What's a good front wet weather tyre?

[BornToLean]

Back in the 80's and early 90's when I rode bikes every day, the best front wet tyre for me was a Metz ME33. I'm back in the saddle again, but I've completely lost touch with the different tyres.
Around town my FZR750 has no feeling in the front on a wet road, there's no feedback, it's just dead. It makes me think it's about to let go at any moment so I end up ridiculously slow around intersections and roundabouts. The front tyre is about 1/2 to 2/3 worn so I thought I would replace it to see if it makes a difference.
The current tyre is a Michelin Pilot (Road) - whatever that is - so what's the latest sticky wet tyre?

[XTC]

Sportbike riders don't ride in the rain....

[riffer]

Bollocks.

Go a Metzeler Z6. Great in the wet.

Not too bad in the dry either.

[sAsLEX]

metzler rennsport for me! works just great!

[BornToLean]

Thanks for the reply's.

[dhunt]

Back in the 80's and early 90's when I rode bikes every day, the best front wet tyre for me was a Metz ME33. I'm back in the saddle again, but I've completely lost touch with the different tyres.
Around town my FZR750 has no feeling in the front on a wet road, there's no feedback, it's just dead. It makes me think it's about to let go at any moment so I end up ridiculously slow around intersections and roundabouts. The front tyre is about 1/2 to 2/3 worn so I thought I would replace it to see if it makes a difference.
The current tyre is a Michelin Pilot (Road) - whatever that is - so what's the latest sticky wet tyre?

You can still get a ME33 Laser. I was quite please with the one I had on my bike before I umm buckled the rim,

[loosebruce]

Pilot Power on the road, no question what so ever, these tyres are the shit wet and dry, and you get surprising amount of wear out of them for a high performance sports tyre as well.

[emaN]

Funnily enough, the very tyre you have on there saved my a$$ BIG time!

I had scampered on ahead of mates in heavy rain (my excuse was I had to keep tyre temp up) when a right-hander (it was in France) closed right up on me with traffic coming the other way.

I feathered the front, hung off, leant, feathered it some more, as much as i dared and at any second expected the front to wash out...amazingly it held!

Never demanded that much from a front in the wet, before or since. I was blown away. I even pulled over in the next town to try and figure out why I hadn't fallen off, (and to calm down!).

I'm thinking the fact that it's worn and probably incorrect pressure has more to do with it... These tyres have a massive amount of silica in 'em, which is s'posed to be the shizzle in the wet.

[APPLE]

metzler rennsport for me! works just great!

Rennsports in the wet????? thats brave man?

[APPLE]

pilot sports,in the wet......really good.obviously more tread patterns on a tyre the safer and better you are in the wet

[Sensei]

Superbike mag tested the top tyres & they went like this

1st Pirelli Diablo *****
2nd Metzeler M1 *****
3rd Power Pilots ****

* where ratings on 5 different areas
1 Grip & wear
2 Feel wet & dry
3 Stability at speed
4 Corner tip in
5 Braking ability
These 3 tyres are at a level that most well never find so buy them with confidence >

[Mr. Peanut]

Just get a car FFS

[Lou Girardin]

What riffer said. Sport/touring tyres warm up quicker in foul weather. Great for the first wet corner from home.

[R1madness]

Try a late 80s tyre to match your bike. Go for ME33 Metz or Continental TKV11 or Bridgestone BT(used to be BT%^ but the model number has changed now i think) or AVON AM22/23 i think (the old model). All were great tyres on the FZRs.
When was the last time the fork oil was changed? That will help heaps.
Regards
Ian
Just Motorcycles
165 Bowhill Rd
New Brighton
Christchurch

[Hitcher]

I'm with Riffer. I've run five sets of Z6s now on two different bikes. Fantastic tyres in the wet. Run them as a set too -- don't fanny around with different compounds front and rear.

I may do a change to Conti Road Attacks next time, if they do a 120/70 18.