Tire question
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2024
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From: Colorado
It's all subjective and 100% rider dependent. I am hard on brakes, and hard on throttle, but I have zero use sliding into or out of anything. Here lately, since the rear tread is gone, I've been braking it loose in second... But I will say TC is really smooth and unnoticeable. Not that I'm all about nannies... Just saying I have no need to waste rubber and it's certainly nothing to complain about.
Road Master
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From: Colorado
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.
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.
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2023
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From: New Zealand
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.
I'm not wishing you any bad weather, but it would be nice to know how they handle wet conditions.
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.
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2023
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From: New Zealand
they look about half worn to me, i don't think they will be a long lasting tyre as they are pretty soft
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