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 ICULQQK |
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Posts: 252 (01/04/09 11:48 AM) |
It doesn't take much of a preacher to save the choir.
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dtmmil |
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Posts: 3121 (01/04/09 11:48 AM) |
What is it?
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Posts: 887 (01/04/09 11:50 AM) |
If you mean tire, I've hear good things. Don't use them though.
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dtmmil |
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Posts: 3122 (01/04/09 11:51 AM) |
Oh, I have been having good luck with my Kendas myself.
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Posts: 113 (01/04/09 11:53 AM) |
i use ME-108 bp myself
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Posts: 1242 (01/04/09 4:10 PM) |
The ME 880s are pretty good. Good performance, last long, and look nice.
Im going to use them. |
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Posts: 2286 (01/04/09 5:29 PM) "Worthless Piece of Shit".
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Turbogrimace wrote: so you haven't actually ridden on them? |
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Posts: 2906 (01/04/09 7:14 PM) |
I use the Dunlop 440's and I love 'em. I've had them on the last two bikes I've ridden hard and they grip well and they're not too
expensive.
As a side note, I get my tires at www.americanmototire.com and they've been pretty good to me so far. |
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Posts: 3128 (01/04/09 7:27 PM) |
I have been going between AMT and dennis kirk, they are very competatively priced, the shipping is usually what gets me!
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Posts: 2283 (01/04/09 8:15 PM) Senior Member |
yup...had the ME-88s before, then got the 880's. Love 'em, and will run 'em again. Not cheap, though.
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Turbogrimace |
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Posts: 1243 (01/04/09 8:19 PM) |
Ive rode with them. They're just not on my bike.
HD uses them on a lot of their production bikes. So some of the tires actually say Harley Davidson on the sidewall. Just keep an eye out if you care. |
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Posts: 1986 (01/04/09 8:35 PM) Motor Mouth |
metzeler tires are good.
"it doesnt matter where your going what matters is deciding to get on"
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Posts: 608 (01/04/09 8:48 PM) senior member |
Metzler tires are great tires. Not cheap but great quality.
Avon tires on the other hand are crap. I worked at a shop and cant even begin to count the number of Avon tires I had come back with problems. Never had a metzler come back |
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Posts: 609 (01/04/09 8:51 PM) senior member |
Turbogrimace wrote:HD uses Dunlop tires exclusively on their bikes. No Metzlers ever came from factory on an HD |
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Posts: 17801 (01/04/09 11:06 PM) ADMIN
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I've ridden a few bikes with the 880 XXL series and thought they were great .. but as mentioned .. they can be spendy....
I pretty much always use Avons on anything I ride or build (unless someone wants something else) and have for many years without anything really abnormal... In fact my driver right now now has a pair of Venoms on and they've been good to me for the past couple years.... Of course .. I don't go through as many tires in my shop as most shops would .. so I probably wouldn't be a good measure ... Just been lucky I
guess...
Build it the way you want it ..... then learn how to ride it like you own it..
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ICULQQK |
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Posts: 253 (01/05/09 2:48 AM) |
I agree with Chopperfreak... HD uses mainly the 440. All thier tires are made in the Buffalo Dunlop plant. I have been through there a number of times.
It doesn't take much of a preacher to save the choir.
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Turbogrimace |
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Posts: 1245 (01/05/09 8:02 AM) |
Ha woops you all are right. I just got them mixed up. I was looking at the 440's for a little while, but they were hard to find in the sizes that I needed.
A lot of them have HD on the sidewall, not the metzelers.
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Sasquatch |
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Posts: 3419 (01/05/09 8:20 AM) |
I have been using Cheng Shins and/or IRC's for years.Been happy with them with no problems.Usually in the $40 to $50 range at the local independent MC
repair shop.......................
Only Bikers understand why dogs love to stick their heads out the car window................. 
When I die,I want to go quietly in my sleep like my Grandfather......  ...Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his
car........ 
The Yeti chop |
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Posts: 371 (01/05/09 9:51 AM) |
I had ME880's on my last bike and liked them. I also have them on my current project, but it's not rideable yet.
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Posts: 2054 (01/05/09 6:48 PM) Senior Member |
I've had ME880s on my Wing, and I have a rear on my FJ. The chop gets cheapo Cheng-Shins, though.
The ME's were great on the Wing. Those tires, and Progressive Suspension front and rear, made the bike feel a coopla hunnerd lbs lighter. On the FJ, when pushed hard the back slides around a bit more than when it had either a 99 Perfect or 55 Metronic (both bias ply). But for the way I ride most of the time, the 880 should outlast the bike, and handles well enough on the FJ - a 100+ hp, 570 lb bike. |
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Posts: 73 (01/07/09 7:30 PM) |
i have metzeler ME880's on my 02 VTX 1800R, they are great.
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