Sticky Tire Question

[Ride Red]

I just recently acquired a second set of wheels for the Super Duke - I placed a stupid low bid on Ebay an no one out bid me....whoops

I run Q3's on street and do 3-4 track days a year so hopefully in the long run ill be able to get a bit of an ROI by not having to pull barley half worn Q3's off every 1500 miles so i can go to a track day and i will be able to actually wear the street tires out fully and run 2 rears to a front.

I run at the fast end of Intermediate. Last NCM day i put down consistent 2:08s and my fastest was a high 2:07 on Q3s if anyone's familiar with that pace at that track. i dont think im out-ridding the Q3s yet but it would make me feel better to know i had more room to grow on some better rubber.

Im in between 2 options but i dont know Jack about slicks and race tires. I think id like to stay Dunlop just for constancy and thats what im used to.

The 190/60 GPA-PRO. a set. My only worry is im not sure how much of a performance jump these are from the Q3. I like the fact that they are DOTs so i could burn them up on the street if i needed to and they dont absolutely require warmers. I dont have a generator yet so thats a plus

Or

The US N-Tech Slick in 200/55 in the Med+ compound rear a set. Full on slicks. i have warmers but no generator. very unlikely id ever consider going out a a wet track after my T4 Putnam highside. Not sure on the performance gap between these and the GPAs

[AK4037]

I've never ran Dunlop DOT's or slicks but have seen @Miguel812 get like 8 or more track days out of the N-TEC's. He was running consistent 2:02's on a tire that had 6+ track days on it.

The warmer thing would be an issue but you can always plan to split a garage with someone. Do you run your bike with traction control on or off? If you run it on
I'd stick with a DOT that doesn't require a warmer or stick with the Q3's.

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[Ride Red]

I've never ran Dunlop DOT's or slicks but have seen @Miguel812 get like 8 or more track days out of the N-TEC's. He was running consistent 2:02's on a tire that had 6+ track days on it.

The warmer thing would be an issue but you can always plan to split a garage with someone. Do you run your bike with traction control on or off? If you run it on
I'd stick with a DOT that doesn't require a warmer or stick with the Q3's.

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Im curious about the traction control question.

I still run it on at the track but have been getting annoyed by how much wheelie control was cuting power. So ill probably try turning it off this season. I just like all the saftey nets i can get.

I finnaly had to ditch ABS as it was i cutting in way to much.

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[AK4037]

If its anything like my GT which I'm sure its close I have a hard time riding it real hard with the TC on. They're torque monsters and want to wheelie so everytime it lifts its intervening more than we think.

I'll be honest and say with the torque they produce I would be hesitate on shutting it off too, but the track is the best traction you're going to get so why not 🤣

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[Ride Red]

If its anything like my GT which I'm sure its close I have a hard time riding it real hard with the TC on. They're torque monsters and want to wheelie so everytime it lifts its intervening more than we think.

I'll be honest and say with the torque they produce I would be hesitate on shutting it off too, but the track is the best traction you're going to get so why not 🤣

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The more customizable TC and independent wheelie control is the only reason id want a 17+.

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[AK4037]

True. KTM was behind in that category. My 2012 S1000RR's TC felt seamless in Slick mode. I can only imagine what they're like 6 years later.


Have you ever seen your TC coming on at the track? I know its hard to concentrate on something that that when there's everything else to think about. I wonder if its coming on much and if it were turned off if you would have smoother and faster laps.

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[Ride Red]

True. KTM was behind in that category. My 2012 S1000RR's TC felt seamless in Slick mode. I can only imagine what they're like 6 years later.


Have you ever seen your TC coming on at the track? I know its hard to concentrate on something that that when there's everything else to think about. I wonder if its coming on much and if it were turned off if you would have smoother and faster laps.

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Might tey mounting a gopro wherr i could see. I honestly dont see it blink much due to were it is.

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[AK4037]

Great idea.

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