Cold grip can be a challenge with ultra-high-performance tires.
THIS is extremely important for people to realize, whether bike or car. There're over a dozen STREET tire classifications for a reason. That's why you don't want to use a tire that has more performance than you absolutely need. On sport-touring machines, you don't need more than a sport-touring tire even at peg-scraping lean angles on the STREETS (I'm not talking about track riding here folks). And that's exactly what I use, and never an issue, and I consider myself an aggressive rider.
Same with cars. Most sports cars have either 'max summer' or 'extreme summer' tires, those being the top classifications of STREET tires, in that order (some cars are now fitted with 'cup' tires, but I don't consider those 'street', even though they're DOT approved). That kind of tire grips like hell in the summer (that's why they're called summer tires), meaning they need HEAT. In cooler/colder weather, you never heat them up remotely close enough to even have modest grip. In fact, those tires have much less grip when cold than a normal all-season tire. You have to be aware of that if you drive a high-performance car in winter. I use the GTR in winter, which even with its AWD, fishtails all over the place at the least provocation when tires/pavement are cold. And almost as easily in the middle of a cold, sunny day. Have to be careful in the curves. And where you're pointing the steering wheel if you get frisky with the throttle
. Learn how to judge tire grip until your tires get hot enough for SAFE hard cornering.
