I'm looking to get into a set of tire warmers this year. I know just enough to be dangerous, and looking for some advice. From what I hear, CHICKEN HAWKS are the way to go, but there are like 5 different kinds and all different prices. I also know that warmers "burn out" after a while. And some brands cook your tires. What do you guys use/recommend?
Tire warmers rock I have Tyre Sox - Which most people seem to hate. They come with seperate covers that I use most of the time.
They work for me. And they were cheap - just my style.
I was looking at the Tomahawk warmers as well, but it stated that they only fit up to 180/55 rears. Thought that was kind of odd.
Give them a call. I expect it's a diameter issue. Not one set of Chicken Hawks I owned ever fit all the way around the rear tire properly until I started using the "superbike" size for the rear on my 250. It seems that an extra inch of material is very dear to these people.
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Tire warmers rock I have Tyre Sox - Which most people seem to hate. They come with seperate covers that I use most of the time.
They work for me. And they were cheap - just my style.
I have Tyre Sox. They were cheap and seem to work fine for me. Some people don't like them because of the extra step in puting the insulating wrap on. I don't mind.
I have Tyre Sox. They were cheap and seem to work fine for me. Some people don't like them because of the extra step in puting the insulating wrap on. I don't mind.
, and for the $100.00 I found them for, they've been great!
It's not the putting them on that matters, it's how fast you can chuck them to the side at 3rd call!
Or hang them up, as they will self destruct in short order if they "wrap around" while they are still hot.
Since we always have garage 10 at Grattan, we keep the warmers on while the bike is on hot pit lane and don't take them off until the first 10 or so bikes roll for the hot lap. Works for me . . .
Now in stereo Visionaries say "Yes, we can."
Engineers say "Not so fast."
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But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government.
I have the Tyr Sox as well. I also only use the element. I think their element design is better than all the others that do the criss cross thing, but they aren't as insulated as other brands like CH, TH, etc.
Then again, I don't think they need it - which is why I don't use the "Sox" part.
Oh yeah, they also have a lower temp setting to begin with so it is more difficult to cook tires with them.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government.
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Oh yeah, they also have a lower temp setting to begin with so it is more difficult to cook tires with them.
That's right. They WARM the tires they don't cook them. I will measure exact temps with my infrared thermometer the next time I use them and give a detailed report.
I have the Tyr Sox as well. I also only use the element. I think their element design is better than all the others that do the criss cross thing, but they aren't as insulated as other brands like CH, TH, etc.
Then again, I don't think they need it - which is why I don't use the "Sox" part.
Oh yeah, they also have a lower temp setting to begin with so it is more difficult to cook tires with them.
The Bickles use heating tape rather than wire and the tape covers 100% of the footprint area of the tire. Quite a bit better than any wire design.
Now in stereo Visionaries say "Yes, we can."
Engineers say "Not so fast."
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Tyr Sox take the tire up to about 40C in a lab, using my FLIR camera, without the fleeces. With the fleeces, they got up to 50C.
Outside in the wind the fleeces should make an even bigger difference. If you have Tyr Sox, put on the fuzzies...
I had pretty serious warmer envy of abtech's Bickles.
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Tyr Sox take the tire up to about 40C in a lab, using my FLIR camera, without the fleeces. With the fleeces, they got up to 50C.
Outside in the wind the fleeces should make an even bigger difference. If you have Tyr Sox, put on the fuzzies...
I had pretty serious warmer envy of abtech's Bickles.
That's just warm. Maybe a good thing because that wouldn't heat-cycle the tires at all. But it probably means taking the first corners carefully, anyway.
And yeah, those Bickles look nice. Ribbons sound smart.
Unfortunately I don't seem to have the IR pics of the tires with and without warmers anymore. It was interesting, with it autoscaled you could see the wire location in the warmer on the tire from the heat differential.
All I seem to have saved were the pics I took when I got on the bike. I think they're kinda fun.
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I have Tyre Sox - Which most people seem to hate. 
They come with seperate covers that I use most of the time.
Thought that was kind of odd.
Originally Posted by Nicky66
, and for the $100.00 I found them for, they've been great!
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