TYRES - which suit the Gen 1 Thou for hitting the back roads.......

[PieEater]

It is evident these beasts have some weight so faster steering would not go astray.

Dropping the forks through the yokes is a quick and easy way to speed up the steering, as is fitting shorter dogbones (jack-up kit - ~£15 from ebay), I have done both and also used up the height adjustment on my Nitron shock to raise the rear even more. To me the bike now handles just as well as my old (untweaked) 929 fireblade.

[unfazed]

 

It is evident these beasts have some weight so faster steering would not go astray.

Dropping the forks through the yokes is a quick and easy way to speed up the steering, as is fitting shorter dogbones (jack-up kit - ~£15 from ebay), I have done both and also used up the height adjustment on my Nitron shock to raise the rear even more. To me the bike now handles just as well as my old (untweaked) 929 fireblade.

This is true, but it does not solve the worn tyre issue 

[PieEater]

It is evident these beasts have some weight so faster steering would not go astray.

Dropping the forks through the yokes is a quick and easy way to speed up the steering, as is fitting shorter dogbones (jack-up kit - ~£15 from ebay), I have done both and also used up the height adjustment on my Nitron shock to raise the rear even more. To me the bike now handles just as well as my old (untweaked) 929 fireblade.

This is true, but it does not solve the worn tyre issue 

[bigfootpete]

I am a big fan or the Metzeler Sportec M5 on the Gen 1.  There are great wet or dry and speed up the steering of the Gen 1. I find that they give great confidence in the front. At present I have PR3 which I also find quite good, but the M5s are that little bit better and will be going back to them at the next tyre change.

But how were the M5's for wear?

[unfazed]

I rarely get more than 4000 miles out of any of my tyres including the M5.
The most I got from a PR3 was 5500, but that was because 2 weeks in France wore the left hand side more than the right thus eventually wearing both sides fairly evenly.
The main wear differenct between the PR3 and M5 is that the PR3 wears out the sides first and the M5 wears out the centre first.