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

[Simps]

Wets are for safety when RACING in the wet. These are road tyres which can be used in anger when dry with bikes of our power. When very wet the slip resistance is hugely decreased and there is no way the manufacturer would suggest they are suited to racing in that weather.

A bike with slicks on "could" go round in the wet and Im sure if you made it you "might" feel a better, smoother rider. But this is racing, not a competition of who can get the bike back to the paddock in one piece.

However I do understand that DD is more about ducktape and cable ties rather than wets and warmers.

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by 955SP

However I do understand that DD is more about ducktape and cable ties rather than wets and warmers.

or a full Wet bike to sit alongside the Dry bike, and yes I have everything to build a second bike and the space to transport it
And I'll do a better job of water-proofing a wet bike

No different to when I was racing F600, SoT and Powerbike, only series I never had a wet bike for are 1300 Streetstocks as we raced with 130bhp on Road Tyres (see attached regs) and Desmo Due with its lower power output

[Simps]

Originally Posted by skidlids

No different to when I was racing F600, SoT and Powerbike, only series I never had a wet bike for are 1300 Streetstocks as we raced with 130bhp on Road Tyres (see attached regs) and Desmo Due with its lower power output

I guess its all in the title with that series. The notes you attached say that the bikes needed to have a current MOT and I think wets aren't road legal.