Just to put in here FWIW.

No tyre can fully prevent a slip, or hydroplane completely. Just ride safety and within the limits of the road and weather conditions.

More importantly, learn what to do when you encounter slip. We ride bikes. It happens. Deal with it. Sooner you learn the better it will be for it.


If anything, tyres that are low grip and tend to slip earlier are more forgiving on recovery. Higher performance higher grip tyres will grip more but may also let go more abruptly and harder to recover. Bear this in mind when doing tyre selection. This is something many people don't consider.

My stock size is 150/60.

I've had 160/60s on. As far as I'm concerned, I don't feel any difference between the 2 sizes, same brand and model. Just stick to stock size and save a bit of money. The only reason I went with my 160/60 is the 160s had 10% deeper thread than the same tyre in 150/60. Zeneos ZN33.