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biggeeman
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PostPosted: 20:40 - 30 Mar 2015    Post subject: Sportsmart 2 wet track day? Reply with quote
Looking too see if any one has done a wet track day on these
Dunlop sportsmart either or edition 1 or 2

Did they hold up good?
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PostPosted: 20:58 - 30 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, they're not too bad. Not as good a race wets, but better than RaceTecs. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:06 - 30 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
Yes, they're not too bad. Not as good a race wets, but better than RaceTecs. Thumbs Up


Cool can u get a decent pace on them though knee down etc.
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PostPosted: 21:20 - 30 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
biggeeman wrote:

Cool can u get a decent pace on them though knee down etc.


No, you're nervously pottering around trying not to die.

It's probably possible to get your knee on the deck with them if you're very smooth, but I did manage to spin the rear whilst upright on my Fireblade multiple times. It was getting rather low on tread though.
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PostPosted: 21:29 - 30 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
No, you're nervously pottering around trying not to die.


Bugger... thought they would be better than that, thanks for the info I'll need to try source spare wheels.

Is there any street tyre capable of a good wet track pace.
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P.addy
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PostPosted: 21:30 - 30 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just grab some wets? I was trolling an r1 with an sv when using wets Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:31 - 30 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you're hung up about being fast in the wet, get some wets. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:42 - 30 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was trying to be clever thinking a one tyre do it all job seems not lol.

Just hate booking track days n its pissing down, but wets n wheels it is then cheers.
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PostPosted: 21:45 - 30 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
biggeeman wrote:
I was trying to be clever thinking a one tyre do it all job seems not lol.


Afraid not.

Good wet tyre will quickly overheat and become like bubble gum in the dry.

Good dry tyre doesn't have the grooves to clear enough water, or the compound/carcass to generate enough heat in the lower temperatures in the wet.
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PostPosted: 22:05 - 30 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
biggeeman wrote:
I was trying to be clever thinking a one tyre do it all job seems not lol.


Afraid not.

Good wet tyre will quickly overheat and become like bubble gum in the dry.

Good dry tyre doesn't have the grooves to clear enough water, or the compound/carcass to generate enough heat in the lower temperatures in the wet.


Ok no probs cheers for the info, better safe than sorry I suppose.
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PostPosted: 20:43 - 31 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Heard some racers have been using pr3's instead of wets in some classes where full on wets arent allowed
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