even more fun is to ride in the rain with slicks. been there, done that, they forgot to mail me the damn tshirt. the day that happened, i had gone to dinner, and when i left it was raining, but the worst part of the rain had passed. i remember reading that slicks had more traction in the wet than regular tires up to the point where they hydroplane. i found out that this is true and riding on the slicks was actually not as bad as riding on street tires. i did make a point to see if the rear tire would break traction, and it will, but it was not as bad as a street tire.
on a side note, that was also the night i almost lost it for the first time. i was pulling into my apartments parking lot and there is a 2X2 piece of steel in the middle of the driveway. i wasnt thinking and i went over that while still leaned over and about lost it. the front end went all the way to the left to the end of the metal and finally caught when it hit the pavement. if i had not ridden over the middle it would have slid far enough that i couldnt catch it.