Pirelli Corsa Rosso?

[puddytat]

Howdy all....just wondering what the "rosso's" are like, anyone using them & whats your opinion ?

[puddytat]

Just bumping this up.....

[cowboyz]

as it happens I borrowed a daytona 955i with rossos on it today. took it out for a bit of a 100k blast. on way out it was dry and the bike handled beautifully. it then pissed down with rain and the bike still felt good. really stable and confidence inspiring.

[puddytat]

Cheers bro...changing from pilot road 2's & thought Id give 'em a try

[cowboyz]

interesting.

I am a HUGE fan of the pilot road 2s. Have done 10s of 1000s of ks on them. The rossos felt about the same in the dry but a little better in the wet. Keeping in mind that I wasnt riding my own bike though. Set a fairly steady pace of 140 slowing to 110-120 round the 65s. didnt take a road with anything tighter than that but yeah. felt solid.

[Meanie]

Gonna give them a try my next tyre change

[hondav2]

How much are they a set ? Cheers Toddy

[puddytat]

Cant find the piece of paper I wrote it on but it was under 6hundy,around 580 I think...but he also mentioned that with the price of lead being the way that it is that it may be more depending on how much my rims need....

[puddytat]

I have been very happy with my Pilot road 2's...over 11000 ks on them now,rears looking tired but still legal,fronts lloking as good as new still.
Pretty sure I wont get anywhere near that with the Rosso's,but Im looking at something stickier for the track,but that I wont need warmers for....

[cowboyz]

another option you might want to consider are the racetecs then. I have had 2 on the front of the 9 and they are very good for going quick.

[BuzzbomB]

Hi there. I'm reviving this thread to see if anyone has anything to say about these tyres yet???

[puddytat]

Well, Ive put them on the R6 & have done one trackday on them so far.I havnt used them on the road yet as Ive turned it into a track bike.
Verdict? Well Im real happy with them, though I think they may only last half the distance of the PR2's,but in saying that these'll get ridden alot harder
as Im only track riding now. I chose the Rosso's mainly because Im poor & cant afford tyre warmers yet, thinking that they'll warm up quicker than say Super corsa's.
At the last trackday I was 9 secs faster than when I was out last on the PR2's...(1:50:4) & I found them real stable under hard breaking & the transition into the corners & powering outta them confidence inspiring. Tried to get them to slide under power & couldnt.....Also found they had more feed back when close to the limit,as in the front let me know that it was starting to slide before it slid out....when I had the Pr2's on it'd suddenly slip then grip.
So yup im happy with them, as I was with the PR2's, but I feel a tad more confident with the Rosso's as Ive had one or two moments heading into a corner thinkin' whoa-, way to fast, & just tipped it in & it went round like on rails. I'll give 'em a rating on grip, longevity...well we'll have to wait a while longer.
Got a race on this weekend so I'll update soon....