Tyres

[baz tarred]

had a new battlewing rear fitted, the bloke at the shop rang bridgestone and was assured it was OK to pair with the trailwing front, done a thousand miles  on it now but it still feels skittish, any tyre guru,s out there, is it OK to mix or should it be a pair

[screech]

There is section for this, try looking there

[MR TiGGer]

NEVER EVER mix manufacturers with bike tyres, but the Battlewing sharws the same profile and 'should' work in harmony with the Trailwing.
Battlewing was the upgrade version of the Trialwing because Bridgestone had 4 versions of the Trialwing designed for the Strom, GS, Capanord & Varadero, so Bridgestone designed a new tyre that would suit all four with the advantage of ongoing R&D And it's a much better tyre I reckon.

However for you ... I did the same thing and had a new B/wing on the rear with a T/wing on the front and all was well but when I finally switched to b/wing up front things did improve. I'd personally suggest you make sure you're accuratly checking the pressures when stone cold at home.