This subject is so overlooked, but Alberto 'Professore' Naska has brought this very important fact to out attention. My Power Cup 2s are stored correctly and my bike on stands in the garage. Interesting fact about those Metz slick TDs not needing warmers. Thank you Professore👍🏻😉
Just bought a rear tire for my 2012 ninja zx6r, Bridgestone bt016 and when I got it I saw the tire is almost 4 years old to the day. It was stored in a climate controlled shop and still looks and feels brand new. Going to have installed today. Tire probably won't last a year anyway so no worries about it expiring. These are all great tips. Many people have followed misinformation when it comes to this topic.
Two questions: 1. If you have tyre warmers already, should you use them on Metzeler TDs? Some forum posts say that they get to greasy after warmers. Does Metzeler have any recommendation in this topic? 2. If you have used K1 and K2 on rims and the bike is on stand, are they safe in garage in temperatures below 0 if they are not touching or being touched by anything?
One more thing: most tires have a red dot on the side of the tire. This is the lightest point of the tire and should be around the valve. This way the tire is more in balance since the valve is normally the heaviest part of the rim.
I throw my empty rim on the balancer to find the heaviest point on the wheel. Sometimes that is where the valve stem is, but quite often it is not. So, I mentally mark that heaviest spot and put the red dot there.
ho visto questo video sia in Italiano sia in Inglese, grazie Naska, oltre aver scoperto la mia passione per i motori con te, mi insegni anche l'inglese, grazie😂
Thanks for the video! There is a color dot on the side of the tyre. Is this the heavier or the lightest part of the tyre? I can see the my OEM tyres mounted by the factory have the color dot near the valve. Best Regards Owe
Also! The four numbers on the side of the tyre indicate the week and year. Example 3420 is the 34th week of 2020. I never know this until a few weeks ago.
If the tyre is older then 5yrs it doesn't necessarily expire but the rubber sorta kinda looses it's properties and becomes harder and less gripper also there is a proper way to store tyres usually on a tyre rack and if you bounce your tyre once or twice it shouldn't break but if it does you can send it back and get a new one (they should always get you a new tyre especially if it's brand new DOT is usually idk 1122 11th week of 2022 year)
Hey, great video. One question though. I am an amateur, and very interested in the TD slick. But it sounds to me like you are repeating the metzeler marketing brochure for it. i would be really interested for you to drive them for a few turns and let us know how much performance lower compared to the K0/1/2 slicks!
I rode them this year. I ain't fast, mediocre rider in the fast group. And I love them. They compensate for temperature, while the pro slicks are really sensitive. They're the first tyre to last more then 3 trackdays and counting. I destroyed rear tyres within 1 or 2 days. No grip loss so far
@@TheTigerPGM I don't notice a difference, probably because I'm not capable of using the full potential of a full race slick. I rode the Dunlop d212 last year, which got eaten up in one day. And the d212 endurance, which lasted 2 days and was losing grip at the beginning of day 2. I was probably having some suspension issues, I bought the bike 2 years ago and I'm 15 kilo heavier the the previous owner, without changing the suspension. The TD has got about 20% left on one side and i can turn it depending the track. Still have no grip loss at all, even on one day with temperatures above 35 degrees. I fiddled a bit with the suspension set up, just a few clicks. The tyre is really compensating the poor suspension without falling apart. That's the real benefit of the tyre. It can handle different temperatures and bad suspension without getting eaten up, exactly like metzeler promises. I always use tyre warmers! Just try it, haven't found any negative reactions yet. @metzeler, feel free to reward me with a set of tyres just like naska probably got 😁
Alberto, if you had to change platforms , what bike would you race besides the R1? Why did you choose the R1 over other manufacturer 1000’s ? Keep up the great work.. be safe God Bless💪🏾💯
I would love more information about tire widths, aspects and heights, to use and what that would do to the bike geometry ect. Also more info about setting tire pressures hot versus cold ect. great video I love more technical bike videos it helps me increase my techniques.
Another important tire related topic is which compound to choose for which temperatures, asphalt condition, weather etc. There are many contradictings myths going around the pitlanes on free practices days (amateur events) and some are dangerous.
