Proud of myself for making a decent thread! LOL jp. Anyways I had the shinko 005 advanced on my Buell and I bounced the foot pegs off the ground many times, scraped and leaned into the every once and a while. While of course everyone likes to believe they are an AMA superstar, I really use my bike for communting, fun riding, and short quick jaunts. I could ride harder but why when I ride on the street 90% of the time, I'd rather live to ride another day then take a chance of putting it down. I hit the occasional twistie, I handle them pretty well (looking forward to going to putnam). Plus I believe alot of times you just pay extra for a name. However paying another 200 or 300 whatever to have a settled mind is worth it to me. Might as well slap some Pirelli's on it and call it a day I guess then, Correct? I'm sure Hoblick will steer me in the right direction, awesome dude!