Man, those guys would be as spooky as f.ck on the rain grooved concrete expressway that was built near me recently. Anything with radial grooves is horrible. The bike weaves from side to side, and doesn't seem to be any correlation between the front and rear wheel. They just do their own things. Not a problem for me though because I don't use it very often. Just saying. My old Pantah has Lasertecs on. They're very heavy on the radial grooves. I won't take it on that road.
But the ones you're getting, they look like they'd be pretty comfortable on your bumpy roads. Let the pressure down a bit and let that tall sidewall soak up the bumps.
I had an email this morning to say my Michelin isn't in stock either (Motorcycle Tyre Warehouse, up your way. excellent service), then a few minutes later the local tyre guy called back to say he'd tracked down a AM26 if I want it! Happy days .
Motorcycle tyre warehouse is fantastic. Always pretty quick with their service.
Luckily there isn't a rain grooved expressway until you hit closer to around the Coffs region in NSW.
All the roads in Queensland, especially the highways/motorways are that smooth Bitumen or Concrete. B roads and Country roads is that course aggregate. Closest tram line is in the Gold Coast and its mostly got its own corridor.
My Bullet has Mitas H01 and H02. The H01 is radial grooved and sticks like sh*t to a blanket. It corners better than the bike will allow and I can get pegs dragging and throwing sparks.
Although I found tyres and oil on forums/FB groups are a touchy subject like footy teams. Depends where you live and ride mostly. I have windy roads in the hinterland of the Sunshine coast, but that's a 3hr hike just to get to them. Which I'm hoping to get down this weekend but its pissing monsoonal rain atm.