Metzeler Rennsport, road compound

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by northwind

"Have you got wets to put on?" "No, but I do have heated grips!"

Lmao!

Originally Posted by northwind

I love doing trackdays on "inappropriate" tyres,

To be fair Lozzos Avons in that pic look like they would be awesome in the wet!! ... they look like tractor tyres, so perhaps even great for when one gets it a bit wrong and takes a quick grass excursion!!

[dizzyblonde]

they stick to the road like glue in the wet, not been on a track myself, but I got them on Suze, they don't make them anymore...well i don't think so.....they've been replaced by the Storms...which incidently i have on the black bike, and they do exactly the same.....stick

They were the best road tyres I have ever used on a bike up to 600cc. They stuck like smelly stuff to a blanket in all weathers and lasted forever. First session at Mallory it was howling down with rain, and the Bandit was passing much bigger bikes around the outside at Gerards without feeling like it would ever let go.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

They were the best road tyres I have ever used on a bike up to 600cc. They stuck like smelly stuff to a blanket in all weathers and lasted forever. First session at Mallory it was howling down with rain, and the Bandit was passing much bigger bikes around the outside at Gerards without feeling like it would ever let go.

They certainly look like they would do the job in the wet, so I can believe that!!

But then using 'round the outside in the wet' as a measure, I could give the same testament to the track compound supercorsas (which don't look like they will be up to much in the wet with minimal tread that ends about 2/3 way across the tyre) ... the heavens opened at Cadders and I had my dry tyres on ... not enough time to change tyres, so thought feck it and went out on them as the only other alternative was not to go out ... like I am ever going to chose that option!!

The only other punters that went out you see at ~40s into this vid ... its safe to say they were being a bit cautious!! I'd say unless you have racers out there on full wets, the average pace in the wet is gonna be pretty steady! No one wants to drop their bike, so why push it in the wet when a dry session might be coming along soon, that makes sense to me!?!?!

Just ordered another 3 Rennsport Roads (2F, 1R), so I've a stock of six tyres (5new and one barely scrubbed) to get me through this season, bring on the warm summer days and evenings.

As promised - What I think of the Rennsports.

Awesome - Had a trackday today at Donnington with the Gixxer Junkies (no I haven't defected). The moring sessions were very slippy indeed. It was bucketing down with rain and the track was completely waterlogged. Really separated the men from the boys, or rather those who were running racing wets from those that weren't! Anyway back to the point....In the wet the Rennsports were far better than I expected them to be. I was very concious of the 1.5inch slick sections on the edge but I was managing to keep up with the GSX's in the bends. I think a lot of them guys were opting for Battlax 014's and Corsa 3's. Obviously it's a different story trying the get the power down on a GSX 1000 but they weren't getting away from me.

Opening up from 2nd into 3rd coming out of coppice saw the bend end swinging out like mad light up in a straight line as I cracked open the throttle into 3rd. Although it was very slow going it really was a lot of fun and I reckon I learnt a hell of a lot doing a trackday in the rain.

Now for the good bit - After lunch it dried up, slowly but surely. The last 2 sessions were totally dry. The Rennsports were fantastic. The bike didn't flinch at all and I was touching L & R pegs down! They really instill confidence after just 1 lap. They seem to heat up really quick. The profile is very different to my previous Z6's and they roll into turns really nice with no effort at all. Even with knees and pegs down there's a good 0.5inch chicken strip left either side of the rear although no strips left on the front. The wear has gone right off the edge.

Motoways miles on the way home from Donnington to Leeds, mostly in the rain!! Tut. Again, a lot better than I thought. No problems over cats eyes or white lines to report.

The big question - Would I buy them agian??? To be frank...NO. Although I do rate them highly my Z6's win. Miles (like 5000!) better tyre life, better in the wet and good enough for me on track. I reckon these are for the track only - Can't beat the price though!!

Might try 2CT's next time. I've probably only got a month to wait

Ryan

Thanks for the report & heads up Ryan, sounds like that although not ideal for rain they can cope with it. Looking forward to trying them out at Spa and the 'Ring.

Had my first warm weather numberwang ride of the year on these last Wednesday. They were great, even got KD on the road (with stupid amounts of knee sticking out). Awesome grip in the warm when going for numberwang.

Ryan, how are the Rennsports holding up, what do you reckon your rear tyre life is going to be?