Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Anyone think we should be using wets?

[skidlids]

Pretty sure the R6 cup guys at one time were running Diablo Corsa 3's only
Originally the CB500s only used Bridgestone road tyres back when my mates Chris Sherring, Chris Hook and Simon Vanderolank were in it and that other bloke Toseland

[Simps]

Originally Posted by skidlids

No different to when I was racing F600, SoT and Powerbike, only series I never had a wet bike for are 1300 Streetstocks as we raced with 130bhp on Road Tyres (see attached regs) and Desmo Due with its lower power output

I guess its all in the title with that series. The notes you attached say that the bikes needed to have a current MOT and I think wets aren't road legal.

[Simps]

Originally Posted by skidlids

and that other bloke Toseland

No wonder he never got to grips with MotoGP! Now if that M1 had road tyres I think his GP career would have been completely different.

[Jolley]

Wets - No
Fun -Yes

You are all big girls who need to learn how to ride!

On a serious note, I have mentioned before that wets will increase the speed if you do have an accident. Tough call. Wets or not, you can only go as fast as you feel safe, and I am glad the road tyres slow us down... I'd hate to have to go quickly in the wet.

We would have used them for Sunday at Cadwell last year, and we would have used them for half a race at Snett.... I am not sure any less people would have crashed. It is a lot of extra bulk for me to try to find in an overloaded car.

About the lack of tread at the tyre edge... I heard in a press release for another tyre that in the wet you do not lean as far, so they stop the tread at the limit of where any sane person would lean in the wet... This allows a slicker/frillier edge for the dry.

[bradders]

I have a new tactic for the wet, so lets see how that goes next time out

[ChrisBushell]

Originally Posted by bradders

I have a new tactic for the wet, so lets see how that goes next time out

I dont think I want to hear about that cunning plan Baldrick!

[ells]

Originally Posted by Jolley

About the lack of tread at the tyre edge... I heard in a press release for another tyre that in the wet you do not lean as far, so they stop the tread at the limit of where any sane person would lean in the wet... This allows a slicker/frillier edge for the dry.

Sitting at the restart at Snetterton watching hail bounce upwards off the track I never ever considered I would be classified as sane.

For a simple straightforward series like ours maybe of it gets really bad on road tyres then someone makes the decision that the race is over rather than carry on or is that out of our hands?

Mark

[bradders]

Originally Posted by ells

Sitting at the restart at Snetterton watching hail bounce upwards off the track I never ever considered I would be classified as sane.

For a simple straightforward series like ours maybe of it gets really bad on road tyres then someone makes the decision that the race is over rather than carry on or is that out of our hands?

Mark

bang on right. Nerw Era did a coupel of times, seems Hottrax were less inclined too...should have been stopped after part 1 really,; race result or not!

[antonye]

Originally Posted by bradders

bang on right. Nerw Era did a coupel of times, seems Hottrax were less inclined too...

Having not raced with Hottrax I cannot comment, but I can certainly remember a couple of very wet races with New Era being red flagged - one at Brands and one at Donington.

[numbskull]

I know most people don't like racing in the wet (especially me!!), and having road tyres only makes that seem worse, but we are all out there on the same tyres.

The way I see it, racing is about going as fast as you can whilst staying on the bike!

As Ron says, having wets would only make people think they can go faster and this would lead to any crashes being at a higher speed and costing more to repair and more hospital visits.

If the A class want wets, and the extra cost and hasstle that goes with them, then that is fine by me. When they get their own grid!!!