Weather for the Classic Weekend - Thank me for no Rain

[ducatirdr]

Looking at the 10 day. No Rain for the Classic this year. Also betting that my new rain tires are the culprit for that.

The R3 is coming along. Let's hope it's ready for a week from today. Taking the two day prior.

[Mgiossi]

Nooooooo now it's definitely going to rain! I have always found the weather up there can never truly predicted, I gave up trying a long time ago. How I find out now is when I'm standing there suited up and about to go out, that is the only time I truly know and even then I have been proven wrong afew times hahaha

[sdog30]

Nooooooo now it's definitely going to rain! I have always found the weather up there can never truly predicted, I gave up trying a long time ago. How I find out now is when I'm standing there suited up and about to go out, that is the only time I truly know and even then I have been proven wrong afew times hahaha

^ this

You just jinxed us all
Thanks.

[Not Sure]

Ban

[ducatirdr]

LOL I absolutely love racing in the rain. Rain tires and down pours! Bring it!

[jwm2k3]

The first rule about The Weather is, there is no mention of the weather....

[tsorfas]

The first rule about The Weather is, there is no mention of the weather....

The second rule about the weather is no mention of the weather...

[Gecko]

The second rule about the weather is no mention of the weather...

. . . and who wants to take a stab at what the third rule about the weather is?

Ya just don't want to be "that" guy . . . 'cause now I'm seeing a chance of rain pop up on the forecast . . . and we gotta blame somebody for it.

[nhbubba]

Since I'm not racing anymore, I can talk all I like.

LOL I absolutely love racing in the rain. Rain tires and down pours! Bring it!

Down pouring rain is fine and everything. But that's not what it did 98.92838% of the time I've raced at Loudon. Instead it did that half ass, half on, half off, kinda sorta almost not-really rain where the flaggers have to indicate which portion of the track is being rained on (spoiler: the bowl) and which part is bright and dry as fuck. And you will have epic traction in 1A, then skate 2 like it was freshly zambonied. You will spend the entire time up to your race derailing yourself mentally from racing and instead trying to decide between trying to slip-n-slide on DOTs or shag the crap out of your rains. You will be entirely confident with your choice until about half way through your sighting lap. Nothing like kicking yourself down hot-pit because you didn't swap for the tinted shield, then not being able to see shit through T8 because the shield is wet and fogging up.

Ah, yes. Good times.

No joke, if I kept racing a 3rd set of wheels was on my short list. Was going to fit Pilot Roads or some sort of sport-touring street tire to them.

[OreoGaborio]

. . . and who wants to take a stab at what the third rule about the weather is?

Beat the piss outta anyone who talks about the weather.


Actually... Last rainy race weekend was the PERFECT RAIN RACING WEATHER... wet enough to keep the racing line damp, but not pissing down hard enough to soak us to the bone. If it's gonna rain, that's what I want.

... Also Ricky HAAAATES the rain and I like that, sooooo.

[scottieducati]

Tom, you should know better.

[loudbeard]

Since I'm not racing anymore, I can talk all I like.



Down pouring rain is fine and everything. But that's not what it did 98.92838% of the time I've raced at Loudon. Instead it did that half ass, half on, half off, kinda sorta almost not-really rain where the flaggers have to indicate which portion of the track is being rained on (spoiler: the bowl) and which part is bright and dry as fuck. And you will have epic traction in 1A, then skate 2 like it was freshly zambonied. You will spend the entire time up to your race derailing yourself mentally from racing and instead trying to decide between trying to slip-n-slide on DOTs or shag the crap out of your rains. You will be entirely confident with your choice until about half way through your sighting lap. Nothing like kicking yourself down hot-pit because you didn't swap for the tinted shield, then not being able to see shit through T8 because the shield is wet and fogging up.

Ah, yes. Good times.

No joke, if I kept racing a 3rd set of wheels was on my short list. Was going to fit Pilot Roads or some sort of sport-touring street tire to them.

And to think, at the start of last season I was laughed off the internet for suggesting that the Pirelli Intermediate tires might suit our "rain" conditions more often than full rains.

No one runs those! They said.

You're upsetting the apple cart! They said.

If you're not burning up a $450 set of rain tires every weekend, it's not racing! They said.

Anyone remember which tires Cole was running when he beat the entire field from the back of the amateur grid in HWSS last July?

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[Kurlon]

[loudbeard]

It's true. I'm a witch.

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[Paul_E_D]

Interestingly, the topic of intermediates has been big in motogp this season. Bottom line, no one has really used them yet. Top riders don't even really consider it. There could be that moment when it's right, but over race distance that is usually not the case. Seem to be a bigger gamble than slicks or rains.

[OreoGaborio]

I've never run on intermediates so I don't know from personal experience, but.... Is it just me, or when it comes to doing the tire decision dance is it:

DOT/Slicks = really good or really bad depending on your luck

Rains = really good or really bad depending on your luck

Intermediates = Meh or Meh

[OreoGaborio]

Fourth option being Rain Front, DOT Rear.

Done that a few times. It's like riding a mostly controllable Atlantic Salmon to its spawning grounds.

[Mr. Kurtz]

Anyone remember which tires Cole was running when he beat the entire field from the back of the amateur grid in HWSS last July?

[loudbeard]

I've never run on intermediates so I don't know from personal experience

Intermediates = Meh or Meh

Eh?

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