The tires I had on my Savage on the wet soaked Blood Mountain ride were Pirelli Sport Demons.  They were great for traction but not so great for mileage......I believe I only got 6,000 miles from the rear tire.

I never had any loss of traction with the BT45 tires in the wet or the dry.....they always provided plenty of traction on my "festive" rides.  Modern tires seem to be very good - and the only time I believe wet traction suffers is when you buy a really long mileage tire like the Michelin Commander (and maybe with bargain tires or tires that are really old and the rubber has hardened).

I have had several sizes of the Bridgestone BT45 tires.  Fronts were 90/90-18 and 100/80-18, rear tires were 110/90-18 on a 2.5 rim and 140/80/18 on a 3.5 rim.  I also had a set of BT45's on the little 250 Ninja.........there were very few choices of tires that would fit the small Ninja wheels.

On the Savage I would get about 8,000 miles on the BT45 rear before the middle of the tread was worn out.  The BT45 was supposed to be a dual compound tire with a harder center tread - but on the Savage tires I could not see any evidence of that. On the Ninja the center of the rear tire had a rubber that was a slightly different color and after riding a while a small change in the tread shape became obvious where the two rubber compounds joined.......I put about 9,000 miles on the Ninja and the rear tire still had plenty of tread.

The tread on the front BT45 was something I learned to dislike.  The edges of the tread have small little  blocks that wear unevenly when the bike is leaned over hard in a corner.  After a few thousand miles of hard cornering the front tire becomes very noisy and hums whenever when you lean into a turn......it sounds like those rumble strips they mold into the pavement to let you know you are running off the edge of the road.

I likely won't get another set of the BT45 or 46 as the font tire is too loud when cornering.  Maybe my riding style is at fault, and you won't have the same wear issue I do.........when entering a corner you ride much smoother than I do

     

Power pulses are a Thang. Overheard a Coupla farm equipment mechanics talking about how destructive some really small and wimpy three cylinder tractor was on u joints, like to drive a brush hog.

yes you can...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-iN0wCAUk

http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19389

https://www.randakksblog.com/single-carb-conversions/

My 2005 Suzuki had no windshield and I got caught out with no rain gear. I was soaked through. Sitting at a light, I was being hit every time the plug fired. I changed what I carried on the bike after that.

I was riding open, til I hit a June bug just under my eye. Man!! That Hurt..
The guys at MPH Cycles in Houston converted me to full coverage.

I've been known to get dressed and ride off, while a nice spring rain falls. If it's a
Wipers on High, and you still aren't sure where the road is deluge?
No, somewhere between Intermittent and low speed, it's nice, if you got the right gear.

Ohh,yeah, that was not long after I got it. I didn't have it rigged out for carrying stuff yet. I didn't have what I needed to get saddle bags, so I figured out a way to strap a gym bag on the back. I wasn't getting caught up in another rainstorm without gear. But that was the 05, with the drag bars,no windscreen of any sort. It was okay, until the got behind a screen. Now I'm spoiled. I'm not riding without one. I had no idea how much effort I was expending just staying on at seventy.