Finally Here

[Mikef]

After a 19 week wait my Yellow 1200 has finally arrived (pick up thursday) Yeeeehaaaa !!

Went to have a look today and notice it has come equipped with Trailwings !!

I have seen from the excellent tyre FAQ and using search that these arnt everyones favourite.

What specifically is the problem with them ? and should I be concerned or is the difference only slight ?

I reckon a change to Tourances is on the cards once these wear out

Cheers Mike

 

[aspad]

congrats

Good colour choice Mike. I know how it feels to wait.......6 mths in my case. I've had mine for about about a month now and have put 2K on it. It has been faultless so far apart from a smelly clutch - do they all have this as a feature???
Mine came with Trailwings too and like you I was a little disappointed. I don't have a point of comparison but so far they have been ok and the bike as a package handles really well - maybe with other tyres it would handle even better....I too will probably change after they wear out...
Have fun

 

[stephenm]

I've got 8,500km up on Trailwings, wet, dry, tarmac and dirt, A,B,C and D roads, solo and two up, fast and slow. They have been excellent. I have nothing to compare them with, but I am very happy with their performance and wear rate.

 

[Shep]

9000mls

Mine was also equipped with trailwings on collection, I had no complaints except maybe for a reluctance to warm up properly, they also cool down very fast as well, once I was used to that I just rode a little harder to keep them warm and all was OK.

However, at 7000mls the rear was NFG so was changed fo another Trailwing, this upset the bike causing twitching, whitelining & just a general feeling of being unstable.
I decided to stick with the tyre for a while (to tight to change a brand new tyre) after 1200mls the bike settled down noticably over a week or two and now is back to its old self?

Still when the fronts shot (soon) I think I'll fit Tourances or 020's

Does any body know of a good way of running in new tyres in the winter? General advice is take it easy for 100 dry miles, but I can't remember the last time I did 10 dry miles!

Ah well soon be Christmas!

Have a good one

Shep