Tyres
Metzeller MZ4s F&R
Dunlop 207 F&R
Bridgestone F=BT010 & R=BT020

All work on the bike done by Wellington Motorcycles, Great service, Very helpful.

When I first got the bike I had the Two Brothers can put on. The stock was to quite and I liked the sound of the demo I rode with the Two Brothers. It didn't need re-jetting so I left the jets a standard.

Next I added a cycle computer, It is one that you use on a push bike but is calibrated to 300km. I mounted the magnet inside the brake rotor and the pick up was zip tied to the front fork. I mounted the computer itself on the support member just below the instruments. It gives me Max, average, distance, time, clock.

I mainly got it for a very accurate speedo and Max. I have had them on other bikes and  found them to be very handy.

Current max 198.6
Distance 10674km average speed for that total 81.2km (Bike has done 13590km)

Now about 2 months ago I changed the MZ4. The front still had a heap of tread left but I didn't like how it felt when pushing hard, The feeling of the front sliding was not confidence building & the rear was a goner. They had lasted well 9000km. So after that I wasn't to sure what to replace them with. I finally settled on the Dunlop 207. $500NZ later. Even after the first ride I liked these tyres,

The front end felt more planted, hitting the same corners that with the MZ4 would feel as if the front was going to slide out, the Dunlops felt great. Very communicative. I got a lot more feed back and you could tell what the front end was doing, which I never got from the MZ4's. The front felt planted and my corner speeds increased, I chickened out well before getting anywhere near the limit of  the Dunlops on the road. So I was most happy.. :)

So any excuse to ride the bike was found. I soon found myself not worrying about what the front was doing as I was with the MZ4 and just concentrating on my riding. So corners that I would normally take at 80-90, now 120-125. @ 10000km I went and dropped the bike off for its next major service, I also got the front fork springs replaced. A local chat had got some made up for his SV, Hes a bike mechanic and has tweaked a lot of bikes. He was selling his SV and had put the original springs back in. I was suspect as why he was selling the SV, He had bought a 2000 GSXR750. What an awesome bike. So I was at the right place at the right time. I had been planning on replacing the front springs for a while as with my weight I found the front end to soft. The springs were a straight swap, no spacers or any fiddling needed. So they were swapped at the service. While it was in for its service It also had the speed limiter removed and it was re-jetted as well.

The 2000 model that land here in NZ had a limiter on it. So at 183.4km/ph there was a soft retardation to limit the speed. So when I got the bike back it was a different bike. The front end felt even more planted and confidence inspiring. Now any doubts that I had in the front end were now gone. the small flat spot between 3-4000rpm had got and it had more get up and go lower down. No real gain at the top end. But the bike felt great. With the front sorted I was able to just concentrate on my riding That's exactly what I did.

Now there was one slight expensive draw back with this. Now I was pushing hard and riding faster the 207s started to wear very quickly. Now these weren't the 207GP's  just your standard 207s, But @ 2500km not ml, the tyres were gone, @ 3000 I had to get rid of them. That was just road riding, No track days. They had only lasted about 6 weeks. I loved the tyre. But I could not afford to keep putting them on if they were only going to last 2500km, not with the Km i cover. So now it was the time look at tyres again. I decided that the front end would have a sticky and the back a harder compound. I decided to try the Bridgestone BT010 on the front after hearing & reading good things about them. On the back I put a Bridgestone BT020. I did this as I have never really had the rear break away when I had the MZ4 on. So I reasoned the way I ride a hard rear and a soft front would be the best combination.