One item indispensable in the race is a tire warmer.
This time I gathered tire warmers sold from various manufacturers and checked temperature etc. checked by thermo vision!
Importance of tire warmer
Tire warmer is a cover for literally warming the tire. There may be people who have seen in the circuit or in two or four wheel races.
Generally, Nichrome wire is contained in it and it gets hot and warms the tire.
Tire for high grip · race grip performance is very high. However, in exchange, it has high temperature dependence, in fact the grip performance at low temperatures is very poor.
Therefore, riding on general public roads with circuit tires is forbidden.
So, why can we use it on the circuit? That is because we use with the tire warmed up in advance with a tire warmer.
A tire warmer plays a role in avoiding the risk of “falling” due to such low temperature grip drops by warming the tire.
Types of tire warmers
[Nichrome Wire]
• Lining (part in contact with the tire)
It is a tire warmer using the most popular heating wire. Structure that warms the tire by having the heating wire heated up inside the warmer when you turn on the power.
The merit is high extensibility and easy to process. It is also excellent in cost performance to some extent because processing cost is suppressed.
Even among tire warmers using Nichrome wire, how to make it differs depending on manufacturer, such as “Pattern of how to lay nichrome wire” and “Distance between arrangement of Nichrome wires”.
Although it says popular, in fact the technique of warming the tire with Nichrome wire has been used for a long time. It is also a warmer with the history and trust that has been used for a long time.
[Flexible Heating Sheet]
• Lining (part in contact with the tire)
Instead of nichrome wire, it is a tire warmer that can be warmed by “surface” by laying Flexible Heating Sheet.
Therefore, it is possible to warm the entire tire evenly and uniformly in a short time.
It is also a warmer that combines high durability and flexibility because it has a Flexible Heating Sheet.
[Verification] It measured the temperature of the tire warmer of 5 manufacturers!
I measured the temperature of the tire warmer.
It is measurement that unifies the indoor temperature and measurement time!
The temperature is a single digit cold, but what kind of survey result each manufacturer made …… I will introduce it along with product information.
[Verification Condition]
Indoor temperature: 9℃
Measurement Time: 60 minutes
Used Tires (Front Only): BRIDGESTONE: BATTLAX RACING R 10
Used Wheel: CBR600RR OEM Wheel
* This is the result of verification under all manufacturers same conditions. It will be measurement result of our company to the last. Please use it for the reference.
CLEVER LIGHT (ZiiX)
It is a manufacturer that sells “race related parts” including lap timer and bank sensor.
Features are its price range. All the tools used in the circuit race are not cheap.
CLEVER LIGHT products have been offered at a low price!
It is a recommended tire warmer as an entry model because it is a handy accessible price for anyone who wants to run on the circuit from now on.
- • Front
- • The side cover is a standard length.
[Price Range]
¥ 18,500 – ¥ 26,000 (excluding tax)
[Size Development]
Front 1- inches / 120/80 – Rear 17-inches / 190/55
-Heater Capacity ※ Depends on size]
Front: 300 – 350W
Rear: 300 – 450W
[Warmer Type]
- • Two wavy Nichrome wires.
[Measurement Result]
- • It is warming all around evenly.
- • The heat has reached the wheel and the edge of the tire is starting to warm.
- • Side (Right)
- • Side (Left)
THERMAL TECHNOLOGY (PERFORMANCE)
It is a tire warmer maker in Italy.
The feature is that “carbon fiber heating system” is adopted. I repeat the thorough test in the manufacturing process.
It is successful to produce products with low power consumption and high durability. The carbon heating element has high speed of warming and excellent fast warmth.
- • Front
- • The side cover is made slightly longer
[Price Range]
¥ 38,000 – ¥ 178,000 (excluding tax)
[Size Development]
Front 6.5 in / 90/65 – Rear 200
[Warmer Type]
- • It has two vertical wires + wavy Nichrome wire on the side.
[Measurement Result]
- • It has a unique Nichrome wire arrangement and overall heat is well-established.
- • It is warming up to the edge of the tire and the wheels are well received heat.
- • Side (Right)
- • Side (Left)
The measurement is done by “PERFORMANCE”.
It is the highest grade “EVO TRI ZONE” It is possible to set fine temperature up to 1℃ – 120℃, and it is supported by various races.