As long as you line up the valve stem with the tire mark for the valve stem, balancing your rim to compensate for your valve stem, then rebalancing again for the tire manufactureres weight compensation, will have you putting on weight only to remove it.... Or worse, putting weight on the opposite side. In any case during tires life or "wear" this will change anyway.
Thank you for superb video again. Only the cause of the blue spots was not accurately explained. This is caused primarily due to heat cycling. So even used tire can be without these spots. But it will definitely happend, if the tire is very hot and then cools down quickly.
I have a pair of Michelin Power Cup 2, last track day was in september, and they are very blue now... The more time pass, the more pronounced it become. Before that, I had Power RS, it was even worse. The blue color go away quickly though when riding, and I didn't notice a grip decrease. Maybe you notice it when you're more skilled than I am.
Thank you and very informative 💯👌🏼 If possible, can you do a video giving an idea on tyre pressures. I occasionally do a track day maybe once a year. Wanted your advise and input on the subject. Tyre pressures for: - road tyres used on track and road - track / road tyres on track and road - dedicated track tyres etc.
ok, I'm not that fast but I have one thing to say about tire balancing. it has to be vveeerrryyy far off to notice any vibrations through the bike. I was riding once and noticed a barely perceptible vibration, got it balanced and it came back with like two whole strips of weights on one end of the rim to make it perfect. also notice after a fast ride that the tires spin on the rim a little bit like 1/8th of a turn so it's impossible to keep it perfect if you are into that.
I have a Honda 2001 VTR 1000 Dunlap front and back the bike weighs 460 wet if I'm not mistaken and I weigh 190 any suggestions on tire pressure ? It would be greatly appreciated I am an aggressive rider
Time still kills tyres, even without use, unless you’re 101% sure how and where those tyres were stored. They will dry up eventually and will develop small cracks. We all want to save money, by be careful with used tyres. It’s always better to spend more on tires, not on a damaged bike or healing injuries. Stay safe! 🤙🏻
Thank you Alberto. I get knowlage about real race tires, especially when Metzeler is my own choose for my road bikes (MT-10, sv650). But on my small track bike, based on BMW G310, are still Pirelli Supercorsa SC2 tires. They don't want to wear out with such a small capacity bike. :-) I love them so much, even when cold. They have plenty of grip during breake and accelerate on straight, but i'm carefull at leaning it at that state.
Ciao from Russia Alberto. Thanks for another useful video. I see that you guys are racing Metz which has 0 popularity here. Everybody is on supercorsas and totally convinced that they are by far better than any other equivalent. We now can buy K1s and K2s as well and they are a bit cheaper. How do they compare to SC1 and SC2 in your experience? Are they worth a shot? I haven’t found any direct comparisons and nobody tried metz in the Russian super bike championship who can share their views.
bought a touring bike with 16 year old tires, the guy rode it with his wife across country four years previous, scary as it was dry rotted. So I rode it hope (lolz) and put new tires on it.
Thanks Alberto, this was some very good information! By the way, the tires LOSE or don't LOSE performance. "Loose" is something that is not tight. :) Excellent video, thanks! :)
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I'm SO glad you spoke about the age of tires - I am so tired of reading comments from folks totally wigging out over it.
This subject is so overlooked, but Alberto 'Professore' Naska has brought this very important fact to out attention. My Power Cup 2s are stored correctly and my bike on stands in the garage. Interesting fact about those Metz slick TDs not needing warmers. Thank you Professore👍🏻😉
Very useful information coz i stored almost 5 tires in my garage
haha without any wrap or protector
I think the point of this video was that if the tyres are new and protected from the environment they’ll be fine? 🤣
@@RUNDMC1 i know coz my friend i always told me that i should wrap tires before storing for next season
Just bought a rear tire for my 2012 ninja zx6r, Bridgestone bt016 and when I got it I saw the tire is almost 4 years old to the day. It was stored in a climate controlled shop and still looks and feels brand new. Going to have installed today. Tire probably won't last a year anyway so no worries about it expiring. These are all great tips. Many people have followed misinformation when it comes to this topic.
