Scrubbing in new tires.

[pglaves]

It is clear I am doomed. Reference tire temperatures and the need to reach 165 degrees mentioned semi-authoritatively in a previous post - I run a SmarTire pressure and temperature monitoring system on my R1150R. I run Metzeler 880 tires on the bike. I shoot for a 6 to 8 p.s.i. change from cold to warmed up.

And I have never seen an internal tire temperature above 152 degrees, and it was over 100 degrees ambient that day. About 40 to 45 degrees above ambient temperature is how hot my tires get in normal riding.

He had to be talking about racing tires - meaning most of the entire page long quotation had virtually nothing to do with you, me, or most folks on this list.

 

[freedom45]

Now, that's a lot to consider and I thank everyone that posted their methods and reasons. Of course, no concensus was reached and we are left to choose the method that seems for each of us best. But, the added information was very useful.