Hopefully you got the tire and wheel coverage when you got the bike. I picked up a nail at 200 miles in my rear tire, fortunately my wife convinced me to get the extra coverage.

 

They do look like box cutter slashes.


I had ordered a set from Motorcycle superstore. When I removed the cardboard and hairnet you could see where it looked like someone cut the plastic straps from the packaging and cut the sidewalls.. Luckily I spotted them before mounting.

 

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I too had a bad exp with a brand new dunlop installed & balanced on the front of my bike and it was very skitish,did seem like an out of balance issue,was like it was ice at times only happening when conering .

check aln front to back and i was fine,had tire reballanced and it was fine,rode for approx 500miles to ensure it was well broken in and it got worse ,was very scarry at time where bike would drift like on ice in corners only which it didnt do at all with the old worn out tire ,bike handled and traked fine.

So i checked everythig else like head bearing and wheel bearings etc and all was ok so i said it had to be the new tire even thoug it look fine so i hae then install a bridgestone tire they had on hand and guess what,problem fixed and bike was back toi handling & tracking just fine.

Butt what was bad for me was regional dunlop rep would not take the tire back and refund me after he inspected the tire because he said it looked fine and the shop that sold it to me would not refund me the money and go to bad with the dunlop rep either so i got screwed.

I told shop you would rather not refund me the cost for 1 tire and loose all the future tire and other srvc i may bring you let along the bad press i could put out on the street about my exp with your shop and the defective new tire you sold me and he said yup.

Now thats a down right ignorant buisness man that doesn't have any idea about what real cust srvc is about and if owned that shop i would have refunded the money to the cust and fought it out with the dunlop rep letting him know he was going to loose selling hundreds of tires to me yrly over the return of 1 defective tire and if the guy had any brains he would have accepted the def tire so he would not loose selling that shop hundreds of tires yrly ,but i guess ya never know how that would have really gone down.

Scott

 

I'm not totally dumping on dunlops, I've had a few that I got 15,000 miles out of them before picking up a screw/nail (seems easier to get punctureswhen worn). Just lately I've been having bad luck with them. This is the first set of American Elites. I'll get this replacement on and will give it another chance, but will move on to Michelin or Metzler. I'll be looking for the date of manufacturing code as soon as the tire shows up.

 

I hope the OP gets it resolved.

That being said, I love my T&WW. It's amazing how much crap tires will pick up as they thin out.

 

Seems like the OP checked out.

Doesn't really matter if it is a defect, cut or road damage if you have the T&WW. Just get it fixed and move on.

 

I do have the T&WW but it will be interesting to see what the dealer says. My appointment to have it replaced is tomorrow (Friday, Mar 20). I'll post again after I getback.

 

Be sure and tell your dealer that you have the T&WW before they start work. They may have to call it in and get approval to replace.

 

Thx, I will. What is that smaller pipe between your exhaust and rear fender?? I seen it in a pic in your photo album, the one with your TX tag. Jealous too BTW, I'd love to move to TX someday.

 

Dealer replaced the front tire using my T&WW, cost $50. They said it probably happened hitting a pot hole or something and that they've seen worse. I did hit a pot hole a couple weeks ago but I didn't think it was that bad.