BATTLE FACTORY
Since it was released in 1996, it has long been a reliable and proven manufacturer in the world of racing.
Many opportunities to watch on the circuit are widely supported from Sunday Racer to All Japan Racer.
It can be used with confidence because after-sales service such as guarantee and repair is also substantial.
- • Front
- • Heat is difficult to escape with side cover
[Price Range]
¥ 40,000 – ¥ 65,000 (excluding tax)
[Size Development]
For Auto Racing -16.5 inches / Rear Tire Circumference: 2045-2115mm
-Heater Capacity ※ Depends on size]
Front: 300-360W
Rear: 300-510W
Power supply: 100V
[Warmer Type]
- • There are multiple nichrome wires arranged vertically. It seems that the interval is narrow and easy to warm.
[Measurement Result]
- • There are many hot spots. The central temperature is over 90°C.
- • The amount of heat and the side cover make the wheel 40°C and adequate heat is at hand.
- • Side (Right)
- • Side (Left)
GET HOTGP-EVO
It is a tire warmer “GET HOT” which the flame print is very impressive.
It is popular among Sunday racer as well as being used in all Japan road race, and it is also a warmer that boasts a broad market share.
The characteristic is that “not using Nichrome wire, but using proprietary Flexible Heating Sheet”. This makes it possible to heat the entire tire uniformly with far infrared rays.
It boasts about six times as much heat as the Nichrome wire, it is possible to warm tires and wheels in a short time.
It also reduces the risk of burning the tire with a warmer and is also safe for the point of after-sales service as it also carries out repair.
Regarding “GP-EVO”, it is possible to adjust in increments of 1°C and you can finish the condition according to the situation!
- • Front
- • Heat is difficult to escape with side cover
[Price Range]
¥ 32,000-¥ 135,000 (tax excluded)
[Size development]
For 74 Daijiro-Rear 17-inches / 200
[Heater Capacity ※ Depends on size]
It is OK with a portable generator of about 800W
[Warmer Type]
- • It is a proprietary Flexible Heating Sheet. Warm up in “Plane” with 2 placement.
[Measurement Result]
- • Unlike nichrome wire, it is a way of warming without overwhelming unevenness.
- • It firmly warms up to the edge of the tire and the heat has also reached firmly to the wheel.
- • Side (Right)
- • Side (Left)
NTR: Tire Warmer Ver.4
It is a tire warmer used by a leading team in the All Japan Road Race. Actually, the president of the manufacturer here is “an active racer who fights all over Japan”.
Because it is made of active racer eyes such as the durability of the fabric and the cable length, it is receiving support of so many riders in the circuit and the race world.
That secret of warming up to the wheel at high temperature is in “placement of heating wire”. From Ver. 4, it is to arrange the heating wire widely in the horizontal direction and narrow the gap between the heating wires.
It is possible to warm the tire and wheel efficiently. Especially the wheel temperature of verification result is 53-degrees and overwhelming! That is exactly the tire warmer that heats the wheel.
- • Front (Original Design)
- • The side cover has a standard length.
[Price Range]
¥ 38,000 – ¥ 90,000 (excluding tax)
[Size Development]
Front 12-inches / 100/90 – Rear 17-inches / 195/65
[Heater Capacity ※ Depends on size]
Front: 300 – 440W
Rear: 350-620W
[Warmer Type]
- • Nichrome wire is widely arranged sideways. It is packed to the limit of placement interval.
[Measurement Result]
- • It has a considerable amount of heat as a whole. There is no unevenness.
- • It is also overwhelming with the amount of heat that reaches the wheel by its own nichrome wire arrangement.
- • Side (Right)
- • Side (Left)
At the End
How did you like it?
About the tire warmer, it was an article with verification.
Even if it says a tire warmer, there are differences in the characteristics of various manufacturers and warming methods.
Risks such as “falling” are always attached to motorcycles riding with two tires.
Tire warmers can suppress that risk to a great extent.
To keep the risk of falling or to survive the tire to build an advantage with the rival … … Tire warmer becomes an item that needs it.
It is a new tire warmer, those who are planning to purchase new, by all means consider it at this opportunity?
“I want to run on the circuit, but a high threshold do … …”, even those who can not get through, licensing-unnecessary “circuit experience riding” is done in various places
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