Wet Wet wet.

It looks like West Wales is getting ready to welcome Team-UKRM in its
traditional manner.

http://tinyurl.com/mc54

Good luck lads.

 

Wets give surprisingly good levels of grip and that always amazes me.
Take care though. I suppose it would be silly to ask the team not to
crash?

 

I wasn't going to mention that.

<g>

 

AOL. Hope it's not all doom and gloom and you get to have a bit of fun
too )

 

<fx: checks Mallory>

Great! I've just stuck a new set of Rennsports on the CBR /

--
Daz
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Fazer600 - Bit of both
CBR600 - Racer
MRO#26 | FOT#115 | FOF#48 | two#41
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Dry is excellent.
Wet is fucking excellent.
Damp is seriously fucking depressing.

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Daz
GSXR1000K2 - Fun
CB250 - Purpose
Fazer600 - Bit of both
CBR600 - Racer
MRO#26 | FOT#115 | FOF#48 | two#41
http://www.highsideuk.com
ukrm at btopenworld dot com

 

So you stick with slicks in damp weather? Or is it a toss up?

 

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 16:55:32 +0100, "porl"

If money's no object and you've got enough sets of rims, a set of
racing intermediates is the best choice. For the rest of us poorer
mortals it's use the same tyres as you would in the dry.

IMO riding on a damp track is all about confidence.[1] The trick is
finding just how much grip there is without actually falling off. To
make this even more difficult a damp tracks also tends to give varying
amounts of grip throughout the lap. Mix this with a racing situation
and you've got a lot to think about and need a lot of self control to
stop yourself opening the throttle just that bit too much.

When I first got the race bike I asked about the best damp tyre on
loads of forums and never really got an answer. It ranged from using
wets to not going out on track at all!

I think big bollocks and a damp track will almost always see you
running at the front. I guess I'll be getting the damp track on
Sunday so if anyone wants to lend me a pair of big bollocks I'd
appreciate it!

[1] Same as everything else about riding a motorbike I guess.

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Daz
GSXR1000K2 - Fun
CB250 - Purpose
Fazer600 - Bit of both
CBR600 - Racer
MRO#26 | FOT#115 | FOF#48 | two#41
http://www.highsideuk.com
ukrm at btopenworld dot com

 

So the difficulty with damp weaher is just an assumption that there may be
more grip than there is? It's presumably still better than wet weather- or
not?

 

Does it count if you pass the finish line in an ambulance though?

 

Ain't it just.

 

Don't worry, from the sounds of it the gazebo will have blown away...

Arr.

 

Your best West country accent?

 

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 12:54:53 +0100, "Alan.T.Gower"

It's where I was born. Used to be able to roll my arrs like you
wouldn't believe...

 

Oh, I believe, I believe.

 

<thud>

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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6? DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#16? FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19