TD3 Tyre Talk

[speights_bud]

Speaking of pillion sessions, i am curently running a battlax bt45 on the rear of my GPX 250. This was put on brand new for the last track day and has done around 7-8,000 km/s. I threw dad on the back (Gixxer 4 Ever) to do a few lapswith the pillion session as his gixxer didn't have the seat attached. I was veryhappy with how it performed for this short time, especially with me a 85kg rider and a 110kg pillion sitting above and behind me. Must have looked goofy but im impressed with how the tyre held up despite the side stand etc continually scraping the ground.

Speaking of which did anyone manage to catch a photo of us? i noticed everyone along pit lane was having a good laugh the first lap or two

[yungatart]

did anyone manage to catch a photo of us? i noticed everyone along pit lane was having a good laugh the first lap or two

We were behind you for a lap or two and you guys strongly resembled a pumpkin on a pimple from where we sat....the sparks flying out were very impressive tho and I have to say your poor little Kwaka may have been somewhat squashed under the load you made her carry but she was certainly not sluggish! Would also love to see any photos of the pillion session, post 'em up fellas!

[speights_bud]

How's the chicken strips going mate?:

Smaller than yours mate:

Not difficult to be smaller than mine

Clearly it's past your bed time and i can't think of anything else to say... Gosh

[speights_bud]

We were behind you for a lap or two and you guys strongly resembled a pumpkin on a pimple from where we sat....the sparks flying out were very impressive tho and I have to say your poor little Kwaka may have been somewhat squashed under the load you made her carry but she was certainly not sluggish! Would also love to see any photos of the pillion session, post 'em up fellas!

Yes it took several laps for gixxer 4 ever to settle down and stop crushing me with his knees before every corner, only to be started again when yourself and MSTRS cruised past resulting in G4E having ideas that i might actually try and keep up

[MD]

Thats nothing. The guy rides the Coro loop the same way. I thought I was gonna die trying to keep him in sight on one ride. I reckon it's caused by shagging toothless Wahines on a Saturday nite in Te Aroha.

There are a few maniacs around on Firestorms that ride them harder than Rossi does with his M1.

You might want to rewrite that before ya missus sees it Motobob. Are you saying he shags toothless wahines or you do? ha, got ya.

[motobob]

He rides with Kornholio. They do the Coro loop pretty regular. So give K a PM to hook up with them.

[Arven]

My Pilot Powers were mint! Sanded to a smooth finish. I was a little dissapointed! :P Looks like i need to get on the power more while cranked over...

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Yes it took several laps for gixxer 4 ever to settle down and stop crushing me with his knees before every corner, only to be started again when yourself and MSTRS cruised past resulting in G4E having ideas that i might actually try and keep up

I can't believe I did that. The first 3 laps were a nightmare. I did relax after that but he did chase you after you passed us. I didn't ride this track day cos one of my other sons gets married this weekend coming up and we reckoned plaster in a suit was not the best. When SP cranked the pace up I had images of calling Mr's Gixxer 4 ever to pick the bikes up with the trailer and pick us up from the hospital with matching plasters.
It didn't happen and I have to congratulate SP for a job well done.
That's how desperate I was to see the new track.

[Deano]

As for tyre temp... meh, i was losing the leading edge and getting feathering on my SC0 front at 30psi... upped it to 33psi, and it no longer had that feathering...

Is that cause the tyre wasn't heating up enough to expand to optimum pressure ?

I was always told to run less pressure in hot conditions..

[DEATH_INC.]

Swap your boots over right on left and left on right mate. Much more betterer.

Cheers bud, glad that's sorted.

[clint640]

Speaking of pillion sessions, i am curently running a battlax bt45 on the rear of my GPX 250. This was put on brand new for the last track day and has done around 7-8,000 km/s. I threw dad on the back (Gixxer 4 Ever) to do a few lapswith the pillion session as his gixxer didn't have the seat attached. I was veryhappy with how it performed for this short time, especially with me a 85kg rider and a 110kg pillion sitting above and behind me. Must have looked goofy but im impressed with how the tyre held up despite the side stand etc continually scraping the ground.

Yeah the dirty 'ol BT45 I had on the back of the KTM did pretty well too, I was thinking of splashing out on something stickier for the back but I'm glad I didn't as apart from a couple of wee skips over the paint coming onto the pit straight I couldn't shake it. The front BT45 stuck pretty well too up to a point (the point where it let go & I crashed!) But given the 21" is basically a harley tyre it did OK. & the set cost about the same as one tyre for a proper sprotsbike.

Cheers
Clint

[loosebruce]

I ran Pirelli slicks SC1 front and SC2 rear, both 30psi, both using warmers, never had a problem until the gen crapped out and we had no warmers, then cold shearing became an issue, just to be different, all the wear people were getting on the rear, i got on the front and killed it good and proper, the rear is still mint, go figure!
But id put most of the wear down to cold shear on the day, track temp was not very high.
The thing about taupo, is the lefts that you encounter, some are quite long and you are pretty hard on the power at the same time. With road tyres i'd be tempted to run almost road pressure, the road tyres of today warm up so quickly and are designed to not even need a drop in pressure to give grip on the track, most manufactuers recomend keeping psi the same for road and track.

[skelstar]

Just an aside:

What speed were guys you doing on the exit of the left-hand sweeper and into the esses before getting onto the drag-strip-straight? I was doing about 120km/h but was braking way too hard into the esses apparently.

Just want to know for relevance/comparison. I want to know from all skill levels/bikes.

[Two Smoker]

Just an aside:

What speed were guys you doing on the exit of the left-hand sweeper and into the esses before getting onto the drag-strip-straight? I was doing about 120km/h but was braking way too hard into the esses apparently.

Just want to know for relevance/comparison. I want to know from all skill levels/bikes.

4th gear on the R6 i think??? maybe 180kmh??? on the long left sweeper... down to second for the esses and the left onto the dragstrip... Dont look at things in kmh... look at things with how much lean angle you had...

[dss3]

4th gear on the R6 i think??? maybe 180kmh??? on the long left sweeper... down to second for the esses and the left onto the dragstrip... Dont look at things in kmh... look at things with how much lean angle you had...

Wouldn't be suprised if you would even be going faster, I find that at the end of the long left it straigtens for a bit where you can accelerate hard for a bit before braking. I was in third gear, as it was too fast for 2nd gear. Knowing that 2nd gear does about 190 kmh, I would estimate doing around 190 or a bit higher.