BridgeStone BT-016's Motorcycle Tires After Track Day

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May 24, 2012
bah27 Says:
Despues de ver este video. me compre los mios semanas despues. tengo un mes con estas gomas en una ducati monster 900. son geniales tanto en seco como mojado. ahora siento que la moto corre como una navaja de firme.

May 20, 2012
Unique377 Says:
those BTO16 totally suck i had those on my cbr 1000rr i had the same issues with the tire stepping out and over heating. the bottom line is i couldnt push hard at all as far as making a quick transition into the turns no way. I ripped off those BTO16s and had them replaced on the spot with a set of Super Corsa Pros for 500$ as compared to spending 15 grand for a new bike if i kept running the BTO16s. I mean its a good street tire but as far as for the track no dice.

May 16, 2012
RiceRocketKev Says:
Broooo your rim is super scratched. Take a sharpie to it. That's what I did....

Apr 30, 2012
ray5961 Says:
Enjoyed your video. Thanks for posting it and reviewing the tires.

Apr 30, 2012
DCTHEOFFICIALHITMAN Says:
Michelin / Power Race or Perrelli / Diablo Rosso Corsa [super].. = wicked tires

Apr 28, 2012
thegrinch7989 Says:
The rubber build-up on the edges of those tires isn't rubber pealing off of his tires. It's rubber that has been picked up from the track because he was going too slow for how soft a tire he was running.

Apr 7, 2012
crazy4honda Says:
Yumi, I am no newcomer to track days myself and with several AMA super twins race victories, I speak from experience too. The original poster is talking about a Bridgestone 016, not a race tire. A 016 inflated to 21 psi would handle like dogshit! In fact, im surprised the guy didn't suffer complete tire failure running the pressure he did! A race slick or DOT race spec tire is a different animal alltogether and has a MUCH stiffer sidewall and carcass to accommodate lower pressures.

Apr 7, 2012
yumiyamaha Says:
And it's just for traction it's to give you more of a contact patch with the surface which gives you more "STABILITY" in the corners. I run 24f/23R at trackdays and my tires hold fine and I'm about summer in Texas when temps are in the 90's plus humidity. You cant believe everthing you read on google, take it from a person that actually does trackdays and race cmra

Apr 7, 2012
yumiyamaha Says:
actually crazy thats too much pressure for the track, thats what i run on the street; theres alot that goes into having the correct pressure the main thing is the temperature where you stay; that determines the track temp and therefore the pressure you should run another is the weight of the rider and so on, and the tires will tend to blue closer to the edges cause you ride on the edge of the tire more. If you do trackdays in Texas with that much they wont let you ride.

Apr 6, 2012
crazy4honda Says:
I love the silence that follows when someone who was so convinced they were right, finds out they were wrong ;D

Apr 6, 2012
crazy4honda Says:
So I assume you now understand that a tire generates more heat with less pressure?

Apr 6, 2012
Akilldema Says:
His tire looks like it's got cold tear where he points out "tearing marks".

Apr 6, 2012
crazy4honda Says:
Taken directly from the tech section of Factory Pro's website: "Too much/ high of a rise = too low tire initial pressure = tire gets too hot during the race, overheats and becomes "greasy". Too little / low of a rise = too high initial tire pressure = tire doesn't get hot enough to reach tire manufacturer's desired maximum adhesiveness."

Apr 6, 2012
crazy4honda Says:
Track pressures are lower than street pressures for traction purposes ONLY! I wish I could post links on youtube. Go to google and type in the keywords "underinflation, tires, excess, heat" and get back with me ;)

Apr 6, 2012
Akilldema Says:
I'd be very curious to see your track pics or vids. There's a reason why track pressures are lower than street pressures. It's because the tires would overheat under the constant strain a track provides. Every single race tire has track pressures of under 30 psi, Michelin and Dunlop rears are 21psi cold. You need to do some research.

Apr 6, 2012
crazy4honda Says:
Now in a closed system with an ideal gas, as heat builds up, it will cause the pressure to increase with it, but the opposite is not true. Maybe this is what you were thinking?

Apr 6, 2012
crazy4honda Says:
No, it is just the opposite. Less pressure=more rolling resistance and friction, which leads to increased heat buildup.

Apr 5, 2012
Akilldema Says:
It's overheating, so you suggest more pressure?.. More pressure=more heat.

Mar 30, 2012
crazy4honda Says:
No wonder your tires were bluing from overheating....your tire pressures were in the 20's! You should be around 33f/32r, especially with a bike as heavy as that.

Mar 29, 2012
Dragonstud Says:
because the build up of heat makes the pressure go up, so in any race or track day you run a lower pressure to start with. this will not stop any heat build up but the tier will run at optimum pressure and more importantly the correct shape ;)

Mar 14, 2012
Archermahly Says:
If they are "overheating" why would you run LESS tire pressure?

Feb 24, 2012
jathe5th Says:
was it a righthanded track (meaning that there were more right hand turns) or are you just more comfortable taking right turns?

Feb 5, 2012
2F4R Says:
suspension tuning & tire reading is my specialty, looking at your rear tire it definitely needs a bit more rebound damping (slower) & a bit more of high speed compression damping (harder), apart from that your rear tire looks good, i see no abnormal wear, that bluish tint is just oil which keeps your rubber soft & pliable is seeping to the surface, that is normal when the tires get hot. for the front you could also use a bit more rebound damping (slower).

Dec 31, 2011
AO14KIRON Says:
hey dude, u have a chicken stripes!!!!

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Doing a review after my Road Atlanta track day of my tires. I run Bridgestone BT-016's 120/70 front and 190/55 rear. I found that for a street tire they did very very well at the track. These tires have 2 track days and around 16-1700 street miles. More