Well, actually, 578 to be exact, but it's probably +/- 20 anyway. 500 of 'em were race laps, within about 5% of the lap record @ Vegas (1:21s @ 1:17). Notice how there's tread on the right side.. but none on the left. This tire could still do within 10% of the lap record at Pacific (1:32s @ 1:24) quite comfortably, and if I went faster it'd lose the front predictably but it was extremely easy to bring it back. I could slide the front for what felt like damn near a full second or so before bringing it back.. very relaxed. The best part? This tire is a SOFT Makes me kinda wonder why other tires need to be switched out at 50 or 100 laps Go Bridgestone!
no tire HAS to be switched out after 50-100 laps.........you certainly wont win Expert races on a tire with 500 laps on it though
looks like 5 minutes into a stunting session wit my boyz downtown doing 1 chainsaw..........nahhh mean?? errr.......
In practice at vegas I'd run about 24's, maybe 25's. The race laps were usually 22's and 21's. I didn't post up the laptimes as a measure of myself (after all, everyone already knows i'm the greatest ) but more as a measure of the badassery that is Bridgestone. No, that tire certainly wouldn't have won races, but I coulda flipped it and gone much faster around Pacific again. PR is mostly long left-handers, and the few right-handers that it had I would throw the bike in as hard as I could, literally trying to make it break loose (I was testing at the time) and it'd pull through. Pacific is easily among the worst tracks pavement-wise, (and sections of Vegas ain't so hot, neither) for those looking for wear comparisons.
Those fronts are about indestructable, and they stil work. I did see a 4 hour front from RRR that was working, but didn't look very pretty.
You don't have problems with the front going off after 35 laps? I really like the fronts until they go, they feel alot like a Pirelli.
The type 4's heat cycle out faster than the type 3 or 2's. The 2/3 front's also seem to give more feedback.
Nope. They are very sensitive to pressure though, if I'm off by a pound (high or low), the bike won't do a damn thing I want it to. I've heard that about the heat cycles but that front had nine cycles (1 cycle = 1 full day, using warmers) on it and didn't start going away until the 9th, when the tread was basically gone. I'll have to try what you mention about feedback with a type 3.
