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graeme
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Post subject: TT2 Rep Road Tyres Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2019 1:06 am |
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Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:54 pm Posts: 537 Location: Brisbane
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Hello, some suggestions on road tyres please.
Rims are from a 696, 4.5 inch rear and 3 inch front,
Tyres at present are Pirelli Diablo Rosso II
150 x 60 R 17 rear 120 x 70 ZR 17 front.
I cant get them to wear at all,,, anywhere, not even in the middle. So they aren't heating up in my view. Bike weighs 155kg with 10 litres of fuel. I weigh about 82 kg. My son weighs about 85 / 90 kg. Warm 750 motor.
Ta Graeme
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ducttf1
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Post subject: Re: TT2 Rep Road Tyres Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2019 1:34 pm |
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graeme
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Post subject: Re: TT2 Rep Road Tyres Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:01 pm |
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Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:54 pm Posts: 537 Location: Brisbane
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Hello Lou,
Started with 36 rear and 34 front Tried 34 32 Then 30 28 Didn’t seem to make a difference How low can they go?
Graeme
Also it doesn’t get hot here, except for a few days a year. Average in summer is mid 20’s C
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ducttf1
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Post subject: Re: TT2 Rep Road Tyres Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:21 am |
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Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:03 pm Posts: 1158 Images: 0
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Hi Graeme, I had the same problem on a TT2 that I built to do endurance racing. We were running Avon vintage race tires. We won races with the bike, but the tires never seemed to heat up to optimum. An Avon rep told me I could run them as low as 28 psi. I never got around to checking to see if that worked as the bike retired after that race. We have so many racers on the Forum, I was waiting for one of them to respond. I'm far from an expert on this. Can you use tire warmers in your class of racing? Lou
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618F1
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Post subject: Re: TT2 Rep Road Tyres Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:50 am |
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Joined: Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:23 am Posts: 1812
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I only go to track days, but there the tire vendors always recommend lower pressure on the rear and higher in the front. You seem to be using pressures the way tires are run on the street. Try 32front/30rear once, and maybe go down from there? MikeV
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graeme
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Post subject: Re: TT2 Rep Road Tyres Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 4:54 pm |
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Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:54 pm Posts: 537 Location: Brisbane
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Hello Lou and Mike
My son is keen to do some track days but I’m too old and don’t bounce that well anymore. Road for me. I’ll try as you suggest higher front pressure
Regards Graeme
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wdietz186
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Post subject: Re: TT2 Rep Road Tyres Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:46 am |
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Joined: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:30 am Posts: 174
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You could try adjusting the pressures according to the pressure rise hot from cold, a rough rule of thumb is approx. 10%. The tires will start to feel sluggish/heavy when you are on the edge of too low. I'd start at 28- 29 and go from there.
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edgefinder
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Post subject: Re: TT2 Rep Road Tyres Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:02 pm |
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Get ahold of your local race tire vendors. I was at a Dunlop tire test a week ago and the big thing is full range of tires for smaller bikes R3, KTM 390, 400 Ninja with rims sizes like yours. Not saying to run slicks but they are the guys to ask. Me I would try to find the lightest ones
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boucher
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Post subject: Re: TT2 Rep Road Tyres Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:33 am |
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Joined: Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:45 am Posts: 391
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Hi Graeme, I’ve always ran the same pressures on my bikes. 32 front/36 rear. That way for me I’m not chasing another suspension problem when it tyre pressures. It’s just a starting point I’ve always stuck with. Boucher.
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Carlo
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Post subject: Re: TT2 Rep Road Tyres Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:46 pm |
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Joined: Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:44 am Posts: 1786 Images: 7
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Hi Graem, the Pirelli diablo rosso is not a tire to go on the track, put the sc1 150/50 supercorsa and 120/70 sc1 pressure should be hot 1.7 bar rear, hot 2.2 bar front.. and you will see that he rubs his ears on the ground
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