I’m only talking about sport bikes here because if you have anything else you should only fit Sport Touring or Touring tyres.
These bikes do not have the ground clearance, suspension or brakes to take advantage of anything stickier, so don’t waste your money. On a sports bike, you need to be realistic about your riding. Modern Sport-Touring tyres, such as the Bridgestone T31 or Michelin Road 5 are as grippy as Supersport tyres from ten years ago and last twice as long.
If you only ride on the road, you don’t need anything more. If you go mental through your local twisties and do the occasional track day in the novice or Intermediate group then a set of Sport tyres such as Continental Sport Attack 4’s or Bridgestone’s superb S22 would be good.
If you’re in the fast group at track days and want something that would work well on the road as well then try Bridgestone’s RS11 Racing Street or maybe Continental’s new Conti Race Attack 2 Street. These are just examples, all manufacturers make suitable tyres, just buy the ones you like the feel of best, the performance of all well known makes is very similar these days.
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