Switch from Dunlop to Metzeler help
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RE: Switch from Dunlop to Metzeler help
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Finally got my Metzelers(Made in Germany,,NOT the brazilian made ones that people are trashing)...man what a difference!!!!...handling is so much improved its almost scary...:>
....dosnt fight the turns now like the Dunlops...took me a couple hundred miles to get comfortable with them...its like a totally different bike...I went with the ME880 high mileage tires...never plan on owning another Dunlop...:>
Finally got my Metzelers(Made in Germany,,NOT the brazilian made ones that people are trashing)...man what a difference!!!!...handling is so much improved its almost scary...:>
....dosnt fight the turns now like the Dunlops...took me a couple hundred miles to get comfortable with them...its like a totally different bike...I went with the ME880 high mileage tires...never plan on owning another Dunlop...:>
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RE: Switch from Dunlop to Metzeler help
If you are running the Metz tires, make sure you put a lot more air in them............ they like it hard
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Run 44-48psi in the rear, its rated for 50 psi.
Note that the 160 Metz is not as wide as the 160 Dunlop. It is a very good performing tire, though.
DougJ
.Run 44-48psi in the rear, its rated for 50 psi.
Note that the 160 Metz is not as wide as the 160 Dunlop. It is a very good performing tire, though.
DougJ
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