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This thread sounds like one of those Blue Peter Pet names rigged pole kind of things.
Perhaps we could raise some money for tyre warmers!

Are you angling for warmers Dave? :D

i would vote wets and warmers on the current tyres?

Back to Tyre warmers again

Then we could move away from a single tyre rule and run super Corsas (SC1, SC2 & SC3)
£130 for a front, £150 for a rear
and for the Wet The Diablo Rain (SCR1, SCR2) at £120 front, £155 rear
Plus cost of warmers and a Genny

Been there done that and your racing ends up costing you more, just ask TWPD or AK

sorry Kev....dont understand? Genny...yes I see that! but why the move to super corsa?

If bothering with wets and warmers then why stay with Diablos, may as well have the extra 1.5 secs a lap that proper race rubber offers, just like I do when I race in Minitwins.

After all one of the main complaints coming from some corners is about the cost of Diablos and this is what this thread is about

I can't see as just adding warmers helps not unless you make them compulsory so that everyone entering the first corner on the first lap has the same amount of heat in their tyres.

It would just all add to the costs

Lack of warmers didn't seem to be a problem for Cobby last year, take Race 2 at Pembrey last year, his first lap was 7 seconds slower than his second lap yet it was still in the 1m 14s bracket just like yours and mine best laps for the race.

On a 583 I have done 1m 10S in Minitwins using Warmers and Super Corsas and on my 750SSie I have managed a 1m 08S lap again using Supercorsas but no tyre warmer in Minitwins.

So if Cobby can go as fast on cold tyres as we do on warm ones yet is prepared to take it fairly easy on the first lap by his standards then I can't see the need for warmers on Diablos we just all need to learn to ride like him. In race 1 his first lap was a 1m 12S and we didn't manage that on warm tyres let alone get anywhere his 1M 06S fastest lap.

agree! so can we have the wets then?

The original vote went the way of not having wets and I still think thats the right choice, without wets there is no need for spare wheels (usually with discs) or the need to carry paddock stands to every meeting and as a starter series it cuts down on the exspense and for those with just a car and trailer as they are just starting out in racing it does cause them less hassle.
It also saves a lot of hanging around in the paddock with the bike in the air and wheels out waiting to make a decision on what the weather is going to do.
Over the previous 4 years of DD I have done quite a few wet races and don't have a issue with the Diablos in the wet, I can safely say I enjoyed the wet race at Assen last year

I don't think there is anyone who doesn't take paddock stands!

I don't have any issues with the current H rated tyres so long as everyone uses them! My issue is the cost for a very average tyre, phoning around there are few suppliers with stock and that will only mean higher and higher prices. I think alternatives need to be sourced just in case; “set in stone statements” don’t fill me with confidence.