US N-Tecs wear dots

[ADVRacer]

OK, I just switched from Q2s to US N-Tecs. I was getting 4-5 days out of the Q2s. Now I'm riding faster with more confidence provided by the slicks. The dots on the right side of the tire are gone after 1 day at NCBIKE and 2 days at VIR North. I'm riding an 06 R6S in "I" group and running about 32/22 pressures. Now I'm wondering, is it safe to flip these tires or is three days all I can expect out of these?

 

[matt2212]

Flip them every day

And buy the slick next time unless you are racing super stock




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[z064life]

matt2212;276368 wrote: Flip them every day

And buy the slick next time unless you are racing super stock




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Since he is talking about wear dots I'm guessing he is running slicks...

Anyway, Have you had Chuck or someone similar setup your suspension? I used to get 2 days out of NTEC DOTs (medium/medium) once I had Chuck tune my suspension better I was easily able to get 4 days out of them, and I just got done with a set of 190/60s that I didn't flip and got 6 days out of. They are the new med+ compound though.

Also, at 22/32 if that is on warmers is a little low which would cause execess tire wear.

 

[ADVRacer]

Good advice, I was actually thinking about that after this past weekend. I haven't had Chuck adjust them since RA last July. I was feeling a lot more movement in the suspension with the slicks. My zip tie on the fork tube was nearly buried in to the triple.

 

[D-Zum]

You might want to run 32/22 towards the end of the tire's life. There's less rubber on worn tires to hold the heat needed for grip, so you run 32F/22R to give the tire a slightly larger contact footprint (traction/grip).

When the slick's new...33F/23R.

I flip a rear after every weekend.

BEI's Dunlop Develpment endurance team just won the 6 hour race at Road Atlanta this past weekend.
They endurance raced 6 hours on 1 front and six rears..American NTEC's.

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/bei-racingdunlop-development-wins-wera-six-hour-national-endurance-race-at-road-atlanta/