New Tire Performance?
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Road Captain
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It was the first ride of the season today and it was great. Maybe even better than I had hoped. Ole Blue ran great but, handled even better. I had the rear tire replaced. No big deal right? Well, I went with the Dunlop American Elite. Also, no big deal. But, I went back to a 90 because the 85 I had on last summer would some time rub the drive belt. Any way, The handling of my bike was just awesome. The question is, is it the difference between the 85 and the 90?
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It was the first ride of the season today and it was great. Maybe even better than I had hoped. Ole Blue ran great but, handled even better. I had the rear tire replaced. No big deal right? Well, I went with the Dunlop American Elite. Also, no big deal. But, I went back to a 90 because the 85 I had on last summer would some time rub the drive belt. Any way, The handling of my bike was just awesome. The question is, is it the difference between the 85 and the 90?
In my experience there is no difference in handling between the MT and MU size tires.
However there is a huge difference between the 402 and the American Elite or E3 for that matter.
The Harley branded Dunlops just suck!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know what you had on there before you put on the American Elite but it must have been a crappy tire.
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Road Captain
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New tire intoxication for sure!
It was a 880 Metzler. I liked the tread design and its performance on wet roads. That was also my first experience with Metzlers.
With just over 11,000 on the tire, it definitely had a flat spot.
Maybe the wider tire had a larger flat spot, which made me feel it more?
The 90 sure filled the fender up more. =]
It was a 880 Metzler. I liked the tread design and its performance on wet roads. That was also my first experience with Metzlers.
With just over 11,000 on the tire, it definitely had a flat spot.
Maybe the wider tire had a larger flat spot, which made me feel it more?
The 90 sure filled the fender up more. =]
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I know this isn`t a best tire topic but I would also like to add that we tend to get use to the tires we`re riding on and tend to not want to put the money into new shoes until tread is by standards worn to time to change. I got use to mine and when it came time to change I went with the E3 and the difference was incredible.
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