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

[Simps]

Yes

But do riders of our standard understand how to use wets? when they will work and when they will chew up and certainly not last a season. Can our speeds in the wet get them up to temp? These are not road tyres which are easy to get heat in? (I dont know just asking)

In principle I am 100% for it after watching Race 1 from the pitwall, it look pretty scary for all (except Ron).

Plus the cost of the repairs to dropped bikes at these wet races will more than cover the cost of wets.

I dont really understand why we arent using them? I understand the reason not to have warmers & slicks but wets were designed to keep people racing in the rain. Road tyres are designed to get you home in the rain by driving like Miss Daisy.

[Bionicle]

Adding wets to the series bungs up the price,

This year we have only had Saturday at snetterton where wets would have been usefull, would it have been worth the expence for one race ?, if racing had started on time we would actualy have had a dry race. the race was red flagged due to an incedent but then again so was the dry race on Sunday, yes you can argue there were more fallers in the wet race, but i have seen as many in a dry race (Mallory last year for one)

Some people even given the option to race on wets would not go out,

So from my point of view i am happy to race on the tyre we have and race according to the conditions.