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| Originally Posted by bradders at the risk of upsetting some...why should DD get a better deal than any other race series? The way I undertsand it, Pirelli do us more of a favour than we do them. Without them, control tyres would not be possible and DD would probably not still be alive
in terms of cost, £160 is cheap for tyres! What do slicks and wets cost? and what about better rubber? I'm looked at a pair of super corsa and the thick end of over £200
think a reality check is needed; this is club racing at its cheapest form |
Well said Paul.
To set your self up with a generator and a set of tyre warmers will cost a minimum of £400, then if you addd to that the cost of a set of wets and a set o wheels and discs to go with them another £400, so a total of £800 give or take the fact you have bought new/second hand or scrounged off a racer mate.
Now what else could that money have been spent on over a season.
A full top end strip and rebuild???
Tyres for the season???
Spare set of fairings, clipons, rearsets etc
A hire van for the season??
It has been proved that tyre warmers are NOT needed with a good quality road tyre.
It has been proved that the tyre is DAMN good in the wet, after all it is a road tyre.
If anything as riders you should be pushing your rider reps's to get a meeting with New Era and the DD rep to ask for TWO warm up laps, problem solved, tyres nice and warm and ready to race. Worked for the R6 Cup lads and many other series.
Chris
