Wet performance of Metzeler M3?

[McDuck]

Yo anybody had one go wrong in the wet? Any other experience that you folks want to share?


Thanks

[Mikkel]

Mine seems ok... Haven't been riding them hard in the wet though - nor am I likely to.

[McDuck]

Cool, anybody else?

[Katman]

I've always considered Metzelers to be one of the better wet weather tyres.

[Devil]

Found the M3 to be fine in the wet.

Am running Pilot Road 2's at the moment though and i'm very impressed. They've got plenty of sport for sport touring tyres. Even better in the wet, and cold.

[ElCoyote]

Found the M3 to be fine in the wet.

What he said

[Neon]

Yep mine are good too, bike feels more stable and planted in the wet than with my old Dunlop GPRs. And grippy as hell in the dry.

[SixPackBack]

Wet weather is fine, cold weather is another story. Watch the rear in mid winter, performance is unpredictable.

[Squiggles]

Fine in the wet

[kiwifruit]

Very good in the wet

[jrandom]

I highsided on M3s and broke my hand, I blame the tyres.

[JimO]

I highsided on M3s and broke my hand, I blame the tyres.

was it your *special* hand

[jrandom]

was it your *special* hand

Yes!



I lasted about a week in the cast before I gave in and purchased a Fleshlight.

[Dooly]

Did HW50 on new M3s with barely 20kms on them, in torential rain.
Rode fairly aggressively, but obviously not as much as in the dry, and was totally impressed with the grip.
No moments at all.

[madbikeboy]

Hey McDuck,

I run M3's as a winter tire on the Scoot. I find them to be reasonably good from a wear perspective, but they are pressure sensitive. The cold weather seems to make the problem worse.

They give reasonable grip - but this is where the discussion gets to feel. I like certain tires because they give a wide band of squirm, and then break traction. I'd rather a tire is progressive in the way that it lets go. I rode on a kart track with Scoot on the weekend, I lost the front twice, but because the Conti-Attack Race on the front has so much feel, I was already reacting by the time the front lost and all that happened was a little shake.

The M3's, however, feel dead to me because they don't communicate that breakaway point. In the wet, the main difference is the level of grip isn't as high. A tire that breaks progressively in the wet, will likely have the same charactoristic in the dry, just faster. A tire that suddenly lets go in the wet, will likely share that in the dry, just faster.

It also depends on the rider, if the front lost in the wet, often that's about rolling off the throttle, a shift in weight can overload etc.

Jump across to KatMan, have this discussion with him. He's couriered in London on the shittiest roads in the known universe, covered in diesel and shite.