WHAT BRAND OF TIRES
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RE: WHAT BRAND OF TIRES
ORIGINAL: SLORider
they are
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So why have 402's been described by some as being short on safety? I don't see it in my experience. What incident has caused you or anyone else to think Mestzeler's grip is any better than 402's. The only way you could determine that is to run a test with the parameters exactly the same for both tires. If you hit a section of road and feel some queaziness, you don't know how another tire will react unless you go change the tire, then run the bike in the same conditions again. That would likely be impossible.
I'm not attacking you for your opinion, just trying to understand the statements. I haven't seen any yet that give any details that would point to a superiority of one tire over another.
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RE: WHAT BRAND OF TIRES
ORIGINAL: iclick
How? I hear from some they have better traction, but I rode my last RK 106k miles through 33 states in nine years and only had three nervous tire-related moments, all of which I dare say would've been nervous on any tire. One was on the Cherahala Skyway (NC-TN) when I hit a yellow-plastic lane marker in the wet (no accident) and another at Sturgis '98 when we hit a stretch of oily pavement, again while raining. No accident there either, but others riding that road weren't so lucky. A third was when an unknown object tore the valve stem off my front tire, and although I lost all air pressure in my front tire I maintained complete control at 60 mph. It did get hairy below about 5 mph, though. No accident there either.
So why have 402's been described by some as being short on safety? I don't see it in my experience. What incident has caused you or anyone else to think Mestzeler's grip is any better than 402's. The only way you could determine that is to run a test with the parameters exactly the same for both tires. If you hit a section of road and feel some queaziness, you don't know how another tire will react unless you go change the tire, then run the bike in the same conditions again. That would likely be impossible.
I'm not attacking you for your opinion, just trying to understand the statements. I haven't seen any yet that give any details that would point to a superiority of one tire over another.
ORIGINAL: SLORider
they are
they are
So why have 402's been described by some as being short on safety? I don't see it in my experience. What incident has caused you or anyone else to think Mestzeler's grip is any better than 402's. The only way you could determine that is to run a test with the parameters exactly the same for both tires. If you hit a section of road and feel some queaziness, you don't know how another tire will react unless you go change the tire, then run the bike in the same conditions again. That would likely be impossible.
I'm not attacking you for your opinion, just trying to understand the statements. I haven't seen any yet that give any details that would point to a superiority of one tire over another.
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