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Originally Posted by churchx
P.S. unrelated to pad questions, suggest to not drive on slicks on public roads. They need to be brought up to temps for optimum grip, they suck in wet, they wear way too quick, thus seem waste of money. Twins have nice feature of having enough boot space to fit track set of four wheels with tires, if you lower rear seats, why not use this feature for trackdays to simplify using right tool (tires) for a right job?
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Like I mentioned I'm using super soft (wet compound) slicks for wet/damp conditions (wet tread) on street. They have optimal operation temps between 20 and 40 deg C so really low operating temps. They'd actually melt on dry track (and probably in summer too) so I have separate track day slicks. They grip like crazy in cold and don't require warming up in weather like we have now. I have as of now 3 sets of "daily" slicks for different temperatures outside and apart from deep summer I'm not running conventional TW200 slicks for 60+ deg C (which I know are really crappy idea for street driving - been there, done that) but rather really soft compounds that grip extremely well in street driving temps range. I really recommend checking them out because I have infinitely better driving experienced on them than on normal tires. Extreme Tyres VR1 W5 that I use now or "winter" cold wet slicks VR3 W3. Grip is unreal in streets driving conditions. Of course comfort, treadwear and noise are absolute trash but I don't care. If you're interested I scribbled more elaborated review here:
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show....php?p=3547795
To add context to post above - yeah, I switched back to them because those standard winter tyres were utter garbage in comparison. As of now the only thing that would convince me to switch. back to regular winter tires is 5 inch deep snow... I bought VR3 W3 and I'm planning to check them out once temps drop below 0 again. Judging by rubber softness and tread pattern alone - looks promising.