Raydawg, you may not be happy with the mileage on the dunlops,think you'll only get about 10,000,but I have run them for years and they do handle well even in the rain.Your riding season is longer and so you can use up the deeper tread the metzlers have,where I have a winter with avg. snow fall of 220 inches ,that would mean running the metzlers 5+yrs (too long in my mind) so I swap out the dunlops every 3yrs.