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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 08:35 PM
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Any of you guys ever used them?
 
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 08:40 PM
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I've got one on the front. Not a lot of miles on it yet, but seems to be pretty good so far...
 
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I've got one on the front. Not a lot of miles on it yet, but seems to be pretty good so far...

Tried it in the wet?
 
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 08:47 PM
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Only for about 10-15 miles once. Seemed fine, but I wasn't really pushing it. Old HD Dunlop on the rear is another story.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 09:11 PM
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I had a set on my old metric bike. They were great for the 1st half or 2/3 rds of there tread life then they really fell off after that. I think I had 6K on the front and it was starting to feel less responsive and close to done. Sold it before the rear had 4K on it.

I paid about the same for the same size MCII I put on the front of my Softail and not much more for the rear , for the money the MCII is a better buy all the way around IMO.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 09:21 PM
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I had a set on a TL1000 my son road it in the wet and he thought it was great, very predictable and with 125hp he had some fun, Who knows on a HD.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 10:08 PM
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Buddy of mine tried them on his road king got about 6k out of both so he went back to Dunlop , & he doesn't ride hard at all
 
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Its not longevity that's the issue, we all know they don't last but a customer is thinking about them and was wondering how well they stick.....80 bucks cheaper than the cheapest known brand tyre down here...
 
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Cheap tires , cheap condoms , and cheap beer are three things that could make for a shitty day lol
 
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 06:08 AM
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Take a look in the Sporty forum, IIRC they like them in there. On second thoughts, 'advanced search' yields just 38 threads with the name in the title.
 
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