knobbly tyres on a sportsbike?

[Whosthedaddy]

Not sure you can get them in the correct size but would a sports bike with knobblies be a good option come slush and snow?
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[G]

Knobbly tyres offer a bit of an advantage in SOME snow.
In hard packed snow, they'll quite possibly make it worse.
Similarly in slush.

Trials tyres might make more sense.
Studded tyres for hard packed etc.

[Whosthedaddy]

So no real benefit using anything other than normal three in this country then come the cold months.


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[1cyl]

I'd love to see someone going the whole hog and adapting a ski and track setup for a 1L sports. A vid of that might be worth a watch.

But in England: Personally I think people who put winter rubber on cars are just urinating there spondolics away, same goes for sports bikes.
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Although it'd probably work fine on dirt, tbh.
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[hmmmnz]

i think dual sport tyres are pretty good,
they seem to be ok in the dry, and in a bit of slush they can definitly move more snow than a set of regular road tyres,
if they had some snow grooves they would be even better, but to be fair you dont really get snow on the roads here just some slush,

as for the ice, well nothing but spikes is going to work, and spikes are only good on ice,
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[Sable]

Have wondered about dual sports on my trackstar. Get me through winter and let me do some mild green lanes. Do they wear down quickly? I do so much commuting I'd be thinking about how much I would be wasting them on tarmac.

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[tsmith]

what about heavily treaded winter tyres? Like the German made Heidenau K66 Snowtex

[url]https://www.bike-equipment.net/03_biketeile/grafik/reifen/heidenau_k66.jpg[/url]

[stinkwheel]

Snow claws?
https://www.mv-motorrad.de/cosmoshop/default/pix/a/n/1316447532-8367.jpg

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[hmmmnz]

[Cheeseybeaner]

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[hmmmnz]

may be, i'd be a bit afraid to hit a manhole cover with them on though, and how long would they last on the road??
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Man hole covers not a problem in my experience.
The spike maybe sinks in a bit when in contact with a really hard surface.

I wouldn't leave them on for ages with no adverse weather, but I didn't notice significant wear from maybe a week's use with just tarmac.


I didn't expect them to be nearly as useful in the real world as I found they were.

[_Iain_]

[SQL]

February mazda MX5 with normal tyres was fine, feb before that was Suzuki SJ 413 with 31 10.5's on it and flipped ubolts

[Quornholio]

https://i.imgur.com/xaX0Dnx.jpg

[sickpup]

[stinkwheel]

Yes. Winter tyres. If you have a rear wheel drive vehicle it makes a massive difference.

I use winter tyres on the rear axle of my Vito van and it makes the difference between getting out of my drive or not if there is snow on the ground. Traction controll off, engage second gear, lift foot off clutch.
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[Peirre oBollox]

I just taken delivery this morning of 5 continental contiwinter T850 winter tyres for the car.
The ADAC recently tested all the various brands of winter car tyres, and the continentals came out tops. Braking is S'posed to be up to 50% better in the wet. The only downsides of winter tyres are that they come into their own when the temperature hits below 7'c, and are a little bit more noisier.
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