Race tyres - road legal

coullstar · Post by **coullstar** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:34 pm

Picked up a K1 GSXR600 at the weekend and it has a set of Metzler Racetec tyres fitted. I was just looking at the Metzler website and these appear to be race tyres, hence the name.

Are these road legal?
What markings would there be to make sure they are raod legal as I am sure my insurance wouldnt be too happy if I ran these and had a prang?

Post by **Zax** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:14 pm

I have a set of Supercorsas on my bike and I did not like having to drive on them to go and get an mot .
However on the track they Stick like anythng.

If they are a pure track tyre ( I am not sure) then...
You will struggle to Get enough heat into them on the road, and even if you manage that you will struggle to Keep the heat in them .

Swap them off for a set of road Tyres and keep them for a track day ..
You will get much more from them on the track.

coullstar · Post by **coullstar** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:01 pm

I know they come in three compounds but for the life of me I cannot remember which are on the bike.

So you reckon that even if I had the most road orientated compound they would be poo for on the roads? TBH they are just like cut slicks.

IZINBARD · Post by **IZINBARD** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:36 am

Raod legal, but not good for rain or other winter conditions, put them to bed for the winter and sling on a set of Diablos (sp)

Izz,

coullstar · Post by **coullstar** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:05 am

Or I could just swap them and sell them to some trackdays boyos.

IZINBARD · Post by **IZINBARD** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:33 pm

You could always try, you might get enough to cover the fitting fee for the new ones. :I can't believe it's not butter! without a history from a known forum user I would not buy S H tyres, Not so with wets though, easyer to see whst you are getting with wets,
Izz,

D3LS M · Post by **D3LS M** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:12 pm

You tend to find that some of the heros use them thinking there ace cause they've got em on

we have a couple down here

as stated earlier you'll really struggle to get heat into them,at most times of the year,nevermind winter,as on the road,you'll stop and start to often for the heat to stay,also,race compound tyres heat up diferently from road tyres,as road tyres heat the whole tyre, where race ones only get heat to them when they are being used on that piece of tread.

The hero who had the bike before you probably bought them from a real racer as take offs at a fraction of the new price.

Like zax says,put em on the track,and break as deep as you dare while leant over

HTH

coullstar · Post by **coullstar** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:35 pm

R2D2 wrote:
The hero who had the bike before you probably bought them from a real racer as take offs at a fraction of the new price.

Like zax says,put em on the track,and break as deep as you dare while leant over

HTH

Thats exactly what he said. Guy only used them for 5-6 warm up laps before changing to his race tyres. Looks like I am gonna need some new tyres, bar-steward

Thumper650 · Post by **Thumper650** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:55 am

I would have thought that as long as theyhave the 'E' mark and don't have 'Not for highway or road' use then they are perfectly legal.
I have used ex race road legal Dunlop D208GP's for a few years now on my TL1000 and rate them highly. No problems as long as you let then warm up.