Get Your Knee Wet GP-Style

wescoas1 · 03-28-2005, 10:13 PM

http://www.motorcyclerev.com/cobalt/...6370_66950.wmv

Zyankaly · 03-28-2005, 10:30 PM

i don't understand how they can ride like that on wet track.... i hate riding in the rain !

Jeckyll · 03-29-2005, 12:40 AM

That's some cool footage! Thanks

As for riding in the rain, it's just a matter of getting used to it. We were out yesterday and I managed to make some runs at 80+ (hard to look down at that point). As long as you ahve tires that can handle the wet (I'm on Metzler M1's) it's not that bad.

Though I didn't get quite low enough to drag a knee

predator_zx10r · 03-29-2005, 01:53 PM

question! at the very end, guy in gray suit. did he just lose traction due to wet condition? or was it something else?

Zyankaly · 03-29-2005, 02:24 PM

tires that can handle the wet ?? i lack of those... semi-slicks ?

Wei · 03-29-2005, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by predator_zx10r

question! at the very end, guy in gray suit. did he just lose traction due to wet condition? or was it something else?

it doesnt look like the tires slipped, it looks like the just dipped it too low too fast.

Wei · 03-29-2005, 06:10 PM

also, did that suit protect him completely? like do you think he walked away form that with only bruises?

ServoR6 · 03-29-2005, 11:31 PM

Sete Gibernau is just a badass.

SalKhan · 04-07-2005, 05:35 PM

Don't forget. The Rain tires that the pros use are completely different than a DOT tire or Racing Slick.

They look like this:

They remove umpteen bazillion times more water than a DOT or Sport/Road tire - so you get more wet traction. Downside being they lick taint in the dry.

3_Down · 04-28-2005, 09:53 AM

Why are they no goos when its dry?

Seriously, I don't know.....so I am looking for an answer, for you smart allecks...not a hehe, haha...thanks

SalKhan · 04-28-2005, 10:18 AM

Not knowing the physics behind it: A rain grooved tire is designed to siphon water through it's channels and have the rubber contact the road. That's why a slick gives you no traction because the water forms a film between the tire and the road giving you no traction. Now, the water in the groove or blocks of a rain treaded tire also stabilize the tire. Or rather, in the dry, with nothing stabilizing the pattern, the blocks will wiggle around give you a very unnerving sensation and limited contact patch as well.

Rain tires are also (usually) made out of a very very soft compound which means they fall apart easily in the heat.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3_Down

Why are they no goos when its dry?

Seriously, I don't know.....so I am looking for an answer, for you smart allecks...not a hehe, haha...thanks

redcbrla · 04-28-2005, 06:25 PM

I would like to be able to spend a day at that track with a ZX-10 with slicks and a dry track. I wonder how much slower my lap times would be...probably enough to be embarassing!

Those guys are the men...we are the boys!

Thanks for posting!