Hey you cold weather people, cold weather tires? What are you riding?

The only 260/55s I saw where Supercorsas or Rosso Corsa IIs. For any Dunlop, Michelin, etc the best you'll find is 260/55.

I'm a little brand biased toward Michelin since when I've had them on my cars/SUVs they've always been amazing. Their product lineup is a little confusing. The Power 5 and Power GP seem to be near the exact same product. The Power Cup 2 seems more track focused, so I suppose the Power GP is the 50/50 street/track tire and the Power 5 could be more street with occasional track?

the V2 has a cute little snowflake on the dash.

it is the compound.

Rosso IV comes now also in size 200/60

also one manufacturers 200/55 in another's 200/60, bring your tape measure and profile gauge if you want to be sure

I saw a video on that just yesterday. The ratio seems pretty nebulous.

The Pirelli tires are poor in the cold until you slide them enough to get heat in them, then their good for a little while. The most consistent I’ve found over the years are the Michelin Power series. I run the RS on my bikes at slightly lower pressure to keep the heat in them. Work great up to about 8/10s.

Ya it was pretty nuts. When it started raining, we thought, ok bummer, we got wet. We had just crossed over the first pass when the freezing rain started. We stopped when we had to knock 2" of ice of our helmets and boots to even be able to see. Considering we had an hour ahead to reach Tahoe, and 3 hours behind going back over the highest peak on the ride, there was no choice but to keep going to Tahoe or freeze to death there. The snow was way easier to ride in than the freezing rain. That was nuts. Imagine big globs of semi liquid water landing on your visor and sticking like mashed potatoes, then instantly becoming solid ice. We had to ride with one hand while wiping our visors continuously. Every now and then we'd get a little two wheel drift in. Snow was more predictable, we just had to go slow and stay vertical. We were blue when when got in.

1299rFE said:

That photo makes my stomach sink, ive ran it in bad stuff but that looks dangerous

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No kidding - I didn't know that. Just like shoes then.

Paul G said:

also one manufacturers 200/55 in another's 200/60, bring your tape measure and profile gauge if you want to be sure

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Nadsy said:

I (covid lock-downs aside) commute 80 Km's return to work most days. Winter temps here average 1 - 12 degrees C (often getting just below on the way in, and on some occasions -4 or -5 C). Admitedly I don't really fang it much in those conditions, so have never moved away from the OEMs... I just changed traction control settings a bit. Also got drenched on a California Superbike School (see below). It wasn't knee down stuff (far from it, but felt like it lol), but the bike didn't step out of line with wet settings.

But more to the point, and in terms of gear: Neck/face neoprene cover, ducati thermals and heated grips (oxfords) a must! other than that, extra layer under dainese jacket, and waterproof dry-rider over pants.


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That is phenomenal! Any day below 35 i cant really enjoy but awesome suggestions there. I was thinking adding the heated grips!