How good does rubber get?

hammer · Post by **hammer** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:20 pm

Brought these today meant to be the greatest thing since 2lt bottles of OP rum and at $600 a set they better be.

The tyre dealer wants as much feed back as i can give him as this is the first set sold

Does that mean the next release of tyre maybe the Hammer-RaceTec ?

Stu

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:23 pm

hmmm.......i reckon 2K for the rear - if you slow down a bit

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:09 pm

yeah
and hope it does not rain..........

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:13 pm

hammer
Metzler sponsoring you...??

hammer · Post by **hammer** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:21 pm

Smitty wrote:hammer
Metzler sponsoring you...??

I wish!

But i hope to strike up a deal with Band-Aid

Stu

tape · Post by **tape** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:38 pm

How good does rubber get?

Geez Stu I thought ya was gunna post something else when I read the Topic....

I prefer leather actually...

Mick waits...

greenmeanie · Post by **greenmeanie** » Wed May 18, 2005 5:40 am

They sell slicks for the road now?

..........$600 hmmmm geez lucky you don't do trackdays on that bike then.

Gnome · Post by **Gnome** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:02 am

Mate, you eat tyres

, like you don't know what 160hp is going to do

. I think, just as someone suggested a KSRC sponsored crash fund for me

, you need a KSRC tyre fund. We've all heard of the "cookie monster", and how he devours cookies, meet Hammer the "tyre monster"

.

Strap-on

Yankee · Post by **Yankee** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:06 am

i wanna see some "after" photos.....
yeah, and i give you about 2206 Kms on those..... (maybe)
look good tho, nice and slick, must be like bubblegum (-sorry- "chewy")

mickeyd · Post by **mickeyd** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:16 am

Look good Stu

Let's see how much you've chewed them up in the next week - another Tambo run ?

Jonno · Post by **Jonno** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:49 pm

I ain't got no answer yet!
I was thinkin a cold slick with grooves cut as they have more meat and thats my next go maybe. But hey 3k is normal, no thats not 30k.

I will let ya know stu.

hammer · Post by **hammer** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:03 pm

Yeah mickyd you up for a tambo run again? Maybe even out to bellbird raceway

Scotty mate not sure on the slick thing i asked about em and was told slicks are not meant for constant high speed work like we sometimes do

Stu

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:12 pm

enjoy mate!!....

Jonno · Post by **Jonno** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:24 pm

Summins gotta be better, 3000km's is just expensive and unreal. Even the Bridgies come with 5-6mm grooves from new and thats gunna last about 2 or 3 good hard runs, I suppose I should not complain as thats what ya get from all that RWHP. I will have a serious look at the alternative and I will be carefull.

Good point about the constant high speeds as that contributes the majority of the wear in the centre and these current tyres ball/rip up badly during a hard run. I am really at a loss to get decent wear, I need something with a hard thick centre, Pilot Road or HPX comes to mind although they don't have a 200/50 (HPX do) only a 190/50 AFAIK. Might go and see what the yanks are using.

mickeyd · Post by **mickeyd** » Thu May 19, 2005 7:17 am

Stu - yep I'm up for it. Sunday again?

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