Remember, I tried to do that 'fiery demise' thing by pushing that CT to its limits at the racetrack and road as well. It should have overheated, delaminated, sidewall punctured there at 125 mph+ and rubber melting cornering loads for 130 miles, but it didn't. Instead, it was further proof that the CT is just fine under my Wing and a testament to how the Wing is a versatile machine indeed. Nobody elses, just mine.
Long and short of it, we have people putting two stroke oil in their gas, trying every lubricant known to man, $4k suspensions, nitrogen in tires, dynabeads, fork braces, and on and on. As for me, the two most inexpensive and easy mods made the most difference to my Wing in terms of suspension and ride improvement on my 2008 were the CT (no extra cost) and disabling the anti-dive ($20 washer). Keep the good info coming on the internet, good and bad, so we can all make our own educated decisions.
My testbed alone has convinced three Wings, two HD's, and one ST1300 whom I ride with to have a CT as their next tire in one month alone. I never solicited them to do so. They just observed and made up their own minds.
