[Jon]

Originally posted by Bungi

for me thats abit like saying you dont need a 996r coz racers / quicker peeps can lap quicker than u on a 916 !!! for me it will still malke me quicker round eh? well actually no coz im more frightened of crashing it, but if i wasnt it would!!!

i really dont agree that is ALL in the head, of course confidence plays a big part, but if a tyre is better gives more grip then once your at a certan level, better trye will eqaul, either all or a mixture of better lap times/ more confidence/ less tricky moments,



i dont necessarily go to track days with a focus on improving my lap times, although through focusing on the track learning it better and improving techinique improved times would subsequently follow. yes i want to fast, but i dont really want to end up in the tyre wall again!!

How do the wear rates of slicks compare with road tyres.

i was running on sc1 front and sc2 rears last year. and if using the 996r would get through a rear in a day. a day and a half on the 916

is the compound choices for slicks so complex that id have to consider the track temerature as an important aspect of deciding what compound to go for.

just wondering if a comparable maybe slightly softer compound would last longer in slick format compared to a cut road tyre, as the magority of the wear appers to me to be at the edge of the cuts in the tread?? !!

i guess if i knew i wouldnt be asking though??

To the ordinary punter most slicks are offered in soft medium and hard. I believe its only factory or professional teams trhat can get a larger choice. One thing that should be considerd is suspension. A slick is constructed different to a supersport tyre in the fact that it allows for poorer suspension. The SS tyre will have more flex built into the tyre wall to cope with the Inferior suspension. Teams that run slick and have full BSS/WSB suspension can dial out problems giving the tyre an easier life. I've been running slicks this year due mainly to the fact I already had them. I can't give any comparisions because I have them on the CBR600. I still managed to slide the rear, so don't start thinking that there are great big gobs of grip available. Everyone shoud try slicks at some point, just for the experience and to qwell any thoughts that these things are the bees knees. I will be switching back to supersport tyres for 2006, I never did get them to slide only the front once and that was when I binned it on cold tyres.