At what point should you move to a 'track' tyre..

[upsidedownmark]

Done about 1/2 a dozen trackdays now, been bumbling around in novice on very road oriented tyres (pilot road 2, bt023 that kinda thing). Feel like I've really cracked it and got a lot faster / started really using all of the tyre last time, moving up to inters next time.

So, should I be looking at a supercorsa or something like that, or will I be just fine hooning around on what I have, possibly better off because they're going to be more friendly?

[upsidedownmark]

Thanks folks.

To answer questions - it's currently not a track ONLY bike, but I have a spare set of wheels, and I have stopped riding to, now hire a van; so effectively track only.

Current tyres are PR2s. Look like this:



I certainly wouldn't think I'm brave enough to be warranting a slick of any kind, but equally most sportsbikes I see on the road are much less treaded than what I'm playing with on the track. I suspect there's a lot of vanity in that, but as I'm getting fast I'm starting to worry about where I find the limit.. Put me back in a car and I know I can see it coming and play around/go a bit over. Part of the issue is that I have no clue how / if I'm going to see it coming on a bike, suspect I'm going to find myself on the floor rather than having a bit of a slide and thinking 'about there'..

Edited by upsidedownmark on Wednesday 21st September 09:30

[upsidedownmark]

Sounds reasonable to me. Must admit I'm not super clear about what is a track tyre vs a road tyre, other than slicks are obviously not road, and sport touring is not track. In between the lines seem quite blurred, by 'track' I guess I just meant more focussed/not obviously something you'd ride to sainsburys when it's bucketing.

[upsidedownmark]

Great, thanks - really helpful.

Any (good) alternatives in the same mould from metzler / conti and the like, or should I really focus on getting the pirelli?