Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > tyre rules need changing or stay the same?

[skidlids]

Dom all these tyre companies have been making Slicks for years and not every class uses them, so better add that to the petition

[Tonio600]

Message original : domski
Do you know what, I just wrote out a long reply to this, but I don't see the point in posting it.

You all like Diablo's obviously.

Maybe we could all sign a petition and send it off to the tyre companies - They've been making wets for years, and there is clearly no point in them.

:P

Yes, we WON

[domski]

OK, slicks and wets... anything else?

[TP]

I've got a Pirelli Rain tyre in the van on my 996 front wheel right now

Are you saying I need to throw it away Dom?

[domski]

Yeah, chuck it in my van at Brands.

I've got a nicely scrubbed Corsa with your name on it :P

[Monty]

Originally posted by Scotty Moc
if you were going to split the series into 2 engine classes next year you could have this years rules for the lower cc's and the option of wets for the higher cc bikes

(best ignore me im not paying attention)

Now THAT would be a safety issue-faster bike, on wets coming up to slower bike, on Diablo's in a corner=potential carnage-it's NOT going to happen.

I repeat, all wets allow you to do is go faster in the wet-it really only becames a safety issue if the main tyre you are racing on is unsuitable for wet conditions-like maybe a Diablo Super Corsa-which is what I seem to remember is what you would prefer to race on?? If you are using tyres like that which are basically cut slicks then of course you need a wet tyre. We are running this series on a ROAD tyre-you know as in designed to cope with all conditions, INCLUDING wet roads, so we don't actually NEED wets. I quote Geoff Spencer, who lets face it is the fastest guy out there overall

"I thought the Diablos seem to grip ok both in the wet and dry. If they start to slide out of control then slow down a bit. At least we are all on the same tyres wet or dry."

John

[domski]

Yeah, but the fastest guy in the wet is ahrdly gunna say they're crap

[yeti]

From someone completely outside of the series, can I ask how many DD boys crashed in the wet on Saturday? I'm sure someone said it was nobody. If this IS the case, then surely what it means is that you are all sensible enough to ride within your limits and that of your tyres and still have good close racing?

If this is the case, then I would dare to stick my head above the parapit and suggest you don't NEED wets. Yes, they would be nice to have but sounds like you don't actually need them. Bit like you would all love an extra 20bhp, but if everybody had it, then you don't need it.

[Rattler]

I binned it on Saturday, so did a few others, PaulP, Tonio, and a couple of others, but I don't think these were the fault of tyres, just us riding beyond the limits of them when pushing hard.

I think the single tyre rule works well - I am only on my second set for this year and have done approx 9 races and 7 trackdays on both sets and the ones currently fitted will last for the rest of the season - 4 more races (more if I can get into SoT) and probably 4 more trackdays.

The only problem I've found with them is when they get too hot - they seem to slide more easily, but then they don't just let go, they do slide, hence you can get plenty of feedback from them. My experience of Supercorsas is then when they start to slide, they just let go completely and you're low-siding!!

So I'm happy with the single type of tyres, as has been said before, it does away with more expense (tyre-warmers, gennys, stands etc), but it also eliminates yet another choice - wet or dry tyres. In a novice(ish) series the less we have to worry about, the better.

Tim