Definitive advice for breaking-in modern tyres?

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I'm going to be getting a pair of the new Pirelli Diablo Rosso 2's put on this weekend and have a question regarding break-in.

There are two schools of thought on this from what I've read:

1. You have to break in all tyres, including the modern compounds otherwise they are very slick/dangerous

2. You do not have to break in modern tyres - as it is a myth.


I'll be going for a long boot immediately after getting my tyres installed so was wondering if I should be worried about riding them hard off the bat or should I be taking it easy for a little bit (if so, what's the quickest way to break them in and scrub them off and how long should I be taking it easy for)?

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All new tires will have a mold release compound on them. This is a greasy film that helps the tires no stick to the mold when being made. this will make your tires very slick for the first little while, so you just want to use them in a safe area on all the surfaces to 'scrub' them before trusting them on high speed moves.
if you just take it easy on straight roads for 100km, and then think you are going to be okay making a hard curve, you will be in for a surprise. make sure you get the full area of the tire that you normally would use scrubbed up and enjoy.

Please ignore all of this garbage above. sorry my bad. my years as a manufacturing engineer have led me astray.
 
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Modern tires have no break in. Just break yourself in to the new feeling of the tire.
 
Someone is going to say the exact opposite of this in 10, 9, ....

defect_9 said:
All new tires will have a mold release compound on them. This is a greasy film that helps the tires no stick to the mold when being made. this will make your tires very slick for the first little while, so you just want to use them in a safe area on all the surfaces to 'scrub' them before trusting them on high speed moves.
if you just take it easy on straight roads for 100km, and then think you are going to be okay making a hard curve, you will be in for a surprise. make sure you get the full area of the tire that you normally would use scrubbed up and enjoy.
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eljay said:
Someone is going to say the exact opposite of this in 10, 9, ....
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Yeah - I was trying to avoid turning this into a "pick a side" thread and just wanted a straight answer.
 
I got the same tires and the mechanic told me don't worry about breaking them in. He said it's an old wives tale leftover from the 80s. I just rode and haven't died yet.

e90 said:
Yeah - I was trying to avoid turning this into a "pick a side" thread and just wanted a straight answer.
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defect_9 said:
All new tires will have a mold release compound on them. This is a greasy film that helps the tires no stick to the mold when being made. this will make your tires very slick for the first little while, so you just want to use them in a safe area on all the surfaces to 'scrub' them before trusting them on high speed moves.
if you just take it easy on straight roads for 100km, and then think you are going to be okay making a hard curve, you will be in for a surprise. make sure you get the full area of the tire that you normally would use scrubbed up and enjoy.
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So how do I make it around 1 lap of Calabogie on brand new rubber then? I mean, I don't even take the labels off. And my lap times aren't affected. But I'm doing it wrong am I?
 
Fiery254 said:
So how do I make it around 1 lap of Calabogie on brand new rubber then? I mean, I don't even take the labels off. And my lap times aren't affected. But I'm doing it wrong am I?
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Thats just lazy.
 
I have zero experience about breaking in tires, but always wondered about how are you supposed to get the slippery tire shoulders on the ground if not in a decent speed turn?
 
Alex_San said:
I have zero experience about breaking in tires, but always wondered about how are you supposed to get the slippery tire shoulders on the ground if not in a decent speed turn?
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Yeah.. same here.. if you use the shoulders you will die.. but if you don't ever use them and then try to use them, you will die.

That seems illogical to me.
 
Fiery254 said:
So how do I make it around 1 lap of Calabogie on brand new rubber then? I mean, I don't even take the labels off. And my lap times aren't affected. But I'm doing it wrong am I?
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Hope you don't forget to take these off though :P

[video=youtube;gidBFfQOlug]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gidBFfQOlug[/video]
 
e90 said:
Yeah.. same here.. if you use the shoulders you will die.. but if you don't ever use them and then try to use them, you will die.

That seems illogical to me.
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Thats because its all bull. Ride on your new tires simple as that.
 
Fiery254 said:
So how do I make it around 1 lap of Calabogie on brand new rubber then? I mean, I don't even take the labels off. And my lap times aren't affected. But I'm doing it wrong am I?
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lol yes, put a brand new set on Sunday morning for the race in the afternoon, I had someone with some sand paper breaking the tires out for me ;)
 
Alex_San said:
I have zero experience about breaking in tires, but always wondered about how are you supposed to get the slippery tire shoulders on the ground if not in a decent speed turn?
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Wondering about the same thing :-/
 
ZX600 said:
lol yes, put a brand new set on Sunday morning for the race in the afternoon, I had someone with some sand paper breaking the tires out for me ;)
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We have to make Jay feel wanted somehow.
 
PLau said:
Hope you don't forget to take these off though :P

[video=youtube;gidBFfQOlug]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gidBFfQOlug[/video]
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I may have been there for that track day. I didn't see this happen though. Probably would have fell off my bike laughing if I had.
 
e90 said:
Yeah.. same here.. if you use the shoulders you will die.. but if you don't ever use them and then try to use them, you will die.

That seems illogical to me.
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I LOL'ed at this. haha
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