Originally Posted by pwu_1

you got 18-19k miles out of a rear metzler cruisetec? that's really good.

Originally Posted by Harman

I got <10K out of a rear Metzeler Cruisetec. Pretty good tires but I preferred the ME888s.
Ran the Michelin Commander IIIs (handled poorly in the rain for me), original Dunlop D401/D402, and Dunlop American Elites

My current favorite of the group are the Dunlop American Elites.
I got +10K miles out of a rear AE and my present front tire has +20K and still looks like a few more thousand miles are left in it. Been though the rain with them and they handled it well.
I ordered a replacement for my front tire. It's waiting to be installed. I couldn't find an American Elite so I went with the replacement AE2.

Originally Posted by $tonecold

I don't know how it is in NZ, but here they are priced quite a bit less than Cruisetecs, ($60+ front & $45 rear) so if the longevity wasn't as good, the Avons might still be economically comparable. A lot of it of course depends on the rider. I am running the original Scorchers on my '21 Sport Glide with over 6K miles on them that still look really good.

I'm not wishing you any bad weather, but it would be nice to know how they handle wet conditions.

Originally Posted by NZLowrider

Ok so we did the trip which was over 1k miles had about 2 hours of rain near the end of it, while i wasn't doing any crazy fast cornering i found the Cobra's gripped well, they will be my go to tyre now

Originally Posted by $tonecold

That answers the rain question. You should have about 3000 miles or so on them now, how do they seem to be holding up. Do they look to be wearing down quickly or do they look like they might last a while.