Nice write up but there is some incorrect info in the article. Now although I'm not an ego maniac, it's nice to get credit where credit is due. I'd like to point out that the Pilot Roads that you got to try out and the other free set given out were because I contacted Motorace about them. Let me explain. I worked for Motorace a few years back as the NJ/PA rep for them, this was when Motorace was the east coast distributor for Dainese. When I got my ST back in May or so I asked the group about Pilot Roads since I'd had them on my last bike and really liked them. My ST, like many others came with BT 020's and I've never been a fan of B'stones. Well I was told that Michelin has them in a warehouse about 60 fronts but no one can get them. Seemed that Michelin did make the size for the ST but never promoted them in the US so they never sold any Duh... so Michelin USA decided to discontinue their sale in the US and the last of the stock was just sitting. As several others on the list found out they were pretty much unavailable. Well since I was new here I thought gee maybe I can help out. So I called my friend Real (Yes that's really his name) at Motorace (He's the General Manager, Dave's boss) and explained to him about these front Pilot Roads and how maybe as a distributor he could call Michelin and buy them all. If Motorace (Real)could, then we would offer a special price to the group here. So to make a long story less long ,that's what happened Motorace was able to buy all the stock from Michelin, and a good price was set up for you guys. Seems that after the fact, Dave was able to convince Real to give a couple of sets away as a way of getting the word out about how good they are ( I knew that all along) and since they sold those first 60 in a jiffy(acutally it was 57) Sto and Real decided to see if they could get Michelin to bring in more, which they now have. So there you have the story of how you folks get to have the formally un-obtanium, Europe only Pilot Roads here in the US of A
