Tire advice

Oh man. I ate up two sets of tires in one RACE weekend.
 
You mean two rears and 1 front? that's pretty standard with 2 races in one weekend
Shaman said:
Oh man. I ate up two sets of tires in one RACE weekend.
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A friend of mine just did an endurance race on 13 year old street tires, what's the problem here? haha... ;)
 
I should start selling my knee sliders. "Used for two seasons, still like new" lol.

If you don't want to use warmers pick a hypersport street tire and have fun. Everything else needs warmers or you'll just destroy them.
 
ZX600 said:
You mean two rears and 1 front? that's pretty standard with 2 races in one weekend
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Unless he's on dunlops, my fronts last me over 300 laps


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carboncat said:
Unless he's on dunlops, my fronts last me over 300 laps


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I can't bring myself to do that, I know they'll last but it's just not right. I have a stack of front takeoffs with 140 laps or less on them. I keep saying I'll use them but I doubt that'll ever happen.
 
I just put down my fastest laps and best racing I've ever done on a front tire with 300 plus laps from last year, mind you the front wheel isn't on there ground much lol


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carboncat said:
I just put down my fastest laps and best racing I've ever done on a front tire with 300 plus laps from last year, mind you the front wheel isn't on there ground much lol


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+1 i gotta learn how to do that
 
I got 3 years out of a set of knee pucks on my Arlen Ness suit. I must be a wimpy rider.


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dricked said:
Unless you're leaned over so far that your bike is pushing your knee into the ground then your just grinding knee picks for nothing.
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Uhhhh, what about all the people in the Timmies parking lot, bro? Are they nothing?? :D
 
ZX600 said:
You mean two rears and 1 front? that's pretty standard with 2 races in one weekend
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Yep, that's what I actually mean. The front is sure not fresh now... but I'll probably use it at the track day tomorrow. Mostly on the 1000, though.
 
carboncat said:
Shaman Your on Pirelli ?
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Yes I decided to give them a try on a group buy-in. The new Pirelli is a far cry from the old understeering POS that I left three years ago, and they work very well on a bumpy track like Shannonville. I think I will stick with Dunlop at Calabogie if I'm not already on the Iti tires.
 
caboose56 said:
I got 3 years out of a set of knee pucks on my Arlen Ness suit. I must be a wimpy rider.


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I have the original pucks on my suit that I bought new in 2012. Prob 5/8 left
 
Thanks guys made up my mind.. my next tire is gonna be the Michelin Super Sport Evo. will give the q3's a try after that.. I've always leaned towards michelin in the past.. might as well give them a try first.
 
dricked said:
I can't bring myself to do that, I know they'll last but it's just not right. I have a stack of front takeoffs with 140 laps or less on them. I keep saying I'll use them but I doubt that'll ever happen.
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It's all in your head, if I wrote on the tire with a chock 40 laps? You would ride the **** out of it with no worries, the way you tell when a front Dunlop is ready for a change is when it no longer steers , but it will still grip fine


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