....i had a set of Michelin 88's on my '09 eGlide when I got it two years ago, and put about 20,000 miles on them before I traded her in on my '017 eGlide. Of course that came with the stock Dunlops. I had a flat on the rear at about 3,000 miles, replaced it with the stock tire, then put on about 16,000 miles before I replaced the the rear with a Micheline 888. So, about 1,000 or so miles later, the front tire is shot (stock Dunlop) and I just replaced it with an 888.

Holy crap batman! It is like a completely different bike. and all i did was ride it from the shop to work. The front end feels significantly lighter and much more agile. If the weather holds this weekend, I will take her out for a run to get a real feel, but the difference even the few miles I rode home was amazing.

 

Rocky,

Did you mean Metzler 888's?

 

Whoops. Yup, that’s what I mean. Damn Autocorrect.....

 

I put the 888's on my 2017 SGS when I changed the wheels to 21/18, it was a huge improvement over the stock Dunlops, those stockers were probably the worst tire I've had in quite sometime, horrible in any kind of wet road situation. I am a fan of the 888's for sure.

 

That's why they're called Dunslops.

 

Think Id go with the michelins. I like em on my vehicles and they preform great. How do they compare to the metzlers. Yes, I also agree that the dunlops are terrible. I think Harley is putting michelins on the touring bikes now from the factory. I may be wrong though......

 

don't understand all the Dunlop hate..2nd bike now with American Elites and have no complaints

 

I hear this all the time. Anytime someone replaces an old worn out tire with a new one(s) whatever they put on is so much better than the brand of tire they took off they want everyone to know their discovery.
If you really are interested in which tire is better a testing session on a closed course is required.
Each tire tested needs to have 50-100 miles breakin.
Next, a capable rider will need to run the bike hard enough to find the limit of adhesion for each tire tested.
Lap times and rider opinion of ride quality is valuable data to judge tire performance.
Using personal opinion to compare the quality of a worn out tire to a new one, regardless of brand, is simply not a fair comparison.
Bob
Now we have some actual data to judge one tire from another.

 

Well for me it is the fact that I have had the *** end slide out under wet conditions. This has happened 5 or 6 times so far. I wasn't pushing the bike and I was under 20MPH.


I have taken the same places at higher speeds on my Buell and never worry that the back will slide out.


It does not inspire confidence! I have changed the Back to the American Elite due to all the good reviews on this board, but if they slide like that then the next set of skins WILL be the 888's.



I ride in all weather conditions to include snow at times, I NEED to trust the rubber I am riding on.

 

I agree with the worn out tire verses a new one causing false impressions but I changed my stockers when almost new and the difference was still that much better for me. I had the same experience as another poster with the stock dunlops on wet roads, horrible!