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Sounds terrifying. I have Avon Roadrider on the DR’s road wheel-set. No idea what we were running on the Bandits, but these Avon are very very grippy. In the dry they felt like you could ride the sidewalls.
A week ago I was riding in low temps in pouring rain and I could feel them start to break out a little when leaning, but at 90/90-21 and 110/100-18 it doesn’t take much. It was very consistent and responsive even for a relatively new rider like me.
As a new rider I mean, in the last 14 months I’ve done something like.... 7k miles or there abouts? All weather. But that’s almost exclusively on digestive biscuit tyres.
By the way, the Avons survived the M25, so they are ‘fine’ with constant surface changes ...!
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A week ago I was riding in low temps in pouring rain and I could feel them start to break out a little when leaning
That's a good thing in my books. At least they're reliable in terms of feedback. For me personally, that's a metric in how I gauge tyres. If I can feel it letting go a little, that gives me time to correct or let go. That time is valuable when combined with braking and I'll rely on the tyre for that information.
What's fucking fucking is when there's nothing from the tyre coming back through the bike.
Chak
Banging. Will look at getting a set then.
Running PR4's on the SV and they've been superb in Spanish heat and rainy winters here.
CBR has Supercorsa's but that's dry only.
@pdlouche The metzeler's are frankly alarming when the temp drops. There is zero feel to them. Any surface change and the front squirms. I've never felt so much anxiety from tyres. Hitting those metal expansion joints on the westway is unfucking pleasent.