Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

by **JetPilot** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:05 pm

I ran Bridgestone slicks, soft front, medium rear on my 600 and got 2 "good" track days, I ran the same tyres at Oran park and only lasted 2 sessions before I replaced them. Street tyres might last a bit longer, I don't know. But I found slicks stick like shit to a blanket.

by **robracer** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:49 pm

Kwak addict wrote:I was told by the Bridgestone tech Guru that you shouldn't use slicks or race compound street tyres for more than 3 heat cycles on the racetrack

Thats one of the reasons why I wont run slicks anymore, the other is no slicks on a damp track

by **Wattie** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:58 pm

if your using warmers, 1 heat cycle is 1 day, so 3 days out of a slick is ok.

by **robracer** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:04 pm

Wattie wrote:if your using warmers, 1 heat cycle is 1 day, so 3 days out of a slick is ok.

Yeah... but if you go back to my original post, I can get more than 3 days out of a rear. The slicks were farked at day 4.
+ hows doing a suspension set up ........ no warmers straight off the track ..... would have killed a set of slicks in a day,
the circumstances are always changing wattie & life with tread these days is cool..... dont have to worry about cycles

by **Wattie** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:14 pm

you dont need to convert me Rob,

i've never ridden on slicks, untill i really need to i dont plan on running anything but treads.

by **Kwak addict** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:45 pm

The Guru said the BT 002/3s had exactly the same rubber compound as slicks & were affected the same way by the heat cycles.

by **robracer** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:21 pm

dont believe everything you hear..... I am running 003's on the roadie & tracky......aint no signs of letting go & the roadie ones have done the oxley run, the old road a few times & not to mention 3 putty loop runs

The idea is almost kill em on the tracky & finish them off on the roadie