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Originally Posted by mat2hew

I rode on slicks on my 999 at cadwell the race started in the dry, It then started raining and two bikes crashed.

then it was red flagged and we were given 5 mins to change to wets.

then it stopped raining and everybody went out on slicks.

then it started raining and 2 more bikes crashed.

then it was red flagged again.

Safety isn't slicks, if its wet, wet tyres are great, if its dry, slicks are great, but inbetween is horrible!


I've just bought a set of wets, £280 (bridgestones) and I'm told if it stops raining and the track dries up abit their knackered in a couple of laps. if its raining very lightly or stop start, people use slicks because they still offer more grip/speed as long as it doesn't get too wet!

cheep racing?

With slicks you need to keep them hot, wet, hanging around and restarts all work against that.
as for wets when I raced in F600, powerbike, open and SoT I learnt to carry a set of part worn wets for those conditions where the track was wet at the start of the race but likely to be dry by the end of it.
When I had the Fireblades, i had a wet bike & a dry bike and eac had a choice of tyres. Drys & Inters for one and wets & worn wets for the other, not cheap but I had more spare cash then so it wasn't an issue and a worth while investment when entering 12 races over a weekend

and hows the slipper clutch Matt