Tyres?

[Allan]

Why is it when we have new tyres fitted we have to scrub them in for about 80 miles.

Yet you see new tyres fitted to GP bikes and out they go for qualifying laps.

How come they dont have to scrub those in?.


Buzz

 

[RHINO]

Why is it when we have new tyres fitted we have to scrub them in for about 80 miles.

Yet you see new tyres fitted to GP bikes and out they go for qualifying laps.

How come they dont have to scrub those in?.


Buzz

Oh dear 'Helen' , i think manufacturing process and tyre design/compound determines that need.

 

[Samster]

I'm guessing that by the time they've accelerated out of the pit lane, braked for the first corner and done a left-right on their out lap the slicks are good to go. ( I think the term they use is 'hooking-up'.

Perhaps the teams used some form of thinner or similar to get rid of the mold release compound..........

 

[gypsy]

According to Avon on their factory tour they dont use a releasing agent now ?

and we know how slippy them feckers are p0pc0rn41

 

[R2B2]

According to Avon on their factory tour they dont use a releasing agent now ?

That was one of the questions I asked when we were on the tour Ed, and yes, they do - but it's a water based release agent so it scrubs off very quickly.

 

[Fat Bert]

LOL

Why is it when we have new tyres fitted we have to scrub them in for about 80 miles.

Yet you see new tyres fitted to GP bikes and out they go for qualifying laps.

How come they dont have to scrub those in?.


Buzz

Last pair you bought...you scrubbed in against the Armco!!

 

[Allan]

Last pair you bought...you scrubbed in against the Armco!!

Ouch - ya bastid.


Buzz

 

[Fat Bert]

LOL

That similar to what you shouted when you'd "scrubbed the tyres in"