New Owner - T120 Tire Recomendation

T120 owner here!

To be honest, the Michelin Road Classics are pretty decent tire, even for wet weather. Certainly a major upgrade from the previous stock Pirelli Phantom, which I managed fine in the rain. My guess is it has more to do with your experience with the bike -especially in the rain - than the tires. Keep in mind you also have a "rain" mode that reduces your RPM's for such occasions.

In my opinion, replacing your brand new (and solid all-around) road tires would be a waste of money. But if you're convinced you want new tires, then what you should do is be honest with yourself about the type of riding you will do instead of the riding you "might do" ie: you will ride on paved roads 99% of the time, but you like the look or the idea of offroad tires. Look at the reviews, and see which ones are offered in the T120 configuration.

Unless you plan on riding in wet weather a majority of the year, even in PNW, I would run the Road Classics until it's time to replace them. Have fun, learn the bike, research new tires in the meantime.

But also, Metzeler Roadtec 01 SE and Michelin Road 5 are solid for wet weather.

 

I used after changing of the original "Phantoms" the model "BT46" from Bridgestone and was very pleased with them under all conditions.