So here's what happened to me;
I bought a pair of Amer Elites a few months ago. I like em !!!
They ride smooth, the whole bit.
I had a flat on the freeway a couple weeks ago. Rear tire . A nail.
It actually got pretty squirrelly. I was close to home. So I was able
to nurse it home on back streets. I was gonna call for a tow, but I figured
I gotta repl the tire anyways . . .
So here's my deal. This happened to me several years ago when I was still in San Jose.
I had the stock 402's at that time. With that stiff sidewall, I could barely tell it was flat.
Those things are practically run-flats.
Granted, the 402's ride harder (but ca'mon-It's a Heritage Softail. It rides like a Mack
Truck anyways) But (for me) the piece of mind having that sturdier tire back there is
better. So I'll run a 402 (at least in the rear)
I think the stk 402 in the front is the thing that follows all the rain grooves. Since that tread
doesn't match the rear anyways, I don't see a problem running a 402 in the rear and an AE
up front.
One more thing. I will never (EVER) own another motorcycle with spoke wheels !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last edited by byersmtrco; 07-12-2018 at 01:15 PM.
Reason: Kuz I can't Speel
So here's what happened to me;
I bought a pair of Amer Elites a few months ago. I like em !!!
They ride smooth, the whole bit.
I had a flat on the freeway a couple weeks ago. Rear tire . A nail.
It actually got pretty squirrelly.
So here's my deal. This happened to me several years ago when I was still in San Jose.
I had the stock 402's at that time. With that stiff sidewall, I could barely tell it was flat.
Those things are practically run-flats.
Granted, the 402's ride harder (but ca'mon-It's a Heritage Softail. It rides like a Mack
Truck anyways) But (for me) the piece of mind having that sturdier tire back there is
better. So I'll run a 402 (at least in the rear)
Perhaps they are different for the softail sizes, but in the touring sizes, the American Elites have a stiffer sidewall than the OEM Dunlops....
Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I would suggest that comparing non run-flat tires on how they performed when they were going/gone flat isn't really an accurate comparison for two reasons. First, trying to evaluate it in an area that is clearly outside the scope of it's design probably won't give repeatable results. (like riding on a flat tire that is not designed for it) Each occurrence could/ probably would give drastically different results. You will get a better gauge of a tire when testing it in a way it was designed to perform. Two, no two flat tires are the same..... hole size, placement, speed of air loss, amount of air loss, etc., etc.... impossible to get an apples to apples comparison.... FWIW....
Perhaps they are different for the softail sizes, but in the touring sizes, the American Elites have a stiffer sidewall than the OEM Dunlops....
Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I would suggest that comparing non run-flat tires on how they performed when they were going/gone flat isn't really an accurate comparison for two reasons. First, trying to evaluate it in an area that is clearly outside the scope of it's design probably won't give repeatable results. (like riding on a flat tire that is not designed for it) Each occurrence could/ probably would give drastically different results. You will get a better gauge of a tire when testing it in a way it was designed to perform. Two, no two flat tires are the same..... hole size, placement, speed of air loss, amount of air loss, etc., etc.... impossible to get an apples to apples comparison.... FWIW....
Good information
Well technically non of them are run flats, Just having the same incident with each.
I did compare the two side by side. The sidewall of the rear 402 is thicker than .
the AE. 1/16 - 1/8 ?? Enough for me. It is a beefier tire (heavier too)
Ran it yesterday. It does ride harder than the AE. No ? there.
Fine with me !!!
The "new" and "current" pictures are below. I now have exactly 10,000 miles of mostly highway riding on the tire and there is still a little over 1/16" of tread left in the center. If the bike needed to be inspected, I'd replace it, but since it doesn't I'm going to go ahead and run the tire another 1K-2K miles, maybe a little more and call it done. I'd say the little extra cost was well worth it.
Last edited by Pitbull_Dallas; 10-27-2018 at 02:40 PM.
Pitbul Dallas, They look like tires on Florida bikes. Worn flat in center, hardly any wear on edges. You need to find some roads with only curves to ride for a while!
Talk about tire wear and pushing your luck. My son just rode his King down from NC for Biketoberfest, some 500+ miles. He wasn't here but a few hours when his rear started to shimmy and shake. A quick look showed he was riding on exposed chords. Fortunately he was able to get a new tire installed at an Indy shop in New Smyrna at a very reasonable cost. Not satisfied because the replacemnt tire was a blackwall and he had WWW's, he imediately traded his 207 RK for a 2016 Street Gluide so both ties matched.
They look like tires on Florida bikes. Worn flat in center, hardly any wear on edges. You need to find some roads with only curves to ride for a while!
Talk about tire wear and pushing your luck. My son just rode his King down from NC for Biketoberfest, some 500+ miles. He wasn't here but a few hours when his rear started to shimmy and shake. A quick look showed he was riding on exposed chords. Fortunately he was able to get a new tire installed at an Indy shop in New Smyrna at a very reasonable cost. Not satisfied because the replacemnt tire was a blackwall and he had WWW's, he imediately traded his 207 RK for a 2016 Street Gluide so both ties matched.
Funny. I've only had one tire that wore evenly and it was a 402. A very large part of the mileage was mountain riding. There are plenty of curves around here and I ride them, but there's lots of long straightish roads and high speeds. That eats the middle out of them..
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