Anyone going to Putnam with NESBA this weekend?

[dave333]

Glad to hear y'all had a good time a Putnam.  So, even when cold the track eats tires. Hmmm...  

Yeah, that's gotta be it, strain for the control tower and T10 isn't even there!   ::)

[chainsaw]

Severe cold tearing is th eproblem I had before dismounting on Saturday afternoon.  Last year the R1 really chewed them up badly, but even the 600 ripped them pretty good.  I guess that's the price we pay for excellent grip.

Shawn
Moto-Optix.com

[tshort]

Shawn - What were you running for tires?  I had a set of Pirelli Supercorsa's on, new on Saturday, shredded by noon Sunday.  Cold-tearing, eh?  Matt or the other tire guys told me Putnam was hard on tires, and the cold weather made it worse.  Curious about others who had this problem, what kind of tires they were running, and how much time they got out of them.  

I'm thinking that I contributed to the problem by not being quite so smooth on the throttle, leading to a jumpy rearend in the corners, leading to shredding.