PIRELLI TIRE TEST, WILLOW SPRINGS RACEWAY DATE: 9/5/2010 TEMP: 99F ambient, surface at 130F BIKE:Â 2009 Yamaha R1, 6,000 miles on the odometer -Â Â Â previously owned by Ken Hill of Ken Hill Coaching and Yamaha School of Champions -Â Â Â at the start of the test, the new Pirelli Pro slick tires were put on by [...]
Keigwin’s at The Track Novice School Laguna Seca August 5th & 6th Ambient high 65F Having seen only one set of Dunlop Q3 tires so far this year prior to the School that were on a Triumph Speed Triple, I didn’t have much repetitive data to draw from other than the carcass was completely [...]
2012 Dunlop 211 GP-A tire test at Thunderhill Raceway Park Date:5/29/2012 Ambient temps 80F with track temps at 105F Cold pressures 20psi rear 30psi front Tires provided by For the Track LLC: (forthetrack.com / sales@forthetrack.com) * Medium plus front 120/170 x 17 * Rear new for 2012: 190/60 x 17 Bike: 09 [...]
DUNLOP TIRE TEST, THUNDERHILL RACEWAY PARK DATE: 9/5/2010 TEMP: 95F ambient, surface at 130F BIKE:Â 2009 Yamaha R1, 5,500 miles on the odometer previously owned by Ken Hill of Ken Hill Coaching and Yamaha School of Champions at the start of the test, the new tires were put on by Race [...]
How do you manage tire temperature on very cold days? I did a test day at Thunderhill to work this very topic and produce this page. The day started with temps in the low 50F’s for the 9am session, climbing to a noticeable 59F. As always on cold days, tire pressure is a big issue [...]
To order this tire online, go to: http://viets-performance.com Jeff Viets of Viets Performance brought me the new front tire to test. To the eye, there’s not much to see until you put the tire on the rim and inflate it and suddenly the change in roll profile becomes immediately obvious. Putting my 09 R1 on [...]
Bridgestone V front YCX Tire test To order this tire online, go to: http://viets-performance.com June 7th, 2012 at Thunderhill Race way Park, CA Ambient temp: 90F Track temp 125F Bike: 2009 Yamaha R1 Nitron Race Shock Spring rate: 631nm Installed preload unknown Current preload setting at 21 clicks in from full [...]
This information is posted to help all riders around the world get the best out of these new tires and as a result be a lot safer through knowledge rather than blind experimentation. Please share the URL page link to this page to help others. June 2nd, Thunderhill Raceway Park: ambient 90F and [...]
To order this tire online, go to: http://viets-performance.com December 14th at Broadford Track, Victoria with Champions Ride Days. Ambient 27 – 30C, high humidity with heavy overnight and morning rain. Tyres supplied by: Trackside Tyre Service. (South Australian Distributor for Bridgestone race tyres) Steve Millar 0419624005, email steve@tracksidetyreservice.com.au www.tracksidetyreservice.com.au [...]
To order this tire online, go to: http://viets-performance.com December 13th at Winton Track, Victoria. Ambient 32 – 36C, high humidity with heavy overnight and morning rain. Tyres supplied by: Trackside Tyre Service. (South Australian Distributor for Bridgestone race tyres) Steve Millar 0419624005, email steve@tracksidetyreservice.com.au www.tracksidetyreservice.com.au Bike:- 2008 R1 supplied by Trevor [...]