Update #1
I have just completed 150km this morning on the new Avon Chrome rubber.
Included in the run this morning was a ride up and then down Mt Tamborine with a mix of low and medium speed corners, I can say that the new Avons behaved very well, indeed it felt more like a sports bike than the big heavy Roadster that it is, confidence in the grip is building now that they are scrubbed in pretty well. I did manage to scrape the pegs a couple of times out of the slow stuff with the throttle opening up fairly rapidly to abuse the tyres a little, but the Avons behaved and the Roadster held its line without any slip or slide.
Turn in is very easy both in the low speed and medium speed corners, changing direction is the best I have experienced on the R3 in low/mid speed corners given that I have tried a number of different tyre combinations such as Metz/Excedra Max and Avon AV71/72 combo's. Traction as indicated above was tested a few times whilst heeled over and under heavy braking into hairpin turns both uphill climbing and downhill braking to push the tyres to bed in and see if I can force any slippage, thankfully none of that occurred.
After being somewhat cautions to begin with this morning by the end of the ride I was touching down the foot pegs on a few occasions as confidence grew in the new found grip offered by the Chrome's - I just need another few more longer rides to provide more feedback from my own experience.
I would have to say that my first real ride on the Chrome's was a great experience "for me" - no issues or concerns - I do need more km's to provide more feedback and we do need a wet track at some time to confirm wet weather handling.
Give me a few weeks of running and I will provide more feedback.
Cheers All
PS: I will over the week-end post a few pics of the rubber installed on the R3.
Thanks guys for taking the time to read this - hope you all have a great week-end.