Re: Tyres for an RS?

[Dan Wallander <triumph99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Barry

I really can't say what the grip on the MEZ-4's are in the rain, though 
they have some pretty serious rain grooves in them.  Can't really say 
about the Bridgestones either.  It's not that I avoid the rain while 
riding, but in almost 2 years and 18,000 miles on this bike, I've only 
ridden in the rain twice for less than 20 miles each time, though those 
miles were slip free.  It rains so infrequently here, that we really 
have to be careful when it does of wet oily roads.  Living in a desert 
keeps me more or less dry.

I think the MEZ4s have as much grip as the BT56SS.  The BT57 rear would 
squirm a little under cornering just to let you know it was still there. 
  A bit disconcerting, though I never felt it was going to give way. 
With mostly winter riding and a very long freeway trip on the Metzlers, 
I haven't had a chance to put them to the test.  The mountain roads are 
still pretty slick around here.

Dan Wallander
'99ST



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