2018 Sport Glides
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From: SF Bay Area
Ok so I need new tires... I looked today and the wear bars are flush on the center of the rear tire (my front looks ok but I will replace it all the same). I wanted to do the H50 but different vendors are back stocked on the front or the back, so I ended up doing the Metzler ME888 from DennisKirk. I did not mind the Scorcher 31's but as someone else said they love to catch a line and stick to it. This can be a little nerve racking when you are lane splitting traffic at 60MPH+ so it is time to try something else.
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From: SW Ohio
Ok so I need new tires... I looked today and the wear bars are flush on the center of the rear tire (my front looks ok but I will replace it all the same). I wanted to do the H50 but different vendors are back stocked on the front or the back, so I ended up doing the Metzler ME888 from DennisKirk. I did not mind the Scorcher 31's but as someone else said they love to catch a line and stick to it. This can be a little nerve racking when you are lane splitting traffic at 60MPH+ so it is time to try something else.
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From: SF Bay Area
Will do, the reviews around the board seem very favorable. I will have them next week and then I have to schedule a time to get them mounted. Maybe late next week.
Road Warrior
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I had seriously considered the ME888s, but many posts I read mentioned that they are a very hard rubber, which made me question their wet weather performance. Hopefully you will have good experiences with yours. They are definitely supposed to last a lot of miles.
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From: SF Bay Area
Yea...that's not going to work for me. If you can get them installed right away, then ride through a couple of rain storms, I'd really appreciate it.
I had seriously considered the ME888s, but many posts I read mentioned that they are a very hard rubber, which made me question their wet weather performance. Hopefully you will have good experiences with yours. They are definitely supposed to last a lot of miles.
I had seriously considered the ME888s, but many posts I read mentioned that they are a very hard rubber, which made me question their wet weather performance. Hopefully you will have good experiences with yours. They are definitely supposed to last a lot of miles.
As for wet weather that is the great thing about California I can ride just about year round, now fire season can be a pain.
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