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Message started by gerald.hughes on 09/24/12 at 11:44:30

Title: ME 880s with 17K Miles
Post by gerald.hughes on 09/24/12 at 11:44:30

Front Tire

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp223/gerald_hughes/IMG_3765_zps00d6c87b.jpg

Rear Tire

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp223/gerald_hughes/IMG_3764_zpsa4cef3cc.jpg

Title: Re: ME 880s with 17K Miles
Post by verslagen1 on 09/24/12 at 14:44:43

ya got som tin to say?

Title: Re: ME 880s with 17K Miles
Post by Oldfeller on 09/24/12 at 15:06:05

He's saying that H series ME 880's last twice as long as V series ME 880's

;)

Title: Re: ME 880s with 17K Miles
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/24/12 at 15:11:05

Well,, that , or, he's saying he runs SLOoooowwww,,

Title: Re: ME 880s with 17K Miles
Post by Oldfeller on 09/24/12 at 16:16:35

Well, you can also kinda say he doesn't lean over much going around them corners very much either .....

He does most of his braking with his front tire .....

He's proud of his tire mileage and he is well on the way to 21,000 miles which is the current longest lasting H series ME 880 rear tire seen here on the list.

(remember, a picture is worth a 1,000 words)

Title: Re: ME 880s with 17K Miles
Post by built2last66 on 09/24/12 at 16:32:15

I have those tires.. best I've ever had in my long legged life

Title: Re: ME 880s with 17K Miles
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/24/12 at 16:35:54

I think its great getting such big mileage out of a set of tires. My riding style just wont deliver it,

Do those tires grip enough in a corner to grind the pegs?

Title: Re: ME 880s with 17K Miles
Post by 12Bravo on 09/24/12 at 17:50:21

Yes they grip good enough to grind pegs ;) I have 15,000 miles on my Metzler tires.

Title: Re: ME 880s with 17K Miles
Post by Oldfeller on 09/24/12 at 18:52:50

Actually, Justin -- the H series ME 880 is likely going to be the mileage winner of the motorcycle tire mileage portion of the Low Cost Tire Mileage War, but it may not be the lowest cost per mile motorcycle tire (final results are not in yet and will not be in for years now).

And this is me, with a dog in that fight saying this. Of course my dog is tracking right smartly right now to clean up for overall lowest cost per mile and to have the best mileage of all tires tested ..... Beating the H series ME 880 for total miles is a tough challenge, beating them cost per mile might not be all that hard though. We got a Shinko doing them some damage right now, and we are waiting for a Maxxis to show up to do the same.

;D

(if I can just keep a healthy inner tube in the silly thing for the whole long long journey and for me to live long enough to complete it)

Title: Re: ME 880s with 17K Miles
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/24/12 at 19:52:37

The first tire I put on was a Maxxis. It worked great, cost almost nothin, ran 5,000 miles, I got another one, same price, stuck like glue, gone in 3,000 miles,,