If you have about four minutes to kill, let a pro tell you all about riding in the wet versus the dry. Rain or shine, so long as it’s not too bad, the race goes on, and KTM Factory Rider, Brad Binder, is ready and willing to tell you about racing in not-so-great conditions.
On the MotoGP YouTube channel, Binder gets in front of the camera to tell you all about the difference between racing wet and racing dry, and it all starts with the tires. When dry, GP bikes are fitted with slick tires, giving riders the maximum contact patch between the tire and the asphalt for wicked-fast cornering speeds. Once the heavens open up, however, all of that changes, literally. The slicks will hydroplane when it hits a wet patch so rain tires are fitted.
