Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Just for discussion (rain riders ?).

[dunlop0_1]

You know I can't leave you lot alone for a minute. Weren't like this back in my day.

Anyway even though I got to use wets on the 996 a part of me missed the DD tyre. I think Miles is right in what he said that using the Dunlop in the wet can sort of increase safety somewhat maybe due to the reduced speed or higher awareness of the conditions
As I and others said earlier you don't have to go out ! just ask Dallas he refuses to go out in the wet where as James Stevenson seems to excell in the wet.
Ok you've paid to race and you don't get a refund well so what. If I was unsure about my ability to go out in the wet I would choose loosing a £75 race value rather than trashing myself and the bike.

I didn't do the last race at Snett because I was to tired which I know was the right call.

[Shaggyboy]

I hate the rain, that's why I have paid extra for sunshine at Oulton

[bally71]

lol i hope so .. gets awful slippery under them trees

[Spjallen]

Forcast is rain!

[numbskull]

I guess i'm the only person who doesn't WANT to have to change wheels during a race weekend!

[Gbyte666]

Originally Posted by Spjallen

Forcast is rain!

Wets still on my 1C from Anglesey

Still slower than the A & B bikes out there in the wet but I dont mind it at all now on Wets.

Craig

[Spjallen]

Some people were asking about if you need warmers on wets. Well wet tyres operate best around 40 degrees. If you can't regulate your warmers to that (most tyre warmers are set to eighty) then you are heating the tyres up too much. You would be able to feel the difference in grip as the extra and unrequired heat dissipates from the tyre and they settle around the operating temp - 40 degrees - in the first few laps. This change in grip level can fool you into thinking you have more than you do and again as the temp drops you won't be able to do what you could initally when they came off the warmers.
In a nutshell, yes you do, but they will hear up very quickly without.

[brummydave]

i personally really dont think wets is our answer,maybe race control could be more aware of our tyre abilities in extreme conditions .Its not a blame thing,and like miles says and dallas does its your option and your right hand.

[Ghost]

Originally Posted by brummydave

i personally really dont think wets is our answer,maybe race control could be more aware of our tyre abilities in extreme conditions .Its not a blame thing,and like miles says and dallas does its your option and your right hand.

+1 to that BD, I would think someone from Dunlop also could contribute to this by saying what is or isn't reasonable to race in.

[milesaway]

Originally Posted by Shaggyboy

I hate the rain, that's why I have paid extra for sunshine at Oulton

think you may have been ripped off coz the forecast looks pretty shite