Just mounted a new Avon rear tire. Felt good coming home but will tell more after break in period.
Bob did you get the one like I have here in the box awaiting to be mounted?? I seriously need to get off my duff and get those wheels cleaned up so I can have the tires mounted..
OH wait I gotta get the hardwood floors finished LoL.
Would like to know how it handles the wet. I just put a ME-188 on mine in back and rode in the rain the other day. Was not happy. skidded to a stop several times and spun taking off several times. Shop assurred me it was a good rain tire. My old tire, some off brand, was better than that in the rain.
Greg, this is a 170/80/15. Got it from Denniskirk. Has the snake emblem on the side.
Yep that is the same one I got....I cant wait to see how it works, guess I gotta get the Project finished!
What a shame that the great old Avon Roadrunners don't come in a size to fit the Magna. That was all I ever used on my old GS1000, after trying several others (Continental, Michelin, Dunlop etc.) and I sure wish I could get something that good for Maggie May. I don't know how Avon managed to combine wet-road adhesion and long tread life, but somehow they did - the damn things lasted forever and gripped wet pavement like velcro.
Bob
June I will be needing a new back tire. Where did you have it done and price?
I took the tire to the metric shop I patronize in Frisco, CycleConcepts. The phone is 972-377-0889. The cost was around $40 including tax and disposal fee. It is about 1/2 mile north of Edorado on Preston road. They have no signs on the road but the area is called Sams Ranch. A bunch of quanset steel type of buildings.