My own experience of Continental tires is not in Continental's favor.

I tried an old Honda CB350 Twin on the racetrack. These bikes have
poor cornering clearance, even for their day, yet the Continental
Twin rear tire would let go before anything could scrape the track
surface.

I have talked to tire folk here in New Zealand. They told me that
Contis are generally made for concrete autobhans, and do not grip at
all well on asphalt roads. In other words, they are not safe...
braking distances are long, cornering grip is meager. That might be
why they don't sell here.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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