Tyre Warmers Introduction

Chicken Hawk have developed a range of professional tyre warmers and accessories in collaboration with some of the biggest race teams in AMA and Tyre manufacturers. This year we have riders and teams in MRO and BSB using these brilliant tyre warmers. OK they are more expensive than the Chinese made warmers but they are pure quality built by racers for racers !

Their Full coverage design warms a larger surface area than traditional tyre warmers and provides a constant and uniform temperature on the tyre in just 40 minutes. This is achieved by a special Kapron heating eliment on a highly thermo-conductive fabric. Traditional tyre warmers, with their wire spaced at least 10mm apart, can take up to 90 minutes to heat up and still not achieve the same results:

Tyre warmers might seem like a luxury, or not worth the investment if you only do the odd track day, but there are a number of compelling reasons in the long run they are an essential piece of kit:

• Better adhesion - Until tyres get up to the correct temperature, they are inflexible and the lack of grip can lead to sliding or even a crash. Going out on tyres at the correct temperature will give you better grip and confidence turning the bike into corners, accelerating progressively and allow you to be more in control.
  
  
• Improve your performance - By going out on preheated tyres, you will be able to put in faster lap times more quickly. For racers this saves valuable seconds and places in the first few laps. Track day enthusiasts will get more out of their day by not wasting up to 50% of their valuable laps warming up cold tyres.
  
  
• Make your tyres last longer - Warming up tyres on the road/track as opposed to going out with preheated tyres results in surface rubber being removed as the temperature rises. The discarded surface rubber forms little balls at the working edge. This Cold Tearing or Cold Shredding reduces the life of the tyre. Tyre warmers can pay for themselves by saving you the cost of several sets of tyres per season.
  

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