I'm glad to see him back into motorcycles, I thought that he became traitor, but, he's back.
Right
Not race season in Italy
He got injured man
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@@jacobahose eder t t to jest to jest to jest to jest to👉🥰🥰🥰🥰😊😊
That was some solid advice.
Great to see some motorcycle content again👍
A video like this about tyre pressures would be great!
Two questions:
1. If you have tyre warmers already, should you use them on Metzeler TDs? Some forum posts say that they get to greasy after warmers. Does Metzeler have any recommendation in this topic?
2. If you have used K1 and K2 on rims and the bike is on stand, are they safe in garage in temperatures below 0 if they are not touching or being touched by anything?
Brilliant video. Fascinating & invaluable information!
Thank you for all those informations.
Yes he did it absolut right. Thanks for vid. Please more content like that 👌🔥
One more thing: most tires have a red dot on the side of the tire. This is the lightest point of the tire and should be around the valve. This way the tire is more in balance since the valve is normally the heaviest part of the rim.
I throw my empty rim on the balancer to find the heaviest point on the wheel. Sometimes that is where the valve stem is, but quite often it is not. So, I mentally mark that heaviest spot and put the red dot there.
@@brianhaygood183 great point! Will check that next time I do a tire change ✌🏼
Mi apre il cuore Alberto vedere quanto supporto hai anche dall'estero, questo fa capire quanto tu sia una brava persona!!!
That is one fine piece of work right there. Excellent video. Thanks, cheers.
Great info. I just realized I hadn't seen any of your videos for a couple of months. Hope you are doing great!
Nice video..i hve missed your moto vlog...stay safe
Please, more content like this Alberto!
Very informative. Thanks
These videos are very helpful thank you
that is an amazing amount of information. Any you answered questions i that i was too embarrassed to ask and or never thought of asking
ho visto questo video sia in Italiano sia in Inglese, grazie Naska, oltre aver scoperto la mia passione per i motori con te, mi insegni anche l'inglese, grazie😂
Thank you Naska. As always great video man. Very informative and enjoyable.
I just learned something Alberto.. Thank You Sir..
Amazing, amazing technical information. You earned a subscriber bud!
Thank you, Naska! Excellent
Very accurate information! Congrats! very hard to find stuff like this on YT.
Cheers from brazil
very knowledgeable.. thank you sir.❤️🙏
Great educational video! Thanks for the effort creating it! Ciao
Thanks for the video!
There is a color dot on the side of the tyre. Is this the heavier or the lightest part of the tyre?
I can see the my OEM tyres mounted by the factory have the color dot near the valve.
Best Regards
Owe
@albertonaska now you are even stealing my job 😂😂😂 great job informative and precise...especially about the DOT argument! 🤦♂️
Great information 😁👍🏻
buen video Naska, es bueno verte de nuevo por aqui, espero que te estes recuperando bien de las lesiones del año pasado y vuelvas a la moto pronto
Very goood video Thanks A lot !!!!! Who's the best endurance tire for you ?
Great info! Thank you! You busted a bunch of myths for me. :)
Again very helpful video . Thanks😊🙏
Thanks bro. These are some pretty good information. You should do a similar video but about helmets
Nice! I've got some 5yo unused race tires I wanted to use. They seem fine but everyone seems to think it's sketchy. Thanks for clearing that up.
I am going to try the Metzeler TD's.
Make a video showing which exercises you do in the gym to suport the racings ...
Great Information, very insightfull!
Thank you for the video! It would be cool to learn about working with pressure. How the weather influences the choice, the level of the pilot, etc.
Also! The four numbers on the side of the tyre indicate the week and year. Example 3420 is the 34th week of 2020. I never know this until a few weeks ago.
Hi Naska. How should be the air pressure when bike racing??
Good video. All the information si very usefull
Exellent! I love this i needed new tires for my big girl for my track day. And the TD. Seems a good suit.
I did not know about the cap, thanks a lot!!
Great shirt!! Great tire information...This is the way.
