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Hi just wondering what you guys do with scrubbing new tires at the track?
Also I did 2 track days last year on my street bike and got hooked really bad so I bought a crashed bike in November for track duty and I just finished the build. I will be starting as a beginner and was thinking about buying tire warmers, I'm running Dunlop q2. Is it a good idea for warmers or should I wait?
thanks
U don't need tire warmers at your level, and with Q2s.
Tires don't take long to scrub in. Just increase the lean a little bit at each corner.
I ran brand new Q2 last year at my first track day with no issues what so ever, and I'm very much a begginner.
Silent but deadly!!!
+1, not yet anyways. The Q2's are great tires to start out with at the track, you can take them all the way to the bottom of the "fastest" group, depending on the track/groups.Originally Posted by murf
Just remember cold tires are your enemy, espeically cold, unscrubed tires at the beginning of the season on a cool day. Take it easy on them until the day warms and you get a few good laps in.
don't be a road crayon, wear your gear, the road doesn't care how "cool" you think you look when it's busy cheese grading your skin.
Ben Bostrom on Q2's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx-8jD_4A20
I just ran a brand new set of them for the first time, cold (no warmers) @ Jennings... They held up well for a street tire, warmed up pretty quick too.
Last edited by R6EXY; 03-01-2012 at 11:29 AM.
I did an endurance race on them last year and they were great. and I could run very fast with them. the team ended up second only behind a team with two expert level racers.
In short...you can go very fast on them. I am a tire warmer advocate though so think about picking up a set
The only problem with buying warmers is then having to buy the generator to go with them. You're looking at a minimum $600 outlay to get a basic, new set up. So it's a big investment and you have to be sure you need them. And if his pace is such that he can't hold heat in the tires anyway then it's a waste of money. I suppose knowing lap times would help the better educated (and I exclude myself there) amongst us offer good advice, but (imho) warmers for warmers sake is a waste.
As for scrubbing in, well there`s a view that tires no longer need scrubbing in and I`ve gone out the blocks (at the track) on a new set of tires without even giving consideration to scrubbing them in.
Spineless swines. Cemented minds.
And the track temp there meant that even us who were running warmers were struggling to maintain heat in the tires, especially in the earlier sessions.
Spineless swines. Cemented minds.
+1 i take it easy and warm them up. Sometimes I even sit out the first roun just because the track is damp, Damp and fresh tires is trouble
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