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I use my bike for road and track but honestly 90% track. I get my oem fairings , wrap them in bubble wrap and put them away for when I sell them. I starts doing this after crashing my GSXR in full road trim on the track (hard way to learn)
On my 1198 I purchase second hand scratched OEM fairings painted them and they were then my dual purpose fairings. I did crash with these and repaired what I could repainted and kept using them.
On my V4 I purchased the Ducati race fairings which are unpainted OEM fairings , painted them myself and they will stay on the bike until I sell it or crash it.
Personally If I had an SP, I would do this to avoid the risk of damaging the beautiful bodywork on track.
But this may not work for everyone. Particularly if you only do the odd track day.
I suggest tire warmers for track work for any tyres. There is nothing to lose, you go out knowing your tires are up to temp and at the correct pressures. At our track days everyone who is a regular uses them regardless of the tyres.
But each to their own on this.
When I started running warmers I got much better tire life out of treaded tyres because most of the wear was when they were still cold and there were not heat cycling so much. and got more value from my track sessions as I was not waiting for 2or 3 laps to get to temp. Not its a few corners to warm the brakes then go for its
I now run slicks so for me they are mandatory.
And I agree about coaching, the money spent on coaching made more difference to me than any modification.
on the weeneked I did a track day and one of the experienced race guys now has a very tidy 1098 and I hate to admit it but I could not get within 1/2 second of him on my V4 It’s 90% rider and 10% bike!
On my 1198 I purchase second hand scratched OEM fairings painted them and they were then my dual purpose fairings. I did crash with these and repaired what I could repainted and kept using them.
On my V4 I purchased the Ducati race fairings which are unpainted OEM fairings , painted them myself and they will stay on the bike until I sell it or crash it.
Personally If I had an SP, I would do this to avoid the risk of damaging the beautiful bodywork on track.
But this may not work for everyone. Particularly if you only do the odd track day.
I suggest tire warmers for track work for any tyres. There is nothing to lose, you go out knowing your tires are up to temp and at the correct pressures. At our track days everyone who is a regular uses them regardless of the tyres.
But each to their own on this.
When I started running warmers I got much better tire life out of treaded tyres because most of the wear was when they were still cold and there were not heat cycling so much. and got more value from my track sessions as I was not waiting for 2or 3 laps to get to temp. Not its a few corners to warm the brakes then go for its
I now run slicks so for me they are mandatory.
And I agree about coaching, the money spent on coaching made more difference to me than any modification.
on the weeneked I did a track day and one of the experienced race guys now has a very tidy 1098 and I hate to admit it but I could not get within 1/2 second of him on my V4 It’s 90% rider and 10% bike!
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It is possible to over cook your tires if you don’t know what you’re doing or accidentally leave them on too long. Street Pirelli SC will be greasy on anything but the lowest setting
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The 1098's will get off a corner pretty good. I have one and a V4. They're about the same displacement, the 1098 is gruntier until about 6500 then they're about the same until 9500 after which the V4 adds 50 HP and the 1098 needs another gear. I can see it, you're closing on the straights and he's getting away in the twisty bits. I also have an 1198, all I can say is my evil twin could readily spank me if he was on the 1198 and I was on the V4SF.
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