[Ducati] Are these ok track tires??

Dr. David Eric Boll dboll at new.rr.com
Tue Aug 1 16:13:45 EDT 2006


A buddy gave me a brand spankin new set of Bridgestone Battlax BT014 tires off his '06 Gixxer 750, as he is a Michelin man.  I am replacing some very shagged Pirelli's Super Corsas with these tires.  He was stating that they are more of a street tire, not a heavy track DOT legal tire.  I thought these were the tires that are coming on most Ducati's now anyway.  So, I am assuming that they are perfectly fine to be used on the track, but I thought I would ask.  I could be wrong, but I thought the British mag "Superbike" just named them in the top three tires out there now............

Two tech questions on these tires;
1) What would be the pressure I would run on the street and then on the track?  There usually are not any Bridgestone tech at the track days around here. 

2) Do I need to compensate ride height adjustments with the change in tire?

Thanks in advance, 

Dave


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