Anyone tried Sport Attacks and Road attacks?

[Zokambaa]

I just got a couple of the conti road attacks but haven't had the chance to mount them yet.... it just snowed so it seems pointless right now..
Anyway mine are
Front Made in Korea and Manufactured in Nov 06
Rear Made in German and Manufactured May 07
(the number after the DOT ie: xxxxxx2507 tells 1-52nd week/and year so 25th week of 07)

So, not really to hijack this tread.. but....along the same lines....has anyone noticed a quality issue with the tires made in Korea? How about mileage difference between fronts made in Germany and Fronts made in Korea (or with regular front tread and VS with reversed pattern)

I know the newer tread is a reversed pattern on the front, so that said.. has anyone noticed any reduced grip in the rain? I wouldn't think it would matter as the contact patch on a bike is much smaller than a car and the tread lines seem to always have one side of the line open anyway (unless you were running nearly flat tires or something)

[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.