I changed from the stock Dunlop K591. I rode about a hundred miles yesterday and am now 'used to' the Avon handling differently than the Dunlop. I'm tempted to replace the front tire as well, even though it has another several thousand miles left in it. I put Metzelers on my last Dyna and was very happy with them, just wanted to give Avon a try this time.

 

Resurrection of a dead thread...but this might answer my question...


Anything wrong with slapping a Storm (radial) on the back rim with my stock Dunlop (bias) still up front?

 

You can put a Radial on the back and bias on the front, it is common practice. I do not like mixing and matching tire brands, but that may be just me. I went to the Pirelli Night Dragons, front and rear are both Bias, and hug the road. You can not compare them to the crappy Dunlops. Not even in the same league!

 

I'll have the indie quote me a front Venom too. I'm not trying to be cheap by mixing tires, but I don't want to replace a perfectly good front tire if there's nothing wrong with mixing the combo that I mentioned.