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01-05-2010, 01:03 AM | #1 | |
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01-05-2010, 09:04 AM | #2 | |
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Pace is relative. What may seem to be "hauling-ass" in Nov/Int B/C/etc. may still be way off someone's "fast" pace. Some people are better at "flipping the switch". I'm more of a dial guy. It takes me a few sessions to dial up to 100% after running at 40-80%. BTW, I ran BT003's in my last race and at the last trackday: Loved them. Have you tried a set of the race compund yet? Edit: sorry for the "egregious" use of "quotes."
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01-05-2010, 09:08 AM | #3 | |
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We had that problem with a few orgs up here some of the coaches were just out there for a free track day and wouldnt do much but turn fast laps in whatever group they were in A bunch of my friends are using the race compound stones and love them, I am going to use the 003's this year so we will see. Tom |
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01-05-2010, 11:17 AM | #4 | |
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I think they pick the really fast guys with a level head for CR and just let them at it. I know a couple of the guys and they're good, safe riders...but it seems to me the whole point of groups is to reduce the speed differential. I've ridden A group so I have a feel for what the pace there is...and I rode C while I was filming my then-GF and they were bombing past us like we were standing still. I seem to be the only one who has issues with it so I'll just STFU. I ditched the 003s quick and put on a set of D209 GP-As. They're 190s, which I probably won't do again, but have grip for days. I'm slow as fluck so I've still got them on there but I'll probably run a 180 something for the season opener in March. The GP-As kick ass though! I'd run them again in an second if I had a 5.5" rim, but as it is the profile is a bit flat. Here's one incident I had. That's a Graves R1, he probably had 60hp on me. I'd bet he came flying down the straight before and was committed before he could react. Their track exit policy leaves, uh, something to be desired. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48nI_fT4YUk |
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01-05-2010, 11:25 AM | #5 | |
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I'm getting an error on the vid. I was torn between trying the 209 GP-A's and the B-stones. Most recently I'd been using the D211's but they are just too expensive to burn through. The GP-A's were cheaper but 1/2 a second slower according to the Dunlop rep. The B-stone race compounds feel very similar to the 211's in feel and grip. I don't know about the GP-A's but in the 211's you get two choices for rears: 190 and 200. No 180's to be had.
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01-05-2010, 04:41 PM | #6 | |
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I go from doing 1:18-1:20 a lap during a race weekend to LITERALLY as slow as 2 minutes a lap or more working with the beginner group at a track day. Imagine riding 50-60% and trying to show someone proper technique... it's a lot harder than it sounds!
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01-05-2010, 04:45 PM | #7 | |
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he buzzed me later in the day and gave a thumbs up so I thought that was cool that he remembered or was keeping an eye on me. At another track day a few yrs back A coach woul dfollow me then wave me ahead and we did that for several laps. I went into the pits and asked how I was doing and got the looking good and that was that. I couldnt be doing that good since i was a midpack beginner level rider at the time |
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