I just purchased a set of Pirelli Rosso 2 tires for the first time from Amazon. The rear tire is 2016 batch but the front is Oct 2015.?

I just purchased a set of Pirelli Rosso 2 tires for the first time from Amazon. The rear tire is 2016 batch but the front is Oct 2015. I am concerned about the front tire as i seems to be rather heavy and more worryingly very stiff (even the sidewalls), while the rear tire carcass/rubber is a much more compliant. Has anyone used these tires? Does what i describe sound okay or should i take a hit and order a new front tire?

I just purchased a set of Pirelli Rosso 2 tires for the first time from Amazon. The rear tire is 2016 batch but the front is Oct 2015. I am concerned about the front tire as i seems to be rather heavy and more worryingly very stiff (even the sidewalls), while the rear tire carcass/rubber is a much more compliant. Has anyone used these tires? Does what i describe sound okay or should i take a hit and order a new front tire?

Hello guys,
I've found some green liquid deposit in the fuel tank gap between the fuel cap and the hole of the tank. It smells like fuel but it gets deposited on a cold day and won't be there on a hotter days.

Hello guys,
I've found some green liquid deposit in the fuel tank gap between the fuel cap and the hole of the tank. It smells like fuel but it gets deposited on a cold day and won't be there on a hotter days.

Congrats on the big bike Versys, sad to see that the only RC I've ever seen and probably the only one I'll ever see even in future to have top box installed is going away and leaving the family!
But then when wifey mandates you've to let got of everything, atleast when wifey has agreed and let you upgrade to a big bike!!!

Also, would love to see some life added back to the long dead Versys ownership thread with your initial review and thoughts.


Safe rides

I have had to put up my almost new RC390 for sale.
I picked up a Versys in June for touring and now the wife is mandating me to sell the RC.

that sort of oil consumption isn't normal unless maybe you rip the heck out of the bike..

that sort of oil consumption isn't normal unless maybe you rip the heck out of the bike.

Was riding at 120kmph, guess it's quite not much for a 390 and I always check for the oil level at the engine casing on a paddock stand as I don't rely on sensor to warn me.

As said before I've done 1200km within 16 hours on my Yamaha fzs and I never had a problem, This is first time I'm having this issue with my 390.

I gotta check the air box though, I've been using 300v with oil change interval of 3500 kms from past 8k kms and never had any issue with the oil leak. I'm yet to find this ! I let my mechanic guy to go thoroughly into it and will update the same here

1. MOTUL 300 v2 10w 50
2.Iridium spark plug
3. 97 octane fuel

*Reached back home safe yesterday without a hassle*
Today I took the bike for washing and chain lube, after taking the delivery I was off to home while on the way I had strange feedback from the bike as it started stalling at low rpms immediately I took a U turn and went back to the service center and noticed the oil drain(no low oil warning popped up) [emoji15] since they don't store 300v2 he told me to take the bike next day as it was closing time too, as I never leave the bike at svc I had to head back home and get it for them to top up(I had spare 500ml from the last service).
Now the bike is behaving normal.
Note : no smoke was coming out of the exhaust.
My query :
1. 300v2 was meant for racing as it withstand the max heat and delivers the smooth performance but why the oil eat up at just 1500 km [emoji15] and that too about 500ml, only 1000ml was left on the engine.
2. Should I return to stock by switching to 7100 Oil and bosch stock spark plug ?
3.Does 97ron got anything to do with this case(mostly I don't think so)
PS : I'll be doing this changes in a couple of days so need your input on this.
What might cause this [emoji25]
Attaching few pics from the ride because the post might be bit lengthy and boring to read

that sort of oil consumption isn't normal unless maybe you rip the heck out of the bike.
some of us have in fact squeezed our much smaller ktm 200's with almost negligent loss of oil on the either on the 7100's. our rip master [MENTION=70615]Ajay Vishwanath[/MENTION] is testimony to it. i've myself done several morning to evening 700km rides with 200+ km non stop at pretty high rpms (compared to what a 390 will do at same speed) and had no loss of oil. maybe people dont check oil the same way every time (you know sometimes immediately after shutting off engine, sometimes on side stand, sometimes on paddock)
300v is just a waste of money imo with a risk of it developing a leak somewhere. 7100 either variant is the way to go imo.



stick to the 7100 and it easily lasts 3500km if that's how early you want to change the oil. otherwise easily up to 5000km under normal use.
you might want to open the air box and check the breather pipe for any oily deposits. 500ml oil consumption isn't normal.
change the oil to 7100 and keep an eye to see if the consumption continues.