New rubber fitted at lunchtime. Then off to put some miles on them and scrub them in

Had a quick chat with the fitter about pressures. He felt the handbook pressures are very low for a bike this heavy, confirmed about how I felt riding on them. He thought 36/42 a much more sensible pressure.
Initially a quick

run down the M4. With a strong crosswind blowing the bike felt a lot more stable than on the Scorpions. Less wobbly than it had before in crosswinds.
Then onto the A4 from Theale to Calne, Wiltshire. Didn't really feel they took that much more effort to turn into corners but on occasions had to consciously put some effort into straightening the bike up after a corner

. I think the ride is a bit smoother, the tyres seem to soak up more of the smaller bumps than the Scorpions. Joe, I think, said about the tyres being noisier and I definitely noticed this. It took a while to work out the difference in noise to previously, but after a few changes in road surface it clicked

After Calne I headed to Swindon and then down the B4192 to Hungerford, a lovely little road that I was taken down on my DAS and have liked it ever since

Nice fast (I'm just testing the tyre officer) road with some tight and lots of flowing bends. Bike felt absolutely planted.
Overall very happy with the new tyres. I had them fitted on the CBF at the start of the year, replacing PR2's, and in the, brief

, time I had them they really impressed me. I could fling the little CBF all over the place as the rubber gave me huge confidence. I don't feel the same on the Runner, not such a huge difference maybe because it is a heavier bike, or a bit more powerful

I asked the fitter if he had any experience of the Metzeler Z8's. He said he had only fitted one, on a couriers bike, and the courier didn't want another one

i didn't get any details about why they didn't want to use the Metzeler again.
One other thing. The fitter thinks that there may be problems in the future with the swivelling joint on the exhaust, that you have to rotate to get the rear wheel off. He said some BMW's have this and they tend to corrode and are a bugger to rotate once that happens. He recommended swivelling the exhaust every couple of months to help stop this happening.