[Spanner Man]

Morning all.

I've supplied hundreds of Road Attacks, & dozens of Sport attacks, & the general consensus is that the Road Attack is an excellent tyre in grotty weather. As indeed the Sport Attack is excellent in good weather.
One of my customers who does a lot of miles on his VFR800 has tried both. He has stayed with Road Attacks, as he reckons the extra handling advantages of the Sport Attack in the dry are outweighed by the loss of grip in the wet, & the shorter lifespan.

I wouldn't mix a pair, as the Sport Attack has a distinctly different profile than the Road Attack, which may upset your handling, and as front tyres do not heat up as much as rear tyres (particularly in cold weather) you may well find that the Sport Attack remains slippery.

The majority of Road Attack fronts are indeed made in Korea, I have had no negative feedback on these, even when a moulding error produced a batch of tyres with the directional arrows on the tread the opposite way round to those on the sidewalls. The sidewall markings were the correct ones.

Cheers.