Hello fellas. I was wondering about the best choice for a 1290 SD. Most of the time it will be on roads and some-few trackdays. I used to own an SD 990 and with Rosso 2 I was not afraid so much in the rain. Being said that I was always avoiding rainy days because the torque of the SD was too dangerous in wet greek roads. Apart the wet grip, Rosso 2 was a great tyre for me in the road and also at the trackdays. So I would go another round with this but I know that Rosso Corsa has better grip.

So I was thinking that with the new SD and all of its electronics, driving to wet roads would be much safer than with the 990. So should I go to the Corsas or stay to the familiar to me Rosso 2. I am just thinking of Corsas because I think the new SD's electronics will help you in terms of mileage and wet grip, where Rosso 2 is better than Corsa.

Hope my words make sense, and looking forward for your replies.

Cheers everybody

I'm sure the members who commented on this thread will chime in soon: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24438&sid=12ad22c4c7c8eaa2961edaa9b35ef218#p303174

Ok Rosso 2 maybe is not the top of the tops but its a great tyre and in the top 10 i.m.o. I was very pleased with this tyre and didn't feel danger at all But maybe Rosso Corsa is far better and that's why I posted this thread.

Waiting for KTMGUY to chime in about the Rosso 2's haha

Yeah, I've heard the Rosso II rated up with the DCIII in terms of shit tyres. Of course that isn't exactly fair, the DCIII was actually a VERY good tyre. Provided you were running on a track and had tyre warmers, it was like running a DOT race tyre on the street ....you couldn't keep them up to temp on the road.

I actually liked the Super Corsa SP better than the Rosso Corsa on my 675 I was entertaining getting the OEMs off of the Pangiale for my next tyre change.