Kevin Kachadourian > I'm going to repeat an earlier comment that is more appropriate to this > thread. Let's have tires made with less precision. So, instead of a > tire > designed to give incredible traction on surface A, in the sun, with an > air > temperature of 32 degrees centigrade, a track temperature of 52 degrees > centigrade and a wind of 12 knots, only; let's have a tire designed to > only > give very good traction on surfaces A,B, C and D at air temperatures > anywhere between 28 and 40, sun or shade, wind or not. Oh, yeah, and > for > Ducati, Honda, Suzuki, KTM, Aprilia, etc. > Totally agree Kevin! That will sort the men from the boys quickly. Those with the ability to ride their bikes in all conditions will rise to the surface like cream unlike now where the tyres become the limiting factor for everyone. Riding on rails one minute and slip sliding away on marshmallow hoops the next. I would like to see everyone competing against each other for the whole race instead of conserving the tyres and holding position hopefully for a quick dash at the end to get to the front before the tyres turn to mush. The riders should be the limiting factor, not the bloody tyres. Regards, RAD

Wholeheartedly agree, but watch your bloody language (couldn't resist). On a very tangentially related story, I recently sold my beloved '96 900SSSP to a good friend. I figured that I had squeezed thousands of miles of thrill and fun out of that bike and it was time for someone else to start on that same journey - like two birds with one stone, or an organ transplant. Anyway, he is having a blast, but called the other day asking me if I had the bike on track with the current tires. "No, why?" He was wondering how the chicken strips had been erased and some pilling done along the edges of the tires. I don't know,... know the bike, know the road, .... It was a little boost for my aging ego. Now, can I do that on the current bike? Well, so far, I know the road. On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 at 20:24, <radecal@sctelco.net.au> wrote: > Kevin Kachadourian > > > I'm going to repeat an earlier comment that is more appropriate to this > > thread. Let's have tires made with less precision. So, instead of a > > tire > > designed to give incredible traction on surface A, in the sun, with an > > air > > temperature of 32 degrees centigrade, a track temperature of 52 degrees > > centigrade and a wind of 12 knots, only; let's have a tire designed to > > only > > give very good traction on surfaces A,B, C and D at air temperatures > > anywhere between 28 and 40, sun or shade, wind or not. Oh, yeah, and > > for > > Ducati, Honda, Suzuki, KTM, Aprilia, etc. > > > > Totally agree Kevin! > That will sort the men from the boys quickly. > Those with the ability to ride their bikes in all conditions will rise > to the surface like cream unlike now where the tyres become the limiting > factor for everyone. Riding on rails one minute and slip sliding away on > marshmallow hoops the next. > I would like to see everyone competing against each other for the whole > race instead of conserving the tyres and holding position hopefully for > a quick dash at the end to get to the front before the tyres turn to > mush. > The riders should be the limiting factor, not the bloody tyres. > Regards, > RAD > > > > > > To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: > http://www.ductalk.com/ > and > https://www.facebook.com/ducnet > _____________________ > Ducati mailing list > Ducati@list.ducati.net > http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net > Mailto: kkachadourian@gmail.com >