s2gse
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:07 PM |
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tyre wear
i have a MK indy with bike engine
which tyres will wear the most on a track day front or rear
the reason i ask is the rears are on the legal limit at the moment so not sure if to swap them around for just one track day as i didnt want to use
my new tyres yet
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luke
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:09 PM |
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The axle that places drive onto the ground will wear most, so therefore if your rears are more worn it makes logic to put fronts onto rear to improve
traction.
however you then have the opposite effect of the front does most of the braking so having tyres on legal limit will decrease your braking
efficiency.
swings and roundabouts IMO
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:17 PM |
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Depends how you drive, but should be fairly even, favouring the rears for a bit more wear...
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adithorp
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett
Depends how you drive, but should be fairly even, favouring the rears for a bit more wear...
From what I saw of you driving Gerry's car it'd be rear tyre wear. 
adrian
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ReMan
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:30 PM |
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I was in this position last year. I made the mistake of putting new boot s on the rear for the track day and trashed them
Keep your old ones on
Unless its watrelogged youl warm your tyres and get plenty of rear grip , tread or not
Put you new one on for the road
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austin man
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:48 PM |
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use the car in front for braking if you switch the tyres
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Gezza
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 05:08 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett
Depends how you drive, but should be fairly even, favouring the rears for a bit more wear...
From what I saw of you driving Gerry's car it'd be rear tyre wear.
adrian
Very true, def rear more wear, not many people can wear out a pair of 888's in less than a thousand miles
gerry
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Guinness
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 07:08 AM |
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If you have a set of new wheels / tyres ready to go on, then I'd swap the fronts with a bit of tread left onto the back for the trackday.
Kill all four tyres properly.
Then fit your spares for the drive home.
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Mike
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 08:19 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
I was in this position last year. I made the mistake of putting new boot s on the rear for the track day and trashed them
If you wore out a set of new tyres, then surely starting with a set of already worn out tyres means you'll be down to the canvas in no time?
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s2gse
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 06:50 PM |
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thanks everyone for the posts im going to run with the old tyres and swap them around as they wear as best as i can and then on the way home i will
have to be careful
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 08:27 PM |
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If the track in clockwise, put the good tyres on the left hand side
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 09:42 PM |
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at croft a few weeks ago my front left wasn't that far behind the rears for wear, front right had hardly any wear
the left/right wear difference on the rear was not much compared to the front
[Edited on 11/6/09 by bigfoot4616]
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ReMan
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 09:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
I was in this position last year. I made the mistake of putting new boot s on the rear for the track day and trashed them
If you wore out a set of new tyres, then surely starting with a set of already worn out tyres means you'll be down to the canvas in no time?
No did'nt wear them completely out but gave them a good pounding , partivcularly the edges 
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