This depends on what they were set at to start with.
Road riders with no tyre warmers
If it’s your first time on track, all you need to do is check your tyre pressures to make sure you’re running the correct road pressures before you head out. Your tyre pressures will increase as your tyres warm up but if you are running the correct road pressures you shouldn’t need to reduce the pressures at any time during the trackday.
When you come in to the pits, check your (hot) pressures as soon as possible. If your read tyre is over 42psi or your front tyre over 36psi, you’ll probably need to reduce the pressures by a few psi in order to keep the tyres within their road-going range.
Check out our guide to our recommended motorcycle trackday tyres, for all different levels of rider.
Road riders with tyre warmers
If you’re running Sports road tyres and tyre warmers, ensure warm your tyres for 40 minutes before you go out on track. Set your pressures to the manufacturer’s recommended tyre pressures or your favoured road-pressures. Check the pressures again 10 minutes before you head out and adjust as necessary.
Check our trackday motorcycle tyre pressures chart to see if your tyres are listed.
Track bikes and racers
If you’re running dedicated trackday tyres or slicks then the tyre manufacturer will have recommended pressures.
Some track tyres will run at 20-ish psi hot pressures, which is incredibly low. These tyres are designed to run these pressures, so don’t go setting yours that low if the manufacturer doesn’t recommend it, or you’ll just end up with tyres that are hard to turn in on, won’t hold a line and will wear out seriously quickly.
We’ve put together a chart showing the tyre pressures for the most common motorcycle trackday tyres. So go off of those if your tyres are listed.
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