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[paynep]

You can always tell autumn is here - the nights start drawing in, the leaves start turning brown and the great DD tyre mass debate begins again.

[Imola Duke]

I got to grips this year with pushing it on the first lap and got over my cold tyre phobia

Sticky stuff did have HR Diablos for £134 free postage back in March.
They soon rocketed up in price when i posted a link on here......
Maybe Pirelli had a word.........

Just had a set of Maxxis Sports fitted to my 944 SS for £135 (fitted) at Bikers world whats good enough for
Guy Martin is good enough for me!

[faith-healer]

Originally Posted by Imola Duke

....Sticky stuff did have HR Diablos for £134 free postage back in March.
They soon rocketed up in price when i posted a link on here......
Maybe Pirelli had a word.........

They were almost certainly given 'the hard word' Steve. I have a source for Diablos at £143 fitted to loose wheels. I said I would put a link on here and was asked not to as If I did supplies would probably "Dry Up"

I told a few people in the paddock and I know Phil (Ghost) got a pair mail order for about the same.

Originally Posted by ChrisBushell

I am afraid that you have this wrong. It is not about a monopoly of supply (no one has insisted that you buy your tyres from Holbeech and I confirmed that I could order them from my local supplier on a 48hr basis this morning) it is about the tyres being used being "fit for purpose".

We have previously been informed by Pirelli (and I reconfirmed this at the begining of this season) that the Class A bikes (our most powerful) do not have enough power or weight to work the ZR tyre hard enough to get them up to operating temperature for safe racing under the conditions that we operate under at New Era events.

If the bikes had more than 90bhp and weiged more than 175kgs, then they would be recommending the ZR rated tyre - we do not meet either criteria.

Hopefully that will put this to bed once and for all.

It's not likely Chris....My supplier disputes the statement from Pirelli "Z rated were not suitable" as once they have started to warm up they retained that heat better due to the difference in construction (see Andy Shep's post). They also said that compounds had changed over the last few years and the Z's were now slighly softer and are fit for use ....for both classes.

Their recommended treaded, control tyre for DD, wet and dry, class A and B is the new Michelin Pilot One (soft front medium soft rear )

The company is owned by the most experienced race tyre supplier in the UK; and will be subject to the same liabilty issues that you have spoken of in the past.

....I was also told with Michelin now putting much of their MotoGP budget into club and national racing an early letter to Michelin UK 'could' get a very satisfactory result for all DD'ers.

BTW....You still owe Steve Klee (Imola Duke) 'a public apology' on here and on Ducatisti

One more thing....If you owned an tatty 1985 Ford Escort and wanted to buy a new car would you spend all your time trying to source a 'new' 1985 Ford Escort or buy an up to date, safer, more economical, comforable....get the picture

[MLC Racing]

Originally Posted by paynep

You can always tell autumn is here - the nights start drawing in, the leaves start turning brown and the great DD tyre mass debate begins again.

Some people mass debate through all 4 seasons