track I ran normal road pressures - 36F/42R

How much lower should I look at dropping them for optimum grip?

--> 98 Fireblade, Bridgestone Battlax's, 75Kg rider.

Cheers,

H

on my Honda Hornet (similar weight and tyre size, less performance) from memory (Diablo Corsa SC) it was something like 28F and 26R (cold)

I would then take the hot temp, and if they were round the 32 to 34 they were about right.

But what do I know..... the only time I fell off that bike was at a trackday.

though that was more about running out of talent than it was running out of tyres.....

[hang0ver]

Yeah thats me, oh I think she has been telling me about you guys. Did you have an RS250?

Yep thats us... Friend is on the RS, he's getting set up to race it.

[hang0ver]

on my Honda Hornet (similar weight and tyre size, less performance) from memory (Diablo Corsa SC) it was something like 28F and 26R (cold)

I would then take the hot temp, and if they were round the 32 to 34 they were about right.

But what do I know..... the only time I fell off that bike was at a trackday.

though that was more about running out of talent than it was running out of tyres.....

Haha, nice... We'll I'll give 30/30 a go for starters and see how that feels... Won't change the fact I'll be slow as hell.