Tyre pressure help for track days

Hey just after a rough guide for tyre pressures , front and rear for track days , running conti sport att.

any offers welcome


Thanks in advance

A good place to start is 30/30psi but so many factors depend on the day and riding ability.

Depends on the track as well.

Normally fron is a little higher than the rear as the rear works much harder and so temp will rise more.

I would try 31f 29r

finding 31f and 34rear works for me

34 rear for the track is miles too high

Running 31f 26r good for me, sportsmarts

34 definitely too high for the rear. 28/29 rear cold

Im afraid i wouldn't have conti's near the track, nor the roads for that matter

Last week I was running 30/30 on the track and the K3's were superb! Like glue,not a single twitch!

Johnboy link=topic=1287.msg12433#msg12433 date=1345924808 said:

Im afraid i wouldn't have conti's near the track, nor the roads for that matter

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I thought that 'til I tried a 2012 demo bike on track with the latest ContiSport2,s-not much difference to k3,s

baz link=topic=1287.msg12604#msg12604 date=1346191414 said:

Johnboy link=topic=1287.msg12433#msg12433 date=1345924808 said:

Im afraid i wouldn't have conti's near the track, nor the roads for that matter

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I thought that 'til I tried a 2012 demo bike on track with the latest ContiSport2,s-not much difference to k3,s

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Agreed, well, I was pretty impressed with the ones on the 2012 I test rode.

Fast bike mag (aug 2012) came with quite a comprehensive tyre test pull out (pressures, wear rate, feel etc) all on 2012 s1k and zx6r at dunlops rest track, interesting reading....

Godzilla link=topic=1287.msg12606#msg12606 date=1346192314 said:

baz link=topic=1287.msg12604#msg12604 date=1346191414 said:

Johnboy link=topic=1287.msg12433#msg12433 date=1345924808 said:

Im afraid i wouldn't have conti's near the track, nor the roads for that matter

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I thought that 'til I tried a 2012 demo bike on track with the latest ContiSport2,s-not much difference to k3,s

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Agreed, well, I was pretty impressed with the ones on the 2012 I test rode.

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Only had experience of the attacks, not the 2's....... not to be repeated

the 2's are a completely diff experience to the original conti's. start with 31/29 is my advice fella

bananaman link=topic=1287.msg12611#msg12611 date=1346247797 said:

Fast bike mag (aug 2012) came with quite a comprehensive tyre test pull out (pressures, wear rate, feel etc) all on 2012 s1k and zx6r at dunlops rest track, interesting reading....

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I read that, the pressure information was good but the lap times were effected by brake pad wear and weather conditions through the day.

andybarsblade link=topic=1287.msg12614#msg12614 date=1346254791 said:

bananaman link=topic=1287.msg12611#msg12611 date=1346247797 said:

Fast bike mag (aug 2012) came with quite a comprehensive tyre test pull out (pressures, wear rate, feel etc) all on 2012 s1k and zx6r at dunlops rest track, interesting reading....

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I read that, the pressure information was good but the lap times were effected by brake pad wear and weather conditions through the day.

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Can you scan and post the pressure bit then? Cheers

Not as easy as that godz, pressures are in individual write ups....
Front-Rear-Hot
Avon 3d ultra supersport......30f-28r- h36
Avon 3d ultra extreme.........30-28-37
battlax s20.......................33-31-38
battlax r10.......................30-25-34
conti sport attack2............33-30-34
conti race attackcomp endurance..30-33-38
sportsmarts......................36-42-47 !!! (run mine 31-26 dunno hot)
gp racer d211...................30-17-24
metz k3...........................31-28-35
metz k2...........................31-27-33
mich power pures..............31-29-36
mich power cup b..............31-26-33
pirelli rosso corsa..............31-28-34
super corsa sc2................31-28-36
Comments anyone?????

Thanks.

WOW at the sportsmart pressures.

SO is the hot number for front and rear?

Interesting that, thats going to put the cat amongst the pigeons on here with the conti's 2 posting faster times than the K3's?? happy with the rosso corsa results. although will have to drop the back pressure by 1 psi lol

Look at the braking force for the K3's lowest of them all. Like i said the test is not like for like as they only had 1 set of pads and the wind got heavy for some of the runs.