New Tires Being Installed on the RS

[Ray]

Stewart, the service manager at Morton's BMW (Fredericksburg, VA) talked (a lot) about taking the R1250RS with Roadsmart IVs to VIR where he helps instruct an annual training/track day. Said they were amazing. I don't know; Morton's put on Dunlop Q3s on my old K1300S and it was a religious experience. I'm not a wear-em-down-to-the-cords rider, just the opposite, so my mission is to wear out whatever the heck BMW put on my bike until I can justify the Q3s. Still, Stewart insists the Roadsmarts IV are just as good...

Understand the experience. Although a practice that required money and planning for tire changes in the middle of trips of more than 3500 miles, I used to run Pirelli or Metzler sport tires on my old '85 and '88 K100.

I find now that either I have become slower, or the tire technology is such that I don't regularly hit the limits on touring tires while on the road. I want to think that the tire technology has evolved that far.

Still - would be fun to compare the Q3s with the RS IVs....

All that said - I assume you're referring to Stuart Beatson, who was leading the AMA battle of the twins series about the time that I bought my first new bike (mid '80s) and used to teach in Reg Pridmore's school. (You might check with him - it was rumored that he used to ride from Virginia to the west coast races on his race bike.) If Stuart Beatson said the IV is as good as the Q3 on an R1250, I might save my money.