Warm-up your tyres

**xr-rider** · 26th May 2008, 16:46

i don't know if they were people on here but advice to some "warm up your tires" i saw one guy come out of the pits and crash on turn 2 and a 125 crash on turn 3. i saw a few others chrash on the warm up laps to

**Ivan** · 26th May 2008, 16:59

Originally Posted by xr-rider

i don't know if they were people on here but advice to some "warm up your tires" i saw one guy come out of the pits and crash on turn 2 and a 125 crash on turn 3. i saw a few others chrash on the warm up laps to

I wasin that race were the guy fall of on turn 2 and it was fairly cold circuit even with warmers he did nothing wrong wasnt pushing it just let go due to a few reasons sitting on grid loose heat from tires and then the cold track surface,

And the 125 thatwas after the race began and thatwas because he was pushing it with short distance racing you cant give away a chance to wait for your tires to get to optimum temp he just tucked front from pushing

**xr-rider** · 26th May 2008, 17:03

Originally Posted by Ivan

I wasin that race were the guy fall of on turn 2 and it was fairly cold circuit even with warmers he did nothing wrong wasnt pushing it just let go due to a few reasons sitting on grid loose heat from tires and then the cold track surface,

And the 125 thatwas after the race began and thatwas because he was pushing it with short distance racing you cant give away a chance to wait for your tires to get to optimum temp he just tucked front from pushing

True about the 125 but on your warm up lap on turn 2, id say he was pushing a bit hard

**White trash** · 26th May 2008, 17:18

Warm up my tyres? Isn't that what the warmers are for?

**ArcherWC** · 26th May 2008, 17:20

Originally Posted by White trash

Warm up my tyres? Isn't that what the warmers are for?

With all the hot air from Eddy, all the tyres in our pit were hot as

**quallman1234** · 26th May 2008, 18:29

Originally Posted by Ivan

I wasin that race were the guy fall of on turn 2 and it was fairly cold circuit even with warmers he did nothing wrong wasnt pushing it just let go due to a few reasons sitting on grid loose heat from tires and then the cold track surface,

And the 125 thatwas after the race began and thatwas because he was pushing it with short distance racing you cant give away a chance to wait for your tires to get to optimum temp he just tucked front from pushing

He didn't have tyre warmers, poor guy! I reckon the tyres were in the best condition at the start of the race on a 125, since you didn't really warm em up much more during the race. (if you had warmers of course!)

Btw Ivan, he lost the back, had to brake hard to miss the poor sod.

**Kickaha** · 26th May 2008, 19:28

Originally Posted by xr-rider

i don't know if they were people on here but advice to some "warm up your tires" i saw one guy come out of the pits and crash on turn 2 and a 125 crash on turn 3. i saw a few others chrash on the warm up laps to

And how do you propose they warm them up if they don't have warmers?

**xr-rider** · 26th May 2008, 19:34

Originally Posted by Kickaha

And how do you propose they warm them up if they don't have warmers?

he could have taken it easier. he was going to hard

**Ivan** · 26th May 2008, 22:25

Your talking a big bike, he was taking it easy but trust me I rode the memorial lap no warmersand the bike was feeling really unstable becuaseof no heat, Its a bit differnt to a streetstock

**gav** · 26th May 2008, 22:45

Originally Posted by xr-rider

he could have taken it easier. he was going to hard

If he had taken it easier he wouldnt work the tyre hard enough to generate any heat, catch 22 really!

**FROSTY:Me** · 27th May 2008, 09:10

Originally Posted by xr-rider

he could have taken it easier. he was going to hard

Dude who are you? To make a comment like you are making without actually being out there is pretty stupid.
Mid winter at taupo the track surface is at about 7 degrees sucking the heat outa tyres.
Its called RACING dude.

**rwh** · 27th May 2008, 09:17

Tyres have 'cords' for strengthening, right? Not sure if bike tyres are steel belted ... how about putting in an internal heater, similar to a car rear window demister?

Richard