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[paynep]

Originally Posted by antonye

but then you've got to do tyre warmers as well?

Warmers for wets? Are you sure?

[antonye]

Originally Posted by paynep

Warmers for wets? Are you sure?

No idea, I'm not a racing god am I!

[phillc]

I raced in the SV class at Snetterton on Saturday. Was in with the Formula 400s and Honda Hornets.

When I say raced, I was out on track with my 583 at least........... Oh, I didn't quite come dead last either. Really I just used these two races, and extra qualifying, as track learning sessions because this was my first time at Snett.

Would I do it again? Only if I didn't know the track. Maybe it'd be worth trying at Cadwell where there aren't huge straights to lose out to the more powerful bikes on. That's not saying I wouldn't come second last again........

[domski]

You can enter the SV race as Phill says (some of us have got trophies in that this season too). There has only been 1 SV turn up, he fell off at Donny and beat me twice at Snett (typical!). Eric & Ali won a race each at Oulton I think?

It's worth doing at least one SV race @ £25 as you get the extra qualifying session as well.

So you could do DD, SV and SoT for £160-£170 (not checked Cadwell entry fee) and get 3 qualifying sessions and 4 races (1 each of SV & SoT). That's better value isn't it.



Oh, I wouldn't bother with wets, coz you'll still get your arse kicked either way. Unless you were feeling flush

[phil_h]

Originally Posted by domski

You can enter the SV race as Phill says (some of us have got trophies in that this season too).

There has only been 1 SV turn up, he fell off at Donny and beat me twice at Snett (typical!). Eric & Ali won a race each at Oulton I think?

It's worth doing at least one SV race @ £25 as you get the extra qualifying session as well.

So you could do DD, SV and SoT for £160-£170 (not checked Cadwell entry fee) and get 3 qualifying sessions and 4 races (1 each of SV & SoT). That's better value isn't it.



Oh, I wouldn't bother with wets, coz you'll still get your arse kicked either way. Unless you were feeling flush

I found the track time at dony and snet really useful as you get your head in gear far better if you have some untimed practice as well
I managed to harry the tail enders as they braked too much into the corners, and even had a passing game with one bloke at snet.
In the wet at dony it was a bit more worrying tho cos they all had better rubber than me
As dom says £25 for a race + qualy is great value - and at snet it allowed me to see if I could better my dd qualy times - which I did, and that gave me a lot more confidence for our race, leading to my best ever dd result.

[phil_h]

Hmm ... perhaps I should set up the spare dd750 as a wet bike

[domski]

Originally Posted by phil_h

Hmm ... perhaps I should set up the spare dd750 as a wet bike

I'll remind Chass to buy another cup.

How about a polystyrene one next time?

[twpd]

Originally Posted by paynep

Warmers for wets? Are you sure?

Yes. You need warmers.

[andys 900ss]

Cant fault the Diablo's for suiting the 600 bikes. Both my sets (one for trackdays and one for racing) are second hand and I've given them a fair amount of stick too and they still good to use!!!

Well done RC or whoever came up with the idea.

I have tried warmers on a number of occasions, but they dont seem to make much difference, just really in the head for confidence on a track I dont know to get upto speed asap.

Andy

[twpd]

Why would you put warmers on road tyres like Diablos?

You only put warmers on race tyres because they need to be got up to temperature before use in order to grip and prolong their life.