Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Thoughts on tyre pressures in the wet

[moto748]

So why do people tend to run higher (or the same) pressures in the front tyre compared to the back on the track, whereas presumably you run higher in the rear on the road?

Don't you?

[twpd]

The answer is simple - more energy input to the rear tyre.

[Zimbo16]

No I wasn't on the brakes at all, was on a neutral throttle and already in the turn. Perhaps I was just getting a bit overconfident and tried carrying too much corner speed through a wet and slippery corner!

Thanks for your thoughts Glenn, in the dry I have no trouble with the front end at all, it's only the second time I've ridden the bike to be fair but tried it on a test afternoon at Mallory and had loads of confidence tipping in to any of the corners, fast or slow, on the brakes or not.

On reflection then, I was probably just trying to go round too quickly . . .

[twpd]

You've just answered the question yourself.

Already in the turn and on a neutral throttle. You'll have loaded the front end rolling off the gas. You can't get away very often doing that in the dry let alone the wet.

[couchcommando]

Originally Posted by Zimbo16

No I wasn't on the brakes at all, was on a neutral throttle and already in the turn. Perhaps I was just getting a bit overconfident and tried carrying too much corner speed through a wet and slippery corner!

Thanks for your thoughts Glenn, in the dry I have no trouble with the front end at all, it's only the second time I've ridden the bike to be fair but tried it on a test afternoon at Mallory and had loads of confidence tipping in to any of the corners, fast or slow, on the brakes or not.

On reflection then, I was probably just trying to go round too quickly . . .

From my viewpoint about 20yds behind you didn't make the turn at all, you went in a straight line into the gravel and so did the bike behind you, it really did seem as soon as you hit the brakes you went down, the bike behind did the same but a bit more stylish

[paynep]

I put 35psi in the fuel tank as that is the bit that touches down first in the wet.

HTH

[domski]

Originally Posted by paynep

I put 35psi in the fuel tank as that is the bit that touches down first in the wet.

HTH

Shouldn't you be emptying nappies?

[twpd]

Originally Posted by couchcommando

From my viewpoint about 20yds behind you didn't make the turn at all, you went in a straight line into the gravel and so did the bike behind you, it really did seem as soon as you hit the brakes you went down, the bike behind did the same but a bit more stylish

You were watching his brake lights again, weren't you?

[Zimbo16]

Originally Posted by couchcommando

From my viewpoint about 20yds behind you didn't make the turn at all, you went in a straight line into the gravel and so did the bike behind you, it really did seem as soon as you hit the brakes you went down, the bike behind did the same but a bit more stylish

Well, you were in a much better position to see that I was, must have gone down as I went to turn in then I suppose. I'm going to put it down to overconfidence, and try to learn from that - not try to take slippery wet corners too fast in future!

[psychlist]

Originally Posted by Zimbo16

- not try to take slippery wet corners too fast in future!

Monica shoulda known better after Paddock Hill