Slicks V Treads

[triway]

Michelin Power Ones mate, good for 1:37's at the island, awesome tyres!

[Gosling1]

Steve - the last set of slicks I bought were >$500, but a pair of road tyres (2CT rear and Pilot Power front) were less than $450 the pair.....I always heard that slicks were meant to be way cheaper than road tyres, but is this actually the case anymore for new slicks ??

Yep sure is.
I get my slicks for close to $500 a pair, that is a soft F & med R.

I still can't work this out. If your slicks are $500 a pair, and my road tyres are less than $450 a pair, how can slicks be cheaper than road tyres ????? They are more expensive - the slicks I had fitted at EC last year for the Xmas track day were actually $530 fitted !!! That is over $80 a pair more expensive than my road tyres......

If I could buy slicks for $400 a pair, that would be great !!

[Wattie]

you can gos, but they are shit ones.

[Gosling1]

$50 posted, the Czech is in the male.

[smithy5]

ok, im gonna lean towards some treads for now.
bt016s? Pilot powers? diablo corsas?
any preffered treaded tyre for the track?
wattie does low 1:40s at eastern creek on treads doesnt he?

If you are getting the Bridg's, the 003 are a better option than the 016 for the track..... I'm a bridgy fan and always have been. My trackie had Dunlop slicks on it when I bought it.......... I used them for a couple of track days but didn't have confidence in them as mentioned above due to limited heat cycles....... I replaced them with Bridg's 003, and I am totally impressed...

and when you get a few extra dollars, contact Pete Kaneg and get some tyre warmers, they work on the treads as well.

[98ninja]

just to revive an old thread
im still trying to figure out my logic that i couldnt afford to buy tyre warmers
but somehow i could afford to buy a zx9r

[ty]

makes complete sense to me.

[Cedric25]

Pirelli slicks are apparently shit anyway from what I hear but I have only tried Dunlop and Bridgestones myself. To be honest, the times you are doing you don't need them and with no warmers would be better off with normal road tyres.

True regarding the times.

Tyre opinions are as infinite and variable as the galaxies in the universe - I've heard a lot of bad things about the Pirelli slicks but me personally I love them and I've gone faster on them than the dunlop and bridgestone slicks I've tried. Find something you like and stick to it - after sampling a few different tyres.

I don't get the argument that states 'I've done 39's on treaded tyre x and so they're good for that'. Yes, but stickier tyres increase your safety margin at those times for mortal riders. For me, I'd rather have something in reserve rather than running on the ragged edge of the performance envelope of a tyre because I'm simply not that skilful.