Love tour videos Mate newbie here 😀
Saved/saving my life. From the bottom of my heart thank you very much brother! 🤙🤙🤙🤙
Good info. I assume Pirelli tires will follow the same rules.
Excellent information. Thank you 😊
Absolutely love vids like this.
If the tyre is older then 5yrs it doesn't necessarily expire but the rubber sorta kinda looses it's properties and becomes harder and less gripper also there is a proper way to store tyres usually on a tyre rack and if you bounce your tyre once or twice it shouldn't break but if it does you can send it back and get a new one (they should always get you a new tyre especially if it's brand new DOT is usually idk 1122 11th week of 2022 year)
Not much new for me but very good info!
Hey, great video. One question though. I am an amateur, and very interested in the TD slick. But it sounds to me like you are repeating the metzeler marketing brochure for it. i would be really interested for you to drive them for a few turns and let us know how much performance lower compared to the K0/1/2 slicks!
I rode them this year. I ain't fast, mediocre rider in the fast group. And I love them. They compensate for temperature, while the pro slicks are really sensitive. They're the first tyre to last more then 3 trackdays and counting. I destroyed rear tyres within 1 or 2 days. No grip loss so far
@@mrchocomel awesome, thanks for the report bjorn. i bought them too recently but didnt ride them yet. i am bottom third in fast group usually
@@domothepilot defiantly the TD for track days!
@@mrchocomel thank for the feedback, I have one more question: how would you rate the grip comparing to Pirelli supercorsa?
@@TheTigerPGM I don't notice a difference, probably because I'm not capable of using the full potential of a full race slick. I rode the Dunlop d212 last year, which got eaten up in one day. And the d212 endurance, which lasted 2 days and was losing grip at the beginning of day 2. I was probably having some suspension issues, I bought the bike 2 years ago and I'm 15 kilo heavier the the previous owner, without changing the suspension.
The TD has got about 20% left on one side and i can turn it depending the track. Still have no grip loss at all, even on one day with temperatures above 35 degrees. I fiddled a bit with the suspension set up, just a few clicks. The tyre is really compensating the poor suspension without falling apart. That's the real benefit of the tyre. It can handle different temperatures and bad suspension without getting eaten up, exactly like metzeler promises. I always use tyre warmers!
Just try it, haven't found any negative reactions yet.
@metzeler, feel free to reward me with a set of tyres just like naska probably got 😁
Très intéressant!
Ta chaine est très bien pour les pistards, et surtout tes retours d'expériences peuvent vraiment aider à progresser!!
Super!!
That's some really helpful info Naskaa👍Your videos removes many of my confusions😎Thanks for it bro👍
Great video. I would like to see in the future the used tyre pressure in track and road and difference of that tyre pressure
Alberto, if you had to change platforms , what bike would you race besides the R1? Why did you choose the R1 over other manufacturer 1000’s ? Keep up the great work.. be safe God Bless💪🏾💯
I would love more information about tire widths, aspects and heights, to use and what that would do to the bike geometry ect. Also more info about setting tire pressures hot versus cold ect. great video I love more technical bike videos it helps me increase my techniques.
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Another important tire related topic is which compound to choose for which temperatures, asphalt condition, weather etc.
There are many contradictings myths going around the pitlanes on free practices days (amateur events) and some are dangerous.
As long as you line up the valve stem with the tire mark for the valve stem, balancing your rim to compensate for your valve stem, then rebalancing again for the tire manufactureres weight compensation, will have you putting on weight only to remove it.... Or worse, putting weight on the opposite side. In any case during tires life or "wear" this will change anyway.
Do you have to rebalance tires after flipping them?
Yes, always.
Thank you for superb video again. Only the cause of the blue spots was not accurately explained. This is caused primarily due to heat cycling. So even used tire can be without these spots. But it will definitely happend, if the tire is very hot and then cools down quickly.
I don't know the exact cause, but the blue color appear gradually months after use. I'd be interested in a detailled explanation of that phenomenon
I have a pair of Michelin Power Cup 2, last track day was in september, and they are very blue now... The more time pass, the more pronounced it become.
