Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Tyres - so what make would people prefer

[harriebird]

Originally Posted by chris.p

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.

agreed. i'm putting together my next race bike at the mo, and this year, unless it's sunny i will be stuck of course it's always sunny so i will be fine

i thought my washing machine had bust the other week, which was going to be my wets/spare wheels budget all gone and i shall be blagging as much as i can in the way of tyre warmers etc, and ideally only going to rounds where there is a garage because there is no denying it's a lot of extra money for all the extra kit required. my choice though

i think for a newbie, taking all the tyre decisions away is brilliant. we know that the fast guys/girls are doing fantastic inspiring things on the control tyres. i was talking to someone recently about the racing i had done in the past, and it took me quite a while to convince him what we were racing on and the times the fast folks were setting.

i am trying to get my head round all the different tyres i can have for my 400, and it gives me a headache just thinking about it

£800 would buy a lot of test days/track days/extra races which imho is what helps newbies the most