TD3 Tyre Talk

[The Stranger:Me]

Thigh down, head down, shoulder down... it's all good stuff...

Yeah that was awesome fun. Highly recommended.

I am thinking of starting a new adventure tourism business.

[MD]

I find that Air from Shell is much more grippy than air from BP what about you?

That might be the case but Mr Daytona told me I'd get better fuel economy with Caltex air in my tyres. so I'm doing my bit to save the planet

You Guys are getting far to technical. You need to use my simple three point tyre checklist. Rossi paid me for the rights to use this in his upcoming autobiography.
1. count em, two tyres, one at each end - tick
2. made out of black rubbery stuff - tick
3. shape. A circle - tick
....ride

[DEATH_INC.]

Dunno wot you guys are on about, my tyres are still mint! (pirelli slicks) Only change from rodders trackday (apart from tyres, I tore up a rear power race) was lifting the rear another 8mm or so and MORE rear tyre pressure (thanks Sudeep) up 2psi to 32 rear 30 front (same). Pity I can't say the same about my toe sliders, anyone know what pressure I should use in them?

[jimbo600]

Dunno wot you guys are on about, my tyres are still mint! (pirelli slicks) Only change from rodders trackday (apart from tyres, I tore up a rear power race) was lifting the rear another 8mm or so and MORE rear tyre pressure (thanks Sudeep) up 2psi to 32 rear 30 front (same). Pity I can't say the same about my toe sliders, anyone know what pressure I should use in them?

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

[Velox]

Yep - my rear tyre especially was ABSOLUTELY ripped to shreds!!!! Really, really ripped up. I only say Poos' tyre that were getting near as bad as mine. Don't know why cause half the people there were going harder than me and I'm sure lots would've had Racetechs on too. It only happened in the last few sessions - "cold shearing" evidently, and even when we dropped the pressure. It was like leaving little $5 notes all around the track (if I'd paid full price for them).

Some people said that the Taupo track in particular is known for doing this?!

[motobob]

I've ridden on different bikes with different tyres and each tyre has different wear patterns.

CBR600 with Ohlins shock and Super corsa pros sc2 with 31 psi got "cold shearing" Bit of tyre slipping happening on some turns as well.

GSXR 810 with Ohlins shock and Super corsa pros sc2 36 psi "slight shearing" WT said he had plenty of grip. I didn't try too hard as I own enought bikes as it is.

SV650 with Ohlins shock and Slick SC2 30 psi "small 13mm band of wear half way up side of tyre and slight cold tearing pattern" hard to describe. Grip wise OK but slid on white grid markings.

SV650 with Ohlins shock and Pilot Powers " no visible wear at all and no problems with grip. The shock spring was also softer than when running Slick.

Noted during PMCC race that Cleve Browns R6 running Pilot Powers had no wear pattern on his tyre while running same pace as my CBR.

The only conclusion I can draw from this is that if you want your to have grip left in them then don't use "Supersport" tyres unless they have high pressure in them. Suspension settings do not have as much of an effect as should be expected. Different riding ablities appear to have little effect as well.

[Mental Trousers]

Was using Pilot Powers - 31psi front 34psi rear (2psi down on what the manual reccomends). Not a mark on them. In fact, any marks that were there before disappeared. Only problem I had with them was riding off the edge of the things.

First lap of each session I'd wait until I got to the drag strip straight before I wound her up so they were getting about 3/4 of a lap to warm up.

[yungatart]

This from a "man" who wouldn't go out on the track without his missus on the back.

Training wheels beat a handbrake any day!

Oh boy - you know that cucumber - well, I know where its going!! Thats the thanks I get for being a gracious hostess....handbrake indeed..

[MD]

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I understand that there was a Firestorm (or two) going around the track doing 1:19's on Diablo Stradas (pretty quick I imagine) and not suffering any ill-effects

Did anyone else notice that Dude on the black VTR ! Bloody hell he was far too fast for a bike like that, on tyres like that (no offence intended to VTR owners, I had one once). I had a chat to him. Said his name was Fish but not the KBer 'Fish'. Shit a brick he was a good rider. He had the Pirelli stradas like Skelstar said. They're more a tourer than sports aren't they? Well what ever he didn't seem to know that. He was cornering at amazing lean angles, sparks flying. He needed knee sliders attached to the sides of his tank. Thumbs up to that man.

[Sensei]

Good to see ya don't need Track tyres to go fast on . You just have to know what you have !

[motobob]

Did anyone else notice that Dude on the black VTR ! Bloody hell he was far too fast for a bike like that, on tyres like that (no offence intended to VTR owners, I had one once). I had a chat to him. Said his name was Fish but not the KBer 'Fish'. Shit a brick he was a good rider. He had the Pirelli stradas like Skelstar said. They're more a tourer than sports aren't they? Well what ever he didn't seem to know that. He was cornering at amazing lean angles, sparks flying. He needed knee sliders attached to the sides of his tank. Thumbs up to that man.

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.

[speights_bud]

How's the chicken strips going mate?

Smaller than yours mate

[trumpy]

Didn't care what tyres I had (they were Pilot Powers by the way), just extatic to finally get rid of my chicken strips...yaaay. Thought "this is pretty cool" then got passed by two bikes with pillions ...........bastards (actually, really awsome skills guys!). Back to the pits, head down, deflated, depressed.....thank goodness for Prozac .
Tyres show very little wear but that may have been because I was so slow...

[MSTRS:Me]

Smaller than yours mate

Not difficult to be smaller than mine

[Toast]

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.

Who is this dude? Sounds like he might be some fun to ride The Loop with.