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szrdave · #16 Post by **szrdave** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:39 pm

Paulh wrote:
Nooj wrote:Yep.
Road tyres on track run hotter than on the road, therefore they are running at a higher pressure when you are out on track. Even if you are new to trackdays you will be running a lot faster for longer on the track than on the road, and the tyres will be running hotter and at a higher psi than normal.
Exactly, 42psi cold will be much more after a few laps. As I said above, the only tyre I've seen run at that high a pressure on a hot dry track was a right mess.
I stand to be corrected though, and would be interested to see a picture if anyone has had a different experience?

Race tyres are a different kettle of fish, 17psi (Dunlop slick rear) would destroy a road tyre!

Falcorob · #17 Post by **Falcorob** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:56 pm

I ran standard pressures in my Diablo Stradas at Anglesey and had plenty of grip, and didn't suffer excessive wear or overheating. Now I'm not the quickest but I was dragging the cans on the hairpin, and the pegs on most of the other corners.

That was in February and the tyres have since done another 1500 miles with no ill effects in all weathers. (I don't do a lot of miles on the road either.)

I'm not an expert on tyres, and I'm certainly no riding god, so my opinion should be treated simply as that - an opinion - but I would be more inclined to take advice on tyre pressures off a guy that has worked in the tyre industry for many years than from a stranger on the internet. Not that either is wrong, just that for my riding style, at my pace, on my bike, standard pressures are probably where my tyres will perform the best. Maybe for a budding Rossi reducing pressures, and particularly in the rear, will have a beneficial effect. Perhaps people in the faster end of the groups at a TD will benefit? Not sure that applies to all TD attendees though.

szrdave · #18 Post by **szrdave** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:29 pm

Falcorob wrote:...but I was dragging the cans on the hairpin, and the pegs on most of the other corners.

Time to treat yourself to some aftermarket pipes!

D-Rider · #19 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:42 pm

szrdave wrote:
Falcorob wrote:...but I was dragging the cans on the hairpin, and the pegs on most of the other corners.
Time to treat yourself to some aftermarket pipes!

Mart is the chap to advise on pipes

furygan man · #20 Post by **furygan man** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:58 pm

Sounds like something i'm doing later in October, there's a 'track taster' session for novice road bikes at Bedford Areodrome at the end of October, think it was £20 for 20 mins...just to see how i get on rather than go on a full blown trackday

Falcorob · #21 Post by **Falcorob** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:56 pm

szrdave wrote:
Falcorob wrote:...but I was dragging the cans on the hairpin, and the pegs on most of the other corners.
Time to treat yourself to some aftermarket pipes!

Got a full Mille single sided system to go with my shiny new swing arm.

Now which end can?

Falcorob · #22 Post by **Falcorob** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:57 pm

furygan man wrote:Sounds like something i'm doing later in October, there's a 'track taster' session for novice road bikes at Bedford Areodrome at the end of October, think it was £20 for 20 mins...just to see how i get on rather than go on a full blown trackday

Leave your pressures standard. The track temparature won't get anything like hot enough in October to warrant a reduction in pressure for a 20 minute ride.

furygan man · #23 Post by **furygan man** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:34 pm

6 laps around Bedford Areodrome (before someone came off and session got cancelled)...scariest thing i've ever done on a bike in my short 'biking' life...will i go back again....proberbly!!!!

FalcoJock · #24 Post by **FalcoJock** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:00 pm

I went with FalcoRob's advice and left my tyres as standard and for what I did as a novice, it was fine. The advice for the advanced group was to drop the pressures to 32 front, 32 rear as a starting point (which sounded fairly low to me). There was good indication on my tyres that I had worked them fairly well right to the edge (the rear one), but not serious tyre destruction.

Maybe next time with a bit more confidence...