slicks (or supercorsas) without tyre warmers

[Luke2152]

So I have a track bike (gsxr 1000 k1 ex race bike) and been out for a few track days but really I'm pretty new to the trackday scene. I'm using a mix of slick and semi tyres all slightly used that I've brought from racers. Been using my tyre warmers most tracks let you plug in otherwise my mate has been there with a generator but when I find myself out with no power how long does it take to warm up. I'm reckoning take it easy for a lap and then get silly but what is the general consensus? Cheers!

[MrGman]

first lap for me with no warmers is taken very easy but accelerating and braking quite hard to start building up heat, second lap i'd say is a very fast road pace then third lap i'm pretty much up to speed.

[jock mcsporran]

A lot of folk going off on the first or second lap of each session at Cadwell yesterday. Most likely cold tyres. A generator is only about 30 quid to rent.

[dibblecorse]

Luke2152 said:

I'm reckoning take it easy for a lap and then get silly but what is the general consensus? Cheers!

If you like highsides that plan will work really well, if you're new to trackdays you likely aren't riding slicks hard enough to retain warmered heat let alone heat one up in a single lap to go banzai on, also they are designed to work with warmers where a single day is a single heat cycle, run without and thats 6-7 heat cycles in a single day ...

You'd get a better return I suspect from new race biased road rubber designed for multiple heat cycles ...

[moanthebairns]

Luke2152 said:

So I have a track bike (gsxr 1000 k1 ex race bike) and been out for a few track days but really I'm pretty new to the trackday scene. I'm using a mix of slick and semi tyres all slightly used that I've brought from racers. Been using my tyre warmers most tracks let you plug in otherwise my mate has been there with a generator but when I find myself out with no power how long does it take to warm up. I'm reckoning take it easy for a lap and then get silly but what is the general consensus? Cheers!

Two laps min. Apply this again if you get a red flag and come in and wait in the pits. I didn't and I ended up in the craner curve club.