Just fitted the rear Distanzia on to match my front one. Scrubbed it in over the weekend and all I can say now is the thing handles even better than it did before. I can now really push the bike in the corners and it is filling me with confidence. The Michelins are now a distant bad dream

Brilliant. Just hope I get decent mileage from them.

another born again convert? :notworthy[1]:

100%. I cant see me ever changing from this whilst I have an XTX.

Can I ask which Michelins ? The Pilot Power ones ?

Pilot Sport. Nice looking tyre but IMHO not suited to an XTX. Now I can really push, it is more stable under hard acceleration, the Pilot Sport weaved all over the place (fitted to rear go figure!) Much more controllable with a full set of Distanzias.

Just had a pair of distanzias fitted from FWR in kennington, london for 169 ride in and out.

Must admit the bike felt weird when i set off, so went back and checked the pressures. They had put them at the recommended 33 36 front and back. it was like riding thru mud. dropped them to 28 30 and its much better.

Still think its slowed the steering down a bit, but i've only done about 15 miles on them, so i'm hoping i'll get used to it and adjust my riding style accordingly.
has anyone else noticed this??
they do feel very solid and grippy, and i'm only 10mm off the edge of the tyre, so must be ok. I guess the blocky construction is very different to the pirellis, which were sh1te in the wet, and i ride year round, so high hopes for these tyres.

Just Pm'd The Captn, and he said 30 32, so i'll check em tomorrow morning and let you know if its just me being sensitive to change :icon_lol:

I run my tyres at that pressure. You will find when you've scrubbed your tyres in that you'll be scraping your boots on the road before long. I've done 5000 miles on Distanzias and not had a slip yet. I had one bad one when using the original Pirelli tyres which was enough to make me change.

I was really suprised when riding in the wet with Distanzias. They are like chewing gum and still heat up really quick.

Cheers Mic, good to hear.

OK i'll hold my hands up and admit i was way wrong. These tyres are AWESOME! set the pressures to the captn's recommendation, and what a change.

The front feels so planted, its almost unnatural. I'm still scrubbing them in and had one rear slip when i went a bit too hard into one of the few bends i get on my commute home ( gotta move to the countryside ) but it was so controlled and easily corrected, that it was quite simply enjoyable.:YellowCrazy_J8GDC6:

Now i just need a way to get rid of all these cars messing up my riding enjoyment. Any ideas??:067: