Daytona my crash.....anybody get it on film???

[XFACTOR]

I was in Sunday Race 11  Unl. Superbike.  I lost the rear and low-sided in the kink between the two infield horseshoes. The bike is a mess, I just slid on my butt.    Oh yeah,...it was on the warm-up lap.   DUH

[XFACTOR]

I blame it on those damn "Daytona Dunlops"  they sucked!!!  I rode Dunlops all year and these "daytona versions"  were completely different. Alot of movement and squirming....not a confidence builder.  My last race was late in the day and I guess the temp dropped. I was going thru that turn in 4th wide open earlier.......this was the warm-up lap, I was half throttle in 3rd and next thing I new I was on my ass...

[Ducmarc]

ask chris about the 600$ set of 16.5 tires he bought fri that would not stick in the  tbike race then found out from the dunlop engineer that they were 5 yrs old sure ruined his weekend

[XFACTOR]

     Steve Brubaker   just getting rid of his old stock, what a BIG FAT A-HOLE.  I can't stand that guy.  That's why I'm riding on something  else next year....Pirelli, Bridgestone maybe

[Eye-p]

    Steve Brubaker   just getting rid of his old stock, what a BIG FAT A-HOLE.  I can't stand that guy.  That's why I'm riding on something  else next year....Pirelli, Bridgestone maybe

I think you will like the Pirelli's. I switched from N-Tecs to Pirelli's in May and never looked back.

The support model alone is worth the switch. I also found that they are not nearly as sensitive to set up as the Dunlop, and they are more consistent from set to set.
Give Rich Cronrath a call and get set up.

[yzfrjim]

I whole heartidly agree, initially on thursday I do believe that they were some kind of daytona tire with dual compounds they had a green stripe down the middle and were from 09, but on sat. and sun. I got a set that were from 08 and no green stripe.....I think its unbelievable the way that brubaker sells dunlops that are old and really do not work for the conditions that were down at daytona for the race of champions....heck i wanted to mount a softer set of tires and he wouldn't, I can't tell you how disappointed I am in dunlop and brubaker...I have been on dunlops now for over two years...thats alot of tires and I can't tell you how many times if I pre order tires from brubaker that I get old and ratty tires...the only way I would get good rubber was to get it at the race track except from this time around down at daytona...wonder why...brubaker!!  Well its time for achange NO MORE DUNLOPS!!

[DEVINC]

I like Pirelli except for the price. I know it's not really much... but I don't really have much either. I guess compared to Dunlop though, it is pretty cheap. Leon is our Pirelli guy in Fla. They seem very consistent and very predictable. That is my opinion, as someone who doesn't have a lot of seat time in general and is not too fast.

[XFACTOR]

I think you will like the Pirelli's. I switched from N-Tecs to Pirelli's in May and never looked back.

The support model alone is worth the switch. I also found that they are not nearly as sensitive to set up as the Dunlop, and they are more consistent from set to set.
Give Rich Cronrath a call and get set up.

thanks for the info.

[tug296]

I ran an old set of Pirelli hard compound slicks from 2006, last set on from the 1st. Moto ST event, indicators still fair etc. I had a weak left arm and was slow, they only slid around on Fri. morning practice, from then on they were great.
I saw one of those Dunlop rears well used in the garage, it just didn't look right.

[Ducmarc]

i was talking to Chris right after the asra race and he said he was having to hold the bike up with his knee if cranked the bike in and almost went of in 1  but had qualified on pole on the first set that lasted 3 laps and they were junk so was scared of the 3rd set that was on his supertwins bike so he didn't even run they were new so he took them off and took them back that's when he found out how old they were. they did give him a set for homestead. but it shot the daytona for him .he runs 16.5 but has 17s in the trailer all they had to say on fri is there two old and it's going to be to cold .and he would have used 17s makes you wonder about everybody crashing and who's on what. it's like they didn't care about our safety or their reputation . we just want an honest answer. discont the old tires use them for trackdays or practice don't let the guys out at 200mph track where everyone's spending thousands just to be there.I used to sell bridgestones in fl and i would tell them yeah there not the stickest. but they take heat cycles well and the price was good .it's like it's against the law to admit your product is not as good as another. we are now on Michelin's and bridgestones on the light bike and we are really liking the Michelin's on the 748

[DEVINC]

ask chris about the 600$ set of 16.5 tires he bought fri that would not stick in the  tbike race then found out from the dunlop engineer that they were 5 yrs old sure ruined his weekend

$600?.... holy shit  

[yzfrjim]

yep they should hang their heads in shame for what they do.  its unbelievable that they would give tires that old and expect you to ride competetively.  again it shows how much they care for riders who are not in the ama!