TD3 Tyre Talk

[Kickaha]

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!)

Cheers
Clint

I had BT45 front and rear on the Rd350LC and didn't have any moments with them at all despite being a bit worried at the start of the day because of the cold track

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.

The FXR150 was indicating 120kmh, dunno about he RD350LC as the speedo isn't connected but it was tapped out in 4th just before I was braking

[Toast]

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.

As a general rule, yep, current gen road tyres with their funky mix of rubber and God knows what don't need much of a pressure drop.

PPs at about 30psi on Puke usually lead to overheating after about 5 laps on a normal day. I can get away with around 38 in the rear there, and not notice much of an effect on grip.

In the freezing cold morning (for an Aucklander) at Taupo on Saturday, 36/39 psi (owing to a shit servo air pump) led to a pretty slippery ride for the first 3 laps.

Dropping that to 33/36 meant that they only took about half a lap to warm up to a level I had confidence in.

For the last couple of sessions I let a bit more out, estimating about 31/33 in them, and they felt better again.

Track temp and the speed of the corners plays a fairly big part then. The PPs treated me damn well at Taupo, despite being quite worn.

[emaN]

he told gsf bandit he was coming out in forth so he could get it down early

i thought he was getting into 4th!
he must'a had lower gearing than most....i guess he'd also still be accelerating when most of us are starting to back off

[kiwifruit]

nice avatars

Hell yeah! Im bloody stoked! Cheers again

[Matt Bleck]

Avatars brought to you by babyB's camera no-doubt.

SlickD actually, whom is still getting around to making his first post.

[Toast]

i thought he was getting into 4th!
he must'a had lower gearing than most....i guess he'd also still be accelerating when most of us are starting to back off

I'm sure he's got lowish gearing, but he'd not have been too near to redline coming out of it I don't think.

Point of him short shifting coming in to the sweeper is to keep the power smoother and get better contact from the rear tyre (more revs are unnecessary through there).

[DEATH_INC.]

I'm pretty tapped through 3rd so that's about 180k or so.