I have a favour to ask of anyone going to the NEC.
You will have the immense privilege of seeing my new bike - which I myself have yet to clap eyes on despite having forked out money for it.
So anyone going, could you please pop past the BMW stand and get lots of photos of the HP4 I assume they'll have on the stand, and then putting them on here so that I can actually see it.
If you're feeling really generous you could also ask the techie guys to confirm what the OEM tyres are going to be (I understand that they are HP4 specific Diablo Supercorsa's), and what their thoughts are of temporarily putting Michelin Pilot Road 3's on, which would mean reducing the rear 200 section tyre to a 195 (same rim size, and the base S1000rr has a 195 rear, so I assume it would be ok). Supercorsa's would never get up to temp in the cold and wet and would grip like a wet fish, but PR3's are astounding wet weather tyres.
Thanky-kindly