I would prefer to run under 75, but in the section of I-95 near me I'd get run over. Three lanes of craziness in each direction. I'm not a fan of the big slab rides anyway.Looks great.
I agree on neck strain above 75mph with the naked configuration. I keep it under 75 anyway most of the time to keep from getting tickets.
What are those? Kinda remind of Scorpions.There's nothing like the smell of new rubber on your bikeView attachment 71608
Metz Tourance Next.What are those? Kinda remind of Scorpions.
OK. . . . y'all know I've been a huge fan of the blue rims. But. . . . I'm also diggin' the gold. I'm guessing you painted them v. buying them since you have other gold bits. Did you unlace the rims before painting? Or are the spokes gold, and I just can't tell.
Tell us about them when you get some mi/kms on them.Metz Tourance Next.
GPRogers will I’m sure update us in a week or two.Tell us about them when you get some mi/kms on them.
Drilled in new holes to be able to lower the windscreen even more. I like the looks of it tucked in to the headlights. Still more noise than naked.Test rides completed with a few different settings, including naked.
Definitely better, but I may try different combinations on the positioning with the Madstad bracket.
Naked was great up to about 65-70 mph. Neck strain stared above that.
I’m 6’4” and riding with a Schuberth C3 helmet on this test.
Also bought some synthetic 75-90 gear oil for the final drive.
Great write up, I had the Next on my 650 Strom and like themGPRogers will I’m sure update us in a week or two.
Personally, I’ve ridden on these for about 15-18k miles. To ride on, I can’t fault them, they’re grippy, steer nicely and quicker than the base Tourance tyres. They just get on with their job, which they do very well. I don’t go off road, but I doubt very much that they’d be any good other than perhaps packed gravel type stuff. Wear rate - I reckon about 6k max for my riding style. The bulk of my mileage is usually on tour, where we are pushing on, often in the hills and mountains. Riding more sedately, I’d guess 8k a pair is doable.
I have tried Tourance Next front and base Tourance rear at the same time, which really I found to be a great, and probably my favourite set up so far*. I’ve never had any issues whatsoever on the base Tourance tyres and I’ve used them a lot in the last 15-17 years. I guess I just like the added confidence of the extra grip that the Next have, when I know I’m in for a week of mountain passes.
There was a tyre thread on here a while back, and I’m pretty sure that it was Eric that wrote something along the lines of, most modern tyres will out perform the rider. I agree with this, and the base Tourance are very very very likely to sufffice all of the time, however, that head confidence thing is also important, and part of the whole riding thing.
*Tourance EXP were in my opinion the best tyres on this bike, sadly they don’t make them anymore. For now though, Tourance Next work well for me, I’ll stick with them.
Getting to the end of the riding season here will not get a lot of km onTell us about them when you get some mi/kms on them.
I'm on my third set of Tourance Next and like them a lot. Just stay away from wet gravel, mud and sand (like any 90/10 style)GPRogers will I’m sure update us in a week or two.
Personally, I’ve ridden on these for about 15-18k miles. To ride on, I can’t fault them, they’re grippy, steer nicely and quicker than the base Tourance tyres. They just get on with their job, which they do very well. I don’t go off road, but I doubt very much that they’d be any good other than perhaps packed gravel type stuff. Wear rate - I reckon about 6k max for my riding style. The bulk of my mileage is usually on tour, where we are pushing on, often in the hills and mountains. Riding more sedately, I’d guess 8k a pair is doable.
I have tried Tourance Next front and base Tourance rear at the same time, which really I found to be a great, and probably my favourite set up so far*. I’ve never had any issues whatsoever on the base Tourance tyres and I’ve used them a lot in the last 15-17 years. I guess I just like the added confidence of the extra grip that the Next have, when I know I’m in for a week of mountain passes.
There was a tyre thread on here a while back, and I’m pretty sure that it was Eric that wrote something along the lines of, most modern tyres will out perform the rider. I agree with this, and the base Tourance are very very very likely to sufffice all of the time, however, that head confidence thing is also important, and part of the whole riding thing.
*Tourance EXP were in my opinion the best tyres on this bike, sadly they don’t make them anymore. For now though, Tourance Next work well for me, I’ll stick with them.
I wonder if you might be restricting ventilation to the display unit. Given the bugs that regularly flow through there I suspect they designed the air flow for some reason. I run the tall OEM shield and find it amazing the number of bug splatters on the inside.Drilled in new holes to be able to lower the windscreen even more. I like the looks of it tucked in to the headlights.