Bridgestone’s new Battlax BT-016 Hypersport tyre follows on from the enormously successful BT-014 tyres and sits below the racier BT-002 Racing Streets and above the sports-touring BT-021s. If you’re a tech-head, you’ll love the BT-016s. During

of a pasting for the BT-016, it was the tyre the 2011 ZX-10R came on, a bike I've run for a year and I replaced them at the first opportunity. After riding the bike at Losail, Qatar on its world launch on Bridgestone's BT-003 RS tyres, the BT-016 didn

has a larger contact patch than the BT-016 Pro and Bridgestone claims it features fast warm-up characteristics without sacrificing mileage performance.We can't tell you about the mileage yet, but if you want to check out the tyre's grip, who better

of standing water I've just ridden through would've caught me out.On the bike's launch, the 10Rs were supplied with Bridgestone BT-003RS tyres which were pretty good, but I didn't get on with the BT-016 that came as standard on my UK model. So I took the 10R

shagged the rear and half shagged the front) I changed them for Bridgestone’s latest multi compound BT016’s. Now I’m no racer but you can really feel a massive difference. They stick to the road giving massive confidence and take next to no time to warm up

at the Öhlins steering damper each time the front lifts. It’s been raining these past few days.Riding on Bridgestone’s new 3&5 compound BT-016s the big Kwak has been brilliant. It hooks up and it is just so confidence inspiring that the ride to work has become a

ran on Bridgestone BT-003 tyres which offer far more confidence on track than the BT-016 the UK bike is supplied with but sticky tyres wouldn't hide a shabby front end and dodgy chassis.So after the initial furore at the Qatar launch, I had to have a

in July. My first play on it was the Silverstone better riding feature with John Cantlie which almost turned the original equipment rear Bridgestone BT-016 into a slick so I’ll have tested some new rubber by the next update.I also remember leaving

of corners and at a couple of places on the mile-long back straight where at 170mph, you're moving around off the undulations in the tarmac, albeit only slightly. The S-KTRC is really confidence inspiring.I ditched the Bridgestone BT-016 tyres that come

eyesight test. It’s bloody expensive this racing lark, even before you crash the bike!Finally, in order to calm my nerves a bit, I booked in at a trackday at Donington to see how the bike felt on track. Armed with a new set of Bridgestone BT-016 tyres