Great British Roads that are focced up.are sports compound tyres now applicable?

[darrsi]

Gotta agree with Me Sherman Re Pirelli Diablo's. Brilliant tyre and sticky as hell. Had a set on this year and felt fantastic tryin to chase Lord Kosmic of the Manor down. (Couldn't quite catch the bastard but he was always in my sights). Work have just stuck some BT023's on the cb500 and today I was in the rain, torrential, on country lanes, dry, wet, slippery, leaves,gravel, u name it i fekkin road it and they were brilliant. Tried em all apart from pilot 4's and this was the safest I felt so far.

Maybe u shud get one of these Ferengi



That shud at least half your problem (after you've riden the babe)

Recently had a front BT023 fitted and i'm extremely pleased with it.
First thing i noticed was the deeper tread than normal, more than i've ever seen on any tyre before, which would explain why some people on here have got obscene mileage out of them. Even a client at work who obviously knew about bikes pointed it out to me.
The other thing that grabs my attention, every day, is that when i leave work i get this horrible clattering sound when i pull away, and it's from small stones that have stuck to the tyre that get rattled free by my front extender, suggesting a softer, grippier compound.
As you say yourself, with some of the extreme torrential downpours we've had recently i've felt that the tyre still stuck like glue to the road at all times which is what it's all about in my opinion. It does give you masses of confidence and you tend to relax a little bit more in shittier weather which is always a bonus.
I have a T30 on the rear which is also faultless, albeit a bit on the expensive side, but i can probably see myself swayed towards a BT023 rear in the future.
Obviously on dry roads they are both the mutts nuts.