Just returned from a 1,300 mile road trip and jacked the SG up to clean and found my rear tire looking like this. It's a Metzeler 880 17" 200 rear and got about 11,000 miles on it. First of all, praying and luck was with me on this ride because that tire wasn't in that condition when I started this ride. 100* temps and those grooved highways didn't help. Now, the question is....should I stick with Metz or go another brand?

 

Geesh!! You are a lucky fella. I'd ditch the Metzlers and go with MC2s. Great tire.

 

ditto dat

 

Scary pic....good you didn't have a blow out!

 

wow!!! someone was looking out for you, that you made it home

 

You had an Angel along on that ride

My boy took off on 1100 mi rode trip last year on a set of Metzeler 880.
We replaced a voltage reg and looked the bike over before the trip.
I told the back tire ain't terrible but figure on getting one soon.

He rolled back in from thee trip and went inside to get a drink and cool off a little. When he went back out to unload the bags and put the bike up.

His rear tire was flat and looked just about like yours.
A local Indy says he quite selling them for now , he has a stack of them out back that have thrown chunks and cord showing like yours or my boys. a

Never ran Metz's but haven't had any trouble out of MCII on both my bikes.
The boy went with some E3s and likes them

WP

 

You're lucky. Did you check your tire before your trip & did you check it during your trip?

 

Find it seriously hard to believe that your tire didn't show obvious signs of wear. I've never had a rear make it past 8000 before noticing it getting squirrely in the corners. Did you even measure your tread?

 

that gives me the shakes and its not my tire. you're lucky,this time, got to be more carefull.
kroozeabout.

 

A dealer I trust told me that 10k on the rear and 20k on the front is about all you can safely expect. If I were to go on a long trip and had 9-10k on the rear I'd have replaced it before leaving. At the very least I'd put a real tire guage on it, not just a visual.