Probably aye, like the electric retarders coaches & buses used to have. Although they were normally fitted on the prop.

Good to hear the old girl is alive & well.

Every Bridgestone I've tried has made the steering really heavy & not lasted that well. Along with crap grip in the wet from the older versions.

But then I've only tried the touring ones, not the sporty ones.

Insert my usual comment about really not liking Bridgestones here.

5,600 mile or so Ben. If you wear out tyres that quick you bought the wrong ones to tour on. It's not a hardley moves, hooli. Ben No Ben, it's a lowish powered touring style of bike. I get around 8k miles out of tyres on my GSX14 & that isn't ridden slow and has a lot more torque on a similar s...

Not sure I've washed mine in about two years. It's starting to grow moss so I really need to do it.

Never mind all that emergency floatation bollocks, check out the turning circle! https://twitter.com/JRRBatchelor/status/1767974249354981558?t=AlwVFkC87HIUcWUfHwTEag&s=19 Giving a tyre life of 30 odd miles? You can get tyres changed quicker than it'll recharge after 30 miles. Besides being from...

5,600 mile or so Ben. If you wear out tyres that quick you bought the wrong ones to tour on.

1.8mph? That'll makes all the difference in a fast flowing flood
It wouldn't even counteract the effect of a breeze in calm water

I was tempted to post them to the council offices with a lack of stamps, let the fuckers pay to get them & dispose of them.