Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Proposal to run wets in 2016

[paynep]

Originally Posted by skidlids

When a race is declared WET by the organisers it is still as far as I know up to the individual rider to what tyre he arrives in the collecting area on. As some will often gamble on which way the conditions will change

Maybe the answer is to have a control tyre and free choice of wets?

The current Dunlops are cheap and work ok in dry/damp conditions, but given the choice I would not want to race on them in proper rain.
Times change and the original ethos of DD has to move on, IMHO

[milesaway]

Originally Posted by paynep

Maybe the answer is to have a control tyre and free choice of wets?
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If the wets used are control as well then we maintain all being on same tyres which seems to make sense to me

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by milesaway

If the wets used are control as well then we maintain all being on same tyres which seems to make sense to me

working on it Miles, had a promising phone conversation today, but these talks always take a while.

We are the end users and need to be supported directly by the manufacturer to get a good deal on prices.

But in between we need a tyre supplier who is ideally in the paddock of the club we are racing with such as Pro tyre when we were with Hottrax and their deal is done with the tyre manufacturer.

[coppersaucepipe]

<Devil's advocate mode on>

How about only allowing wets on mixed grids?
It would save a lot of faffing at meetings where we don't need wets

<Devil's advocate mode off>


Will quietly go with the flow.

[bally71]

Can I raise another point ..

What about tyre warmers (not for wets obvs)

But if we are on a mixed grid and half are going into the corner with steaming hot rubber and half with ice cold blocks ...

Is that not going to be cause for concern?

just sayin (expecting to be shot down in flames)

I'd rather do without myself

[skidlids]

Wasn't a concern at Castle Combe a couple of months ago when out mixing it with the Minitwins and the Open 500s

[chris.p]

Originally Posted by bally71

Can I raise another point ..

What about tyre warmers (not for wets obvs)

But if we are on a mixed grid and half are going into the corner with steaming hot rubber and half with ice cold blocks ...

Is that not going to be cause for concern?

just sayin (expecting to be shot down in flames)

I'd rather do without myself

It's all in the mind, by the time you actualy get off the grid your tyres are hardly luke warm.

[coppersaucepipe]

I've never run warmers and I like not needing electricity

[paynep]

Originally Posted by chris.p

It's all in the mind, by the time you actualy get off the grid your tyres are hardly luke warm.

...but they are warmer than stone cold.....

In my mind that's better.......