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Mr Hyosung
09-10-2017, 09:18 AM
Did a track day recently and the Dunlop tyre man told me 22 psi in the rear. This is the result at the end of the day. Is this expected, or was it too high or low?8266

LKC73
09-10-2017, 11:18 AM
That looks pretty normal really, edges balling up and no cold tearing. How did the bike feel when you where on track? Didn't slide or feel uneasy in corners?
Just make sure you inflate the tyre back up for road use LOL.

hooligan
09-10-2017, 07:00 PM
looks ok to me, too.

https://lifeatlean.com/motorcycle-tyre-wear-guide/

Mr Hyosung
09-10-2017, 07:12 PM
The last session it felt a bit squirmy, so backed off a bit. Did remember to reinflate before next road ride.

rod185651
09-10-2017, 07:56 PM
Looks about right mate

Gix11
10-10-2017, 09:10 AM
Kinda makes sense. If you had it running as low as 22psi on the rear then like a car tyre the work is transferred to the outside edges so they take the brunt and if you're leaning over, that's where you want it. Being softer there would make them wear more too. Check an under-inflated car tyre after a few weeks. and you'll see the wear on the edges (not with the balling up though as it's not moving sideways as well at lean).

Gix11
10-10-2017, 09:12 AM
looks ok to me, too.

https://lifeatlean.com/motorcycle-tyre-wear-guide/

That's a good link! Seems my answer was 1/2 right. It's due to the extra surface area from being underinflated getting too hot. Makes sense.

LKC73
10-10-2017, 01:31 PM
Those road 3's are not built for track use though, so I'm not surprised it was a "little" squirmy in the last session.

hooligan
11-10-2017, 04:37 AM
That's a good link! Seems my answer was 1/2 right. It's due to the extra surface area from being underinflated getting too hot. Makes sense.

that kinda info helped me get my rebound right when i did a superbike school on my mt09 on PR4's.

StuNVA
18-10-2017, 08:30 PM
We were running 32 rear 30 front, 22 might be ok at the drags