Thinking about doing a trackday with my ST and wondering what the consensus is on the tire with the best traction for our bikes, longevity being irrelevant to this purpose.
Interesting, because one of the reasons I chose the ST over the FJR is it clearly had more lean angle or cornering clearance available when I rode them. I have ridden a SV650s, VFR800fi, Buell M2 and a GSX-r750 doing trackdays and all ran out of tire traction before any hard parts touched ... though I did remove the centerstand from the VFR.Your bikes limitation will be more prevalent than the tires. Meaning you will be scraping hard parts before you come close to the limits of your tires under these condition...
ran out of tire traction
Probably the tires started to slide a bit. Track days will really heat them up to the point they may even feel "greasy". I would want the stickiest, sportiest tire available in ST sizes.What do you mean by that? Just curious...
Track days
Well ... on the GSX-r and the SV I mean I have gone sliding down the asphalt after a bit of ...shall we say ... irrational exuberance. Knee down ... good ... shoulder down ... not good. You know where Marc Marquez lifts the bike up to save it with his elbow ... I apparently don't have that superpower.What do you mean by that? Just curious...
I have not found anything that sticks any better on my ST than the Bridgestone T30 EVO GTs I have been running for the past year or two. I have a set of M7s on my Duc and love those things, but wrong size.Thinking about doing a trackday with my ST and wondering what the consensus is on the tire with the best traction for our bikes, longevity being irrelevant to this purpose.