I just talked to Bridgestone. It's a voluntary recall. Their technical folks have only seen a small percentage of tires with the problem, but they (and Triumph) feel it would be better to get them off the bikes (better safe than sorry). They will be replaced with a different tire (tyre for some of you) that has been tested by Triumph. The gentleman I talked to seemed surprised that my bike has 4900 miles and I still have tread (a LOT). The dealer checked my tread this morning. I asked them to check since I'm going on the Maggie Valley trip. He said it has plenty of tread life left. Anyway, the gentleman I spoke with said a 180 is really too small (in his opinion) for a bike that large and with that powerful of an engine.
I'd have to disagree as far as size. Harleys, Goldwings, etc... have run that size (or smaller) for many years without issue. He may be onto something in terms of the torque, however. No other bike puts out that kind of torque, which leads me to wonder how folks ride their R3Ts. I'm sure Triumph didn't envision the same "need for speed" types that buy the Standard buying the R3T. I think that's probably one reason I've not had any issues. I don't ride hard and I certainly don't make use of the available power, other than passing sometimes, but then I'm already traveling at 65 or so before getting on the throttle. I suspect some of the issues are from the jack rabbit starts that I'm sure some folks do simply because they can't resist the urge.
Anyhow, that's what I found out.