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Re: Metzeler MEZ4 review (short)



Hi Neil,

1) My wife asks me to slow down in corners
2) Like your take corners, the 'clunk' must be your footpeg touching the
road :)

PS. When you were in La Roche I passed there too that day! Pitty we did not
meet.

Ludo, Belgium
Red 99 ST

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Anderson, Neil G" <AndersNG@xxxxxx>
To: "'Triumph ST mailing list (TriumphNet)'" <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: Metzeler MEZ4 review (short)


> "Jonathan Schulster" <Schulster@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Just completed about 600km on the new MEZ4 (2000 model).  Had a fun trip
> > from the Rhein (Wiesbaden - Diez/Limburg) winding along the B54 - 50km
of
> > varying twisties with very little traffic.  Neil Anderson and LB were
> following -
> > but apparently having problems keeping up in corners (10-20kmh down in
> > speed on worn M90X Macadams)
>
> Nothing to do with the tyres, I just corner like a slug!  (and I'm sure
Marc
> deVries and the others I met in Belgium will agree!)  Even the Lovely
> Ballast is starting to ask me to speed up.  Must be that safety training I
> did last month - it's made me safe and even slower.
>
> Seriously, the Michelin Macadams have nearly 8,000 km on them so far,
quite
> a lot at high speed on Autobahn, and they now have a nice flat bit in the
> middle.  Is that why there's a loud "clunk" every time I lean into a
corner?
> ;-)
>
> Neil
>
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