‘Better than before, comfortable, push limits, enjoyed my time on them, blah blah’, before trotting off to their sponsors well laid out lunch, the lucky bastards. I deliberately ignore official press videos, they tend to have a pro-rider/racer doing amazing things on the tyres in controlled conditions, then enthusing about the tyres as they nervously try to remember the script. © Jock Mc Jock | The testing groundsĪnd now I’m sporting the new Rosso Corsa 2’s. On the road, they have a broader operating temperature than the SuperCorsa and really gave me no worries from the first mile to last around 3000miles later. But at least you could ride to the circuit and back in the rain at a decent pace without scaring yourself witless. A really good all round sports road tyre that would easily survive a few track trips in the hands of novice and intermediate level riders, but would be left a little wanting in the hands of proper quick riders on well set up bikes in the fast group. Then came the more road based Diablo Corsa 3’s. However you really need a track to get the best out of them, they are that capable. More grip than any road rider will ever need in the dry, less grip than any road rider will need in the wet, once hot and in their narrow operating temperature, they are sublime. OEM were the superb but overkill SuperCorsa SP V2. This is the third set of Pirelli tyres to adorn my Street Triple 765RS. (I think I’ve got that right…) Lots of testing I just wish they’d use numbers as Metzeler do, it seems so much easier.Īnd in truth that there is the worst of the complaints about these tyres, the Pirelli Rosso Corsa 2. Discussing and comparing each of the tyres leads to tongue-twisting frustrations and genuine ‘fer fecks sake’ moments. I wanted to whinge about the complexity of the Diablo / Rosso / Corsa / 1,2,3 combinations used over their broad range. I’ve been conflicted about how to start this review. For a mega-miles review of the Pirelli Rossa Corsa 2, Jock takes his twistie-killing Speed Triple 765RS to the Vosges Mountains and Black Forest before heading over to the Alps.
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