Wilkersonbj
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What's best grit sandpaper to resurface tire.
Are you picking burris for those conditions by choice or because that's the required tire?Ya, what tire and what track surface.
I prefer a courser finish on looser/dustier track surfaces.
For harder/cleaner track surfaces, I finish sand with a finer grit.
Since a lot of Maxxis tracks are clean and bite up good, I think that's why you'll see guys finish sand Maxxis finer.
For a lot of us up norf, we run on black dirt with low or no bite, and the racing line can stay marbly all night - that's when a courser finish may be an advantage. I plateau finish everything as I don't want those course sipes to tear or feather back if the track gets good all of the sudden.
General rule for tires that leave our shop:
120 - 180 - 220g Burris for no bite tracks
220 - 400g for Maxxis.
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Are you picking burris for those conditions by choice or because that's the required tire?
It's dirt track and Vegas.
If your happy with 80 grit on red clay Burris switch to 240 you'll be happier, IF I paid someone to re-finish my tires and they gave them back with a course finish it would be the last time that would happen !!I had been grinding Burris with 80 grit for red clay tracks, I was happy with that. Went to a dry dusty track and changed to Vegas , ground them like the Burris, coarse. In two laps the tires were junk. Yes I was confused. Went to a different dry track, fine dust and sand here and there, used Vegas again ground 80 grit, Junk again. Contact surface was brown, not black. A tire knowledgable friend suggested I'd ground them too coarse, the fine track particles were packing into the pores. Switched to grinding with 150 grit, went back with same tires and was much better.
I had been grinding Burris with 80 grit for red clay tracks, I was happy with that. Went to a dry dusty track and changed to Vegas , ground them like the Burris, coarse. In two laps the tires were junk. Yes I was confused. Went to a different dry track, fine dust and sand here and there, used Vegas again ground 80 grit, Junk again. Contact surface was brown, not black. A tire knowledgable friend suggested I'd ground them too coarse, the fine track particles were packing into the pores. Switched to grinding with 150 grit, went back with same tires and was much better.
Pay Brian to cut them for you lol !!What is the best way to get the plateau finish on a tire?