Well last session for me for the day and yes you guessed it another red flag. So my personal conclusions of the Metzeler compared to the Pirelli
By this session the tyres were well into trackday temps and everything including pressures were as spec.
My conclusion is somewhat disappointing, The first point i would make is my battery died before the restart but my datalogger said the Metzeler managed a 1.46.4 which to be fair is comparable to the SP's which i managed a 1.46.2, i think the way it did this was much harder, as in all these video's from session 3 you can see the bike moving about a lot, now i don't mind this too much but it doesn't help your lap times.
I am still finding the Pirelli SP road tyre much better on the edge of the tyre, it was much less tiring (Yes i get the pun) out of the corner as i could put the power down earlier and it didn't slide and fight so much,
The front also didn't give the confidence of the Pirelli, On straight line braking it was as good as anything but when turning into the apex it was very loose and not confidence inspiring at all.
My personal conclusion is probably more of a question, Is the Metzeler TD an K3 as fitted to the new BMW S1000RR just without the tread pattern? It doesn't feel as good as the Supercorsa SP in the corner or on the power on the edge of the tyre so i'm wondering what is the purpose?
With no tread and no DOT stamp you cannot use it on the road but it has nowhere near the grip of a dedicated track tyre.
Again this is my personal conclusion from tyres i purchased myself to see if the Metzelers would advance my times on track (If i was timing)
My Bike:
2019 GSXR1000
full KTech
uprated brakes without ABS.
19 апр 2021
