i'll start out by saying i know very little about tires and very little about ducatis, but since i have a ducati and my wheels are coming off this winter i thought it would be a perfect time to get some new tires. i've read a lot of reviews on tires and they seem to all talk about the tires are great for "track days" or being great in the valley hills and turns....but that's far from what i need from a tire. i live in Chicago so instead of "track days" we have "rush hour" and instead of hills and curves we have potholes and construction debris. i mostly just ride 20 or so miles a day in stop and go traffic and maybe a couple times a week jump on the highway. my uneducated guess would be that i would want different tires than someone who lives in a more rural area and does track days and hill adventures, right? any recommendations? any ones i should stay away from? thanks
You might look into the 'Sport touring' selections offered by most manuf. They won't have the grip that a sportier tire would when you/if you're pressing towards the edges of the traction envelope. But they will wear longer than the soft sport or super sport tires and in the majority of cases will have better wet traction and more regular traction vs. heat curve. Some of the sport tires are cold to warm Jeckle and Hydes. Great when they ware warmed up, but on a cool damp morning you're as well off with ice skates on the rims. Sport touring tires tend to be less dependant on being warm to give reliable traction
Many of the tire makers have graphic comparison charts of their tires that cover 5 or 6 primary points like wear life, dry traction, wet traction etc. So you can look at the tires metric side by side and based on what you need make the best selection.
