Race scrubbed tyres...

[cc123]

Does anyone buy race scrubbed tyres a racing meets? Just wondering...

How much roughly for a set at most meets (f&r)? Just thinking ahead for some BSB rounds.

Worth buying?
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[lllN30lll]

i had a set of dunlop qualifiers, done 2 laps at donny, were wonderfully scrubbed in and melted at the edges.

cost me 60 quid for front and back. plus the benefits of making you look like a hard rider
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[Bendy]

Have aquired some here and there.

Prices vary. Got a set of Supercorsas for £30 last year - very tasty. £50ish is probably more the norm these days, maybe more if they've not had much use.

[0ddball]

I paid £40 for a pair of raceteks and £50 for a pair of Supercorsa's.

Worth buying? For the road, sure. The middle 80% of the tyre where you'll ride most of the time is fine. It's only the very edges that are shagged.
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[cc123]

Think I can see where my next set of tyres will be coming from. Good enough to run a few thousand miles on road conditions?

Sounds like a bargain really.
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[colin1]

i had race scrubs and although possibly a tad slippy in the cold and wet, i much prefer the feel to the new road tyre i have now

i had metzler racetec or something similar, and the rubber was really soft and grippy.

the stuff i have on now feels like plastic in comparison

I dont ride that hard, but i still prefer the soft stuff

i just find it a bit tricky to come by race scrubs otherwise i would have got another
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[yzf750r]

Got a pair of Rennsports from Cadwell at a track day for £20 last year!
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[Bendy]

[Johnny GSX-R]

Your crackers, race tyres aren't designed for road speeds, they won't get up to their working temp on the street, you may as well toss your money off.
Why fit pre scrubbed race tyres?? just so you can bullshit to people on the carpark at the burger van
If your doing trackdays then yeh, i'll have it, if your fitting them as a pose then i pitty you.

[G]

[Bendy]

[MarkJ]

So where can you buy race scrubs from then... Trackdays, BSB type events? I could swear when I did my track day the tyre guy was only selling new Pirelli tyres.

[Bendy]

Tyre guy wont be selling them, individuals will.

Wander round the paddock at any club racing meet and you'll be spoiled for choice. Folk usually just stack them up in their pit with a sign attached.

Check out places like the VD Club Racing section, motoforum.net (post a wanted if there's nothing being offered).

Ask in the Racing section here - quite a few club racers on BCF will have tyres they want to shift.

Might find some at trackdays, but it's less common in my experience.

[MarkJ]

Ahh I see, thank you

[yzf750r]

Like I said - I got mine from Cadwell after a track day.
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[cc123]

Interesting G. Last couple of race events I remember lots of tyres for sale but never really looked too much at the condition and prices. Mainly do my riding in better, dry weather conditions anyways and quite happy if for £20-40 I get a set of tyres that will do a few thousand miles on them.
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[Mooncatt]

for the guys in the general area.....there is a place called Rufforth (spelling????) near ish where i live and they have a huge outdoor market place where you can pick up parts for bikes etc and i have seen lots of race tyres for sale. dont know the pricing for them as i dont do track days on my bike. might be worth a look though
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[G]

As I mentioned, wouldn't expect a few thousand. However, even if you only get 1000 miles, it'll still end up cheaper than a lot of new tyres anyway.

[krebsy]

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[colin1]

one thing to watch for is that they are so soft, that i think they can easily pick up sharp stuff like shards of glass that can work their way into the tyre and give you a slow puncture

i think thats what happened with my last rear tyre as there is broken glass in the alley where i park my bike sometimes

the road tyre i have now doesnt pick up stuff as its much harder

For me aswell as the softness, the profile of the race scrub was really good, as the bike seemed to fall into corners much more easily.

Imagine a profile like a square resting on a point rather than a square resting on a flat edge, and you get the idea of what i mean.

race scrubs warm up sufficently for a ride of a tank or two, but they dont really warm up on a 10mile commute in winter
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[instigator]

I got a set for my ninja about a week ago Colin.

Dunlop Sportmax GP Racer M (whatever that means). I paid over the odds for a set of scrubs but I didn't really care. All I wanted was a set of legal, matching tyres on my ninja before I advertised it.

It just so happens that I really like the tyres. They 'feel' quite good once warmed up. Dodgy in the rain but what do you expect really. I don't ride hard in the rain so it isn't a problem.

[cc123]

[twpd]

I have Racetecs available later this month.

120/70 17" front and 180/55 17" rear.

£60 per pair. No more than 75 miles/50 laps on them.
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