Re: [NSVC] Track day prep

New or cold tire deserve a couple of laps, I've seen too many crashes on the
first lap.
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Milktree" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [NSVC] Track day prep


> On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Rogue Shoten wrote:
>
>> Keep an eye on your tires.  When tires are brand new, they're a little
>> more
>> slippery; this is from the mold release compound that's used in their
>> production.  So if you have a good idea where your tire's limits normally
>> are, consider that until they're worn in a bit the ones you have
>> currently
>> won't quite be that grippy yet.  I don't know how long it takes on
>> motorcycles, but on cars it usually takes a few hundred miles of normal
>> driving to scrub them in.
>
> Except on the track, where it takes two laps, if that.  I've had brand
> new tires on the track several times and never had any problems at
> all, they're scrubbed in by the second lap.
>
>        -Will
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