How To Rate A Tyre In The Wet

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Steve_God

You never know if a rabbit is going to run out in front of you on a straight road while in the wet, and it makes knowing the limits of your tyres in the wet a VERY good thing knowing whether you can swerve to avoid it without coming off in those split seconds you have.

Just squish it

Originally Posted by northwind

Just squish it

I saw a hedhog in front of me last night i had the choice, i avoided him

I saw a hedhog in front of me last night i had the choice, i avoided him

Epithet to roadkill:

"Survival of the fastest!"

Originally Posted by northwind

Just squish it

Known of people coming off after hitting rabbits at speed though

It's subjective - go round a corner cranked over in the wet and hit a manhole cover and they'll all slide. I never had the OE Dunlops slide on anything other than white lines and manhole covers in the wet but I did get them both locked and the whole bike sliding once in the dry, upright when braking hard on the Dunlops.
Got Pirelli Diablo Stradas now and they're fine - they'll let go on mud and manhole covers in the wet yet they're reliable elsewhere in the wet even under hard braking.

Consistency is an important thing too - it's ok (I think) if they always skid on the same road features in the wet e.g. white lines as you can then avoid them. The Dunlops were scary because they would grip fine at times and not at others that were similar conditions. If you know the tyres will let go on the manhole cover, when they do let go it's expected and something you just ride over, literally.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Steve_God

Known of people coming off after hitting rabbits at speed though

Really? Fair enough then, I've hit a couple and it's just a wee thwack but maybe I've just been lucky. I'd probably still rather take my chances with the bunny than with evasion on a wet surface though. (though having said that, I once got a dead rabbit caught in the rear downpipe of my Virago, and didn't notice til I got to work and found a delicious combination of barbeque smell and burnt hair and bones wafting up from underneath me