Are Supercorsa V3s excessively puncture prone?

[Walter Sobchak]

Only ask because I’ve had 3 rear Supercorsas on my bike and they’ve all finished their lives with a puncture . Took my bike out today and it started feeling a bit weird,looked down and had picked up another puncture!, it’s an almost new tyre too which is annoying, looks like 2 very small holes next to each other unsure if I’ve run over a thorn or / small nails on the road.
Wonder if it’s the tyre or the it only being at 30 PSI which is what Ducati recommend in the handbook.
Not the end of the world but a bit of an annoying start to the biking new year!.

[MrGman]

Assuming front tyre as only 30psi? If so front punctures are pretty rare themselves, I do quite a few miles on various bikes and can’t say my supercorsas have been anymore prone than any other tyres :/

[Triaguar]

I believe so. Stopped using them due to amount of punctures . Last one I rode over a dandelion and got one. When you take them off the carcass is like tissue paper. Bloomin awesome tyre though immediately prior to puncture.

[Walter Sobchak]

It was another rear puncture, the recommended tyre pressures in the handbook for my bike are quite low, it’s 33F and 30R iirc.
Obviously picking up the odd puncture happens but this has been the 3rd one on 3 different tyres so a bit annoying, especially as the one today was quite a new tyre.
Just more wanted to know if it’s these tyres being prone to them or if it’s because of the low pressures Ducati recommend, wouldn’t mind a set of K3s next time, they never seemed to pick up punctures, they just wore out very fast!, not sure if you can get the K3s in 200/60 though unfortunately.
Like you said above great tyres prior to going flat though!.

Edited by Walter Sobchak on Sunday 5th January 20:26

[moto_traxport]

Walter Sobchak said:

It was another rear puncture, the recommended tyre pressures in the handbook for my bike are quite low, it’s 33F and 30R iirc.
Obviously picking up the odd puncture happens but this has been the 3rd one on 3 different tyres so a bit annoying, especially as the one today was quite a new tyre.
Just more wanted to know if it’s these tyres being prone to them or if it’s because of the low pressures Ducati recommend, wouldn’t mind a set of K3s next time, they never seemed to pick up punctures, they just wore out very fast!.

It’s invariably the rear as it’s the front tyre runs over the nail / screw that was lying flat and it flicks it in the air and stab the back tyre.

30psi seems low for a back tyre for road use but they must know best.

[scorcher]

moto_traxport said:

30psi seems low for a back tyre for road use but they must know best.

Only use to run 27psi on my Ktm 690. Some use to run 25psi.
Quite a few lighter bikes run lower pressures.

[moto_traxport]

scorcher said:

moto_traxport said:

30psi seems low for a back tyre for road use but they must know best.

Only use to run 27psi on my Ktm 690. Some use to run 25psi.
Quite a few lighter bikes run lower pressures.

Thought OP had a litre bike Ducati with hoofin great 190 / 200 section back tyre?

I run similar pressures on track and first half lap they feel errrr punctured until heat (& pressure) builds. On the road the rear feel tons nicer at 36.

[scorcher]

A quick google would still suggest that people are running 30 psi on the road on the 1299 so would guess it would be similar for other big Dukes.

[Walter Sobchak]

moto_traxport said:

It’s invariably the rear as it’s the front tyre runs over the nail / screw that was lying flat and it flicks it in the air and stab the back tyre.

30psi seems low for a back tyre for road use but they must know best.

I thought the same when I first got it, on previous bikes I’ve found about 36 right for the rear tyre, tried that on the V4 and it honestly does feel too hard, 30 as per handbook feels about right on it, just annoying as it seems to get punctures a lot.
Only other tyre that seems to be suitable in 200/60/17 is the Dunlop GP213 which I know very little about, does seem to be very expensive though.

[Harry H]

I'm astonished that anyone would find it necessary to run Super Corsa's on the road.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Harry H said:

I'm astonished that anyone would find it necessary to run Super Corsa's on the road.

Why.

[thatdude]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Why.

Track-orientated tyres take quite a bit of energy put into them to heat up. Something more road orientated works better at the lower temperatures that a typical road user can work into the tyre. But it's expensive to test this!

[Biker's Nemesis]

Someone like myself who doesn't ride during the winter find tyres like the super Corsa's work fine during spring/summer/Autumn.

This isn't ideal for people who commute etc I know.

[moanthebairns]

I got 2 formation Laps and three corners out a new rear once at the start of an endurance race. I wasn't so bothered that I was now destended to finish last as frankly Im pish. However im just coming to terms with the waste of money. Still raging about it.

[Walter Sobchak]

Harry H said:

I'm astonished that anyone would find it necessary to run Super Corsa's on the road.

Like BN already said, I don’t do much riding in the winter either and they work perfectly well in the spring and summer, plus they’re one of only two standard figment tyres for the Panigale V4 in 200/60/17.
Thankfully I’ve found out you can put 200/55s on and recalibrate the sensors for it so open to suggestions for other tyres, ideally something similar to Supercorsas Metzler K3s performance wise but without the tendency to pick up punctures from running over a fag butt would be nice.

[Walter Sobchak]

moanthebairns said:

I got 2 formation Laps and three corners out a new rear once at the start of an endurance race. I wasn't so bothered that I was now destended to finish last as frankly Im pish. However im just coming to terms with the waste of money. Still raging about it.

After getting about 250 road miles out of one I can relate and feel your pain/anger!.