When I bought my 2010 NT700VA a couple of months ago with 600 miles on it, knew it needed new tires, pained me to replace crack free 10-year-old tires, but I knew DOT recommendations and experience says 5 years is about it, and they get slippery and hard ridding. Talked to the dealer and tires were extremely difficult to get with the pandemic going on, distributors were out of my favorite Metzler, Bridgestones, my dealer came up with Dunlop Roadsmart III, very impressive tire, soft supple ride, good wet/dry traction, totally ignores perforated metal bridge grids and rain groves that make most tire go nuts, ignores road cracks and separations, so far, I can't find fault with it, other than I got a nail in the rear withing 300 miles and had to replace it, they don't repair MC tires in California. I think I paid $300 for the pair, and now the dealer will not give me a bulk tire discount for flatting one and replacing it in 2 weeks, lol. I highly recommend looking into this tire.