Wet / Rain tyres

Maybe for the UK guys that have the experience, looks like it might rain the next track weekend. Being from Southern California I have no clue what this rain thing is on the track. Any recommendations ? Its not going to be pouring (I dont think) but I have slicks on at the moment and that just isnt going to cut it.

I was thinking the Diablo Wet radial from Pirelli which is sort of in between a full on rain tyre, that or some street tyres any ideas? Really have never ridden in the rain other than street and thats rare. Thanks

I've got 2CT's but no more riding in the rain for me.

I've watched a bit of Jody's video.
Jody, you've got some big balls!

LOl thanks bert, that was either my first or second session ever on that track!

everything went according to plan, even passed up the rain tyres and just ran the street. Deff a different experience, the video posted came to mind quite a bit. Broke the rear out even on a straight that from 3rd to 4th that gave me a nice reality check. The front or rear slipping alittle every other corner was scary at first but you came to realise it wasnt going to go further unless you made it. Almost completely dry by the end of the first day but still pretty cold and windy (about 45 to 50F with gusts up to 35mph). Second day colder but no rain.

Which brings me to this, I started to notice a shtload of flex in the chassis once I was really started to get going the second day, actually didnt notice it until I rode a friends speed triple then went back to the SD. So is it me? Is the SD alittle more of a flex prone bike? is it coming from the MX style swingarm? Maybe I am interpreting something incorrectly but wanted to see what you guys thought? I have been putting in alot more track time on a cbr600 lately and for sure that think is gives feedback very differently and I think alot more ridgid.. thoughts?

I think you'd have to being going pretty quick to notice any flex, but it's not out of the question.

Have you changed anything set-up wise?

If you felt it after riding the trumpet could it be the lighter bike and better feed back? When I rode a triple it was like a barge.

setup/suspension wise I got the bike briefly looked over a year ago at the same track but thats it. Suspension is stock, I havent touched the settings since, its been mostly street and canyon riding which really dosent push the bike to those levels and hasent been much of a focus. Maybe it was just suspension, seeing as the friends triple had just been setup over the two days with some valving and forks lowered in the triples but it didnt seem that way. The looseness or flex felt much more lateral, just means I will have to go back and check it out, oh well. I did as the sessions progressed and the track continued to dry kept feeling the front end was not its agile self but it had been so long since I had the bike at really any type of track pace or even any pace for that matter.

Thanks for the input, but I was surprised and alittle taken back riding both the SD back to back with the triple. I expected a tank in the corners compared and really wasnt the case at all. Of course the superduke did punch out the corners way better but again the triple had more for me on the straights. Its a very tight course and the SD shines there, very few bikes can match it with a really good rider. I watched a guy on a R take pretty much everyone one day a while back. I am no setup wizard by any means and rely on the "pro's" for that but the guys I do work off of are good. Like I said the learning the CBR600 in supersport trim has been my focus for the last 6 months so the superduke has lacked attention.