| A few suggestions:
- I have been running Michelin Pilot Roads on the ST for a while including a couple of track days and have found them to be pretty good. They need a bit of time to warm up but are then fine dry or rain. Rear is good for about 5k miles, front about 8k with some fairly spirited riding and some two up touring.
- on the 996, after the Bridgestone 010s it came with, I have been running Pirelli Diablos. Again with a few track days I think the rear should give me at least 4k miles. I tend to run towards the front of inters or back of fast on track days and have found absolutely no lack of grip, certainly not justifying going to more sticky Corsas. If you can't justify a second set of wheels I only noticed in MCN yesterday that Pirelli are now putting out the Diablo Strada for sports touring. If you can confirm compatible profiles it may be an option to put a Strada on the rear and a straight Diablo on the front. Would probably give you a good combination of traction but durability on the rear with excellent traction and similar durability on the front (i.e. they may well wear at a similar rate rather than the normal problem of having to chuck a half decent front away to keep your tyres matched.)
If you do try the mixed Diablo option would be very interesting to see how it goes as I am thinking along this line for my next change - probably mid next year.  |