mattrparks
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I rode at New Jersey Motorsports Park (Thunderbolt) on Monday with my street tires, the Pilot Road 4. I was initially concerned that I would have traction issues. The weather was perfect (about 80 degrees, mostly sunny), track grippy and I had no problems with traction at all. I leaned until I scraped my footpeg feelers and never had a moment of uncertainty in the grip.
So if you're wondering about these tires on the track, they're just fine for the FZ1 in stock trim. Maybe if it was hotter or you were pushing harder you might find the edge of grip, but not me at my level. Next time perhaps I'll take the footpeg feelers off to get the last bit of the tire edge (I was about 1/3 cm from the very edge of the rear tire when I stopped at footpeg feelers).
So if you're wondering about these tires on the track, they're just fine for the FZ1 in stock trim. Maybe if it was hotter or you were pushing harder you might find the edge of grip, but not me at my level. Next time perhaps I'll take the footpeg feelers off to get the last bit of the tire edge (I was about 1/3 cm from the very edge of the rear tire when I stopped at footpeg feelers).