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    Track day tyre pressures FZR1000?

    Was wondering if I should adjust pressure for track day.
    Normally run 36 front 40 rear on the road.
    Any recommendations?

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    Quote Originally Posted by coops View Post
    Was wondering if I should adjust pressure for track day.
    Normally run 36 front 40 rear on the road.
    Any recommendations?
    30/32 to start with. You're looking for a rise of 4-5 psi from cold to hot if the pressures are good. Any more and they're too low, and less and they're not low enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by coops View Post
    Was wondering if I should adjust pressure for track day.
    Normally run 36 front 40 rear on the road.
    Any recommendations?
    You didnt state what make and model / compound of tyres. Not all manufacturers run the same pressures as carcass construction and compounds etc vary widely.

    Are you using tyre warmers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Taylor View Post
    You didnt state what make and model / compound of tyres. Not all manufacturers run the same pressures as carcass construction and compounds etc vary widely.

    Are you using tyre warmers?
    No tyre warmers, running Dunlop sportsmarts

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    Quote Originally Posted by coops View Post
    No tyre warmers, running Dunlop sportsmarts
    Crasher is partly right.. With Regard to 4-5 PSI Rise.
    As Robert alluded to, not all manufacturers make the same tyre.
    I would say 30 is close for the front, but you could go even lower on the rear.
    Dunlops carcasses are very hard.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by quickbuck View Post
    Crasher is partly right.. With Regard to 4-5 PSI Rise.
    As Robert alluded to, not all manufacturers make the same tyre.
    I would say 30 is close for the front, but you could go even lower on the rear.
    Dunlops carcasses are very hard.....
    Lol. That's what happens when you (as in I) haven't ridden on most modern tyres vs sportbikes!

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    Quote Originally Posted by quickbuck View Post
    Crasher is partly right.. With Regard to 4-5 PSI Rise.

    As Robert alluded to, not all manufacturers make the same tyre.

    I would say 30 is close for the front, but you could go even lower on the rear.

    Dunlops carcasses are very hard.....




    Side note on carcass hardness.... I see Shinko are advertising a new tire that has carbon fibre in the sidewalls..... Surely a gimmick to sell tires, or a bitch to get fitted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by haydes55 View Post
    Side note on carcass hardness.... I see Shinko are advertising a new tire that has carbon fibre in the sidewalls..... Surely a gimmick to sell tires, or a bitch to get fitted.
    Nothing that hasn't been a cunt already. It's not the sidewall that makes 'em difficult to fit.

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    I would just go 30 in each to start with. Don't worry about getting too technical just yet. can get all a bit much if you try to do it all at once.
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    Quote Originally Posted by haydes55 View Post
    Side note on carcass hardness.... I see Shinko are advertising a new tire that has carbon fibre in the sidewalls..... Surely a gimmick to sell tires, or a bitch to get fitted.
    Dunlop already got CF in the Q3 released last year...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Nothing that hasn't been a cunt already. It's not the sidewall that makes 'em difficult to fit.
    Ive found the more expensive they are - the more difficult they are to fit ..........

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    Quote Originally Posted by codgyoleracer View Post
    Ive found the more expensive they are - the more difficult they are to fit ..........
    Lol. And the more expensive the rims too...

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    Quote Originally Posted by codgyoleracer View Post
    Ive found the more expensive they are - the more difficult they are to fit ..........
    You're still talking tyres aye? Not Womens lingerie....which I know you also like Glen ?!...?!
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