Man, you know the more your ride this thing...

[AdrianR]

Geezzz the better it gets!

Starting to get very comfortable on this new ride.

I amazed at how nimble this bike really is. 

The new Michelins...as said last year, REALLY turns this bike into a sport touring machine...

It turns so accurately...and quickly... and with those tires...really sticks well...

Total confidence...that is when you can start riding this bike like a sport bike..

Night and day difference over the stock tires..

Oh and lastly, dialing in the correct rear shock tension.  I have it like 6 clicks down now...and this made a big difference in straight line stability and handling...especially over surfaces that are not perfectly smooth.  The stock setting is really to stiff...unless you weight 300lbs or more!

[dans2014]

  I've got mine at 4 clicks. I need to experiment this year with the settings. There truly is something that feels right about these bikes

[AdrianR]

I've got mine at 4 clicks. I need to experiment this year with the settings. There truly is something that feels right about these bikes

Right...I messed with it a bit last year...with the old tires trying to get a better, more confident ride.  The I have been slowly turning it down to get it so it doesn't like wheel hop at high speed...  Turning this down really helps eliminate this problem.  I weigh about a buck 80...  I may try to more clicks down to 8 and see what happens...but right now it's close...I love just 'dodging into' turns!

[Robert]

I think I will play a bit with the rear settings after you mentioned it. But Adrian how would you really know you havent gone enough miles yet   

[ledany]

23,000 miles on the clock and the rear shock absorber is set on the maximum hardness from day one.  

I realized today that you must brake twice in order to warm up the pads first and then stop properly   The funny thing of course is that I never needed to stop in emergency   

(TWR Lucas brake pads, far better than the OEM pads I guess).