A set of Vredestein Wintrac Pro+ will run you just $670 on the Rack.
Everyone I know that has used these tires has absolutely loved them, and I see tons of positive reviews for them online, but despite all that I just can't get over how they look.
Here's the reality, it really really works on the road 6 tires and on the Dunlop Elite 4s. I had all the road versions on my ST1300 and these are the best in the wet so far. The Elite 4s on my wing were phenomenal even on sketchy mountain roads with it pissing rain on us.
But I remember back in the day (PS4s are ancient now) when I swapped from Dunlop SportMaxx RT2s to PS4s and two things stood out - how much mechanical grip they have, and how long they take to warm up.
On cold mornings, they genuinely felt like track slicks. The Dunlops would be "warmed up" and gripping fine by the time I reached the main road - maybe half a mile.
The PS4s, on the other hand, would still feel twitchy and unpredictable halfway to work (~18 miles). It took a good 8-9 miles before they came in. And before they warm up, they are very on/off - loads of mechanical grip, but almost no compound grip, so they can suddenly let go.
I have 275/35R21 version of those tires on my Ioniq 5N in Canada and they are great in the summer and pretty good in the winter. We just had a blizzard here too and the car handled it fine meanwhile only 1/3 of the people made it to work that day and some had snow tires too.
Just bought these Vredestein All-season Quatrac Pro+ tires from TireRack based on their research/reviews to replace the summer tires that came on our 2023 i4 RWD. I had never heard of them before but I love them. They actually feel much better to me when driving
An easy performance mod is lighter wheels with track tires, the stock dunlops are alright but pretty underwhelming for being a 200treadwear tire. If you want better ride quality, switch to a high performance all season.
Vredestein, been using them on my Inty for a year now, good grip. You just need to be careful as they are prone to puncture easily due to them being soft compound.
To add to other comments, I had a Dunlop catastrophically fail going 90 mph, it was my rear wheel and it was a wild ride for 10 secs, I came out fine but my bike took quite a beating
Another annoyance were the Fast wearing factory Dunlop tires I swapped out at 12k mi on the odo.
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