Before that, I had Power RS, it was even worse.
The blue color go away quickly though when riding, and I didn't notice a grip decrease. Maybe you notice it when you're more skilled than I am.
Very useful, thanks a lot!
Excellent information, very good video....than you very much!!
Thank you and very informative 💯👌🏼
If possible, can you do a video giving an idea on tyre pressures. I occasionally do a track day maybe once a year. Wanted your advise and input on the subject.
Tyre pressures for:
- road tyres used on track and road
- track / road tyres on track and road
- dedicated track tyres etc.
Thanks man, please make more videos in English or at least with subtitles, all your videos always have fun or important information.
thank you for your videos , they really help !
Great info, I stocked up on multiple sets of the TD tyre a few weeks back. Hopefully I get a chance to use them!
Never clicked on a notification so fast
Awesome info!
Can i ask what do motogp motorcycle tires use?is it 120 in the front and 200 in the back?😊
Really useful vid Alberto, thank you 👍 I’m gonna tweet the link for you 👍 Chris.
ok, I'm not that fast but I have one thing to say about tire balancing. it has to be vveeerrryyy far off to notice any vibrations through the bike. I was riding once and noticed a barely perceptible vibration, got it balanced and it came back with like two whole strips of weights on one end of the rim to make it perfect.
also notice after a fast ride that the tires spin on the rim a little bit like 1/8th of a turn so it's impossible to keep it perfect if you are into that.
Yo man I learned something about tries tq
I have a Honda 2001 VTR 1000 Dunlap front and back the bike weighs 460 wet if I'm not mistaken and I weigh 190 any suggestions on tire pressure ? It would be greatly appreciated I am an aggressive rider
I Love my M9RR's. Best tires i've used so far.
Time still kills tyres, even without use, unless you’re 101% sure how and where those tyres were stored. They will dry up eventually and will develop small cracks. We all want to save money, by be careful with used tyres. It’s always better to spend more on tires, not on a damaged bike or healing injuries. Stay safe! 🤙🏻
Thank you Alberto. I get knowlage about real race tires, especially when Metzeler is my own choose for my road bikes (MT-10, sv650). But on my small track bike, based on BMW G310, are still Pirelli Supercorsa SC2 tires. They don't want to wear out with such a small capacity bike. :-) I love them so much, even when cold. They have plenty of grip during breake and accelerate on straight, but i'm carefull at leaning it at that state.
Metzeler and Pirelli are the same company..........
Ciao from Russia Alberto. Thanks for another useful video. I see that you guys are racing Metz which has 0 popularity here. Everybody is on supercorsas and totally convinced that they are by far better than any other equivalent. We now can buy K1s and K2s as well and they are a bit cheaper. How do they compare to SC1 and SC2 in your experience? Are they worth a shot? I haven’t found any direct comparisons and nobody tried metz in the Russian super bike championship who can share their views.
Every track day and Facebook group argument settled.
Nicely done 👍
thanks for the info
Sir tell more about bikes insted of car
Great video 👍
bought a touring bike with 16 year old tires, the guy rode it with his wife across country four years previous, scary as it was dry rotted. So I rode it hope (lolz) and put new tires on it.
GREAT video - thanks!
Thanks Alberto, this was some very good information!
By the way, the tires LOSE or don't LOSE performance.
"Loose" is something that is not tight. :)
Excellent video, thanks! :)
Uh thank you :)
Good info
Quite useful
Ciao naska,grazie a te ho imparato meglio l'inglese, grazie
Perché limitarsi a guardare il video solo in italiano? Hahah
Effettivamente aiuta molto a imparare l inglese
Its like with everything in life, you always have to trust the rubber 🤔😅
All kind of rubbers
👍😂
This was great! 👏🏾
i always say take care and of everything you use that touch the ground.. thats tires and shoes.
Miss you a lot bro and missing all your moto vlog
Awesome video! Im doing similar videos to spanish people to ride safer in their bikes!
Great video.
Hi guys. Any one used those Racetec TD on track days? Any opinions?
Good stuff 👏