USA Northeast » 21 March

Well, the weather was just too nice (58F and sunny) and we've had some recent rains to wash the dusty road crap away....... so, I started the riding season with a 100-mile jaunt. The heated jacket liner was perfect at the low setting and I never turned on the heated hand grips. There was still some bits of ugly dead snow in the mountains and the temp dropped pretty rapidly near any rock cuts. With a few more rains, all will be really nice.

Glad to hear you got out today. Down here in Sykesville, I headed out to Parkton to trade books with my brother. 50 when I left, 60 by the time I got home. I didn't need to stay out for 100 miles but I wanted to see 10,000 miles on the clock. I stayed out long enough to see that pulling into my street to come home. I was opposite of you. I had my battery operated turtle neck on but never powered it up. I left the heated gloves home but thought the low setting felt too good to turn off for most off my ride. So glad we're warming up.

I will need to consider new tires soon for sure. The front is finally at the wear markers. The only reason the back isn't is I picked up a nail when the originals were fairly new and had to replace it. From what I've been reading I think it's going to be Metzler Roadtec 01s front and back. The Michelins that came on it were nice, didn't do anything bad, but I'm ready for something a little sportier.

I remember a similar day when I was 16. Back then, without decent gloves, jacket or anything heated, I ran out of body heat beside that well-shaded, long rock-cut. I swore I was going to freeze to death........

Modern gear is great stuff........

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From what I've been reading I think it's going to be Metzler Roadtec 01s front and back. The Michelins that came on it were nice, didn't do anything bad, but I'm ready for something a little sportier.

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Looks like you came from VFRs and Interceptors, like myself. I had a 1993, 1994, 2007, & 2014. If I hadn't gotten old and the 2014 was more comfortable, I'd still have it. They're great bikes.

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From what I've been reading I think it's going to be Metzler Roadtec 01s front and back. The Michelins that came on it were nice, didn't do anything bad, but I'm ready for something a little sportier.

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Glad you both got out today! Beautiful indeed!

Please share your experience with these on the roads here. I've got a set of Dunlop Road Smart 4's teed up to replace OEM tires (which I hope will last a hair north of 6,000 miles). I used RS3's on my GT and loved them so I stayed with 'em. But, like you, I keep reading good stuff on those Roadtecs.

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Looks like you came from VFRs and Interceptors, like myself. I had a 1993, 1994, 2007, & 2014. If I hadn't gotten old and the 2014 was more comfortable, I'd still have it. They're great bikes.

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Zitat von backRoadS im Beitrag #4

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Zitat von Davidnapo im Beitrag #2

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From what I've been reading I think it's going to be Metzler Roadtec 01s front and back. The Michelins that came on it were nice, didn't do anything bad, but I'm ready for something a little sportier.

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Glad you both got out today! Beautiful indeed!

Please share your experience with these on the roads here. I've got a set of Dunlop Road Smart 4's teed up to replace OEM tires (which I hope will last a hair north of 6,000 miles). I used RS3's on my GT and loved them so I stayed with 'em. But, like you, I keep reading good stuff on those Roadtecs.

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I just purchased two pair of the Road Smart 4's after reading several reviews [ and one guys experience with 3 sets of them on his RS ] that were getting 10K on their rear tires. Had one set sent to my brother for his 1200GT and both are to be delivered tomorrow. This in preparation for a 5K mile 3 week trip I'm taking with him in July.

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