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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Time for tires? 06/27/11 at 10:07:32 Should I be looking for new tires? 3400 Miles.
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adberns YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 31	Re: Time for tires? Reply #1 - 06/27/11 at 10:13:36 Yes, unfortunately. The cracking is not a good sign. If you ride with dry rotted tires, there's a risk the tire can blow. For the at most $200 for new tires mounted, I'd say don't overthink it, just put new rubber on. You'll wish you had if the tire does blow out and you crash the bike!
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: Time for tires? Reply #2 - 06/27/11 at 10:24:59 Agreed! Replace that rubber & you will feel better, plus the ride will be more sure-footed. Here's what mine looked like when I replaced them.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28648 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Time for tires? Reply #3 - 06/27/11 at 10:43:41 Yes,... new tires... If you don't ride a lot of miles per year,... say less than 2.000,... buy cheap tires. Dunlops or Metzlers will be a waste... because thy'll dry out before you can wear them out... Look at Shinko or Kenda, or Cheng Shin... They're good tires, they just don't wear as long,..
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Re: Time for tires?
Reply #4 - 06/27/11 at 10:48:52

Serowbot wrote on 06/27/11 at 10:43:41:

Yes,... new tires...

If you don't ride a lot of miles per year,... say less than 2.000,... buy cheap tires. Dunlops or Metzlers will be a waste... because thy'll dry out before you can wear them out...
Look at Shinko or Kenda, or Cheng Shin... They're good tires, they just don't wear as long,..

+1 .. he says it well.

(But Metzelers (ME880) get MUCH better mileage than Dunlops (404) in my experience)
Metzler rear = 19,000 miles vs Dunlop read = 12,000 miles
and, yes, the Metzler cost more than the Dunlop.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Time for tires? Reply #5 - 06/27/11 at 13:32:24 Route 66 Pirelle The highest rated tire for handling and ride at a reasonable price.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Time for tires? Reply #6 - 06/27/11 at 14:06:31 I only got about 6,ooo on my Dunlop..
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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	Re: Time for tires? Reply #7 - 06/27/11 at 15:18:27 ever see 'Worlds Fastest Indian"? A little shoe polish will fix that right up! I'm going to have to get that movie from Netflix again!
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28648 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Time for tires? Reply #8 - 06/27/11 at 15:24:26 BTW Art,... That tire is... H U G E !... ...
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Time for tires? Reply #9 - 06/27/11 at 15:33:01 Dropped a few dimes on a Dunlop D404 front and a Dunlop K555 rear. Total cost CAD $434.59.
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Re: Time for tires?
Reply #10 - 06/27/11 at 15:42:13

arteacher wrote on 06/27/11 at 15:33:01:

Dropped a few dimes on a Dunlop D404 front and a Dunlop K555 rear.
Total cost CAD $434.59. Huh

wow!! I replaced both tires for my S-50 which has the same tire sizes as the S-40, dunlaps 404s, front and rear from motorcycle-superstore.com for $150 for both, then another $30 for both tubes, and mounted at an independent shop for $35 each, all and all just under $300, just replaced them cause they were old, not too much wear on them, a little cracking, but they were 2005 tires.

got a new tire for my buell on the way, bigger tires, 180 back, by itself it was $130 bucks, thankfully the front tire has a bit to go yet

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Reply #11 - 06/27/11 at 15:44:44

ouch! that price hurts a little.

for what it's worth, I used to run dunlops on my harley. after about 20k miles i switched to metzler ME880's and never looked back.

the ME880's last longer, and they ride better -- the tread is all curved, no straight lines to catch grooves in roads! my GF bought a savage, and when it's time for tires... we'll switch to ME880s on it.

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Re: Time for tires?
Reply #12 - 06/27/11 at 15:54:39

LostArtist wrote on 06/27/11 at 15:42:13:

arteacher wrote on 06/27/11 at 15:33:01:

Dropped a few dimes on a Dunlop D404 front and a Dunlop K555 rear.
Total cost CAD $434.59. Huh

wow!! I replaced both tires for my S-50 which has the same tire sizes as the S-40, dunlaps 404s, front and rear from motorcycle-superstore.com for $150 for both, then another $30 for both tubes, and mounted at an independent shop for $35 each, all and all just under $300, just replaced them cause they were old, not too much wear on them, a little cracking, but they were 2005 tires.

got a new tire for my buell on the way, bigger tires, 180 back, by itself it was $130 bucks, thankfully the front tire has a bit to go yet

Don't forget we have to pay 13% tax on everything, including the installation, and $5.85 per tire for a disposal fee. Plus everything is more expensive up here.

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Reply #13 - 06/28/11 at 02:13:59

bill67 wrote on 06/27/11 at 13:32:24:

Route 66 Pirelle The highest rated tire for handling and ride at a reasonable price.

I just put on a set of Route 66.
Decided to give them a try because of the reviews and lower cost. (Rear $97 vs $147 for Metzler (at least this time around))

So far, not impressed with the handling. It's OK, but nothing like the Metzler.
I don't hate 'em enough to pull them off (and I am way to cheap for that), but I really doubt I will be buying them again. I'll fork over the extra bucks for the Metzler. Besides, I want to see how long the Perelli's last.

Maybe I just need to get used to them.

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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Time for tires? Reply #14 - 06/28/11 at 14:58:52 Road for about 2 hrs on the Dunlops today. Much better handling and smother ride as well.
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