A good decent mileage tire

[klondike]

Have been running 880 metzlers for the past 5 years and truthfully getting kind of old changing front and rear at least once a season. Did my rear this Jan. and the front last June. Time for a new front. So what is a good high mileage tire? thanks and keepem sharp

[kemo]

I also was kind of disappointed in my ME880. I replaced the rear with another 880 just to match up with the front, but I am think of dunlop Elite 3 next change

[nvsteve]

Put a Dunlop E3 on my Ultra today. Largley because of positive reports on handling and wear.

[Buddy Seat]

I've been very pleased using Avon Road Runners..

IMO better wet traction & handling. & I seem to have them on longer than the oem Dunlops........

[MegaGlide]

Dunlop Elite 3s.
880-esque tread pattern, Dunlop carcas, and they reportedly wear like iron.

[hardluk1]

Elite III's

[FLSTCI124"]

Well I'm not sure of the roads you run on but here in FL the roads are flat and abrasive.

I've used Dunlop & Avon and since switching to the ME 880 it gets me the most mileage and performs very well in the almost daily Florida rain.

[MountainMan]

I just replaced my original rear tire at 12000 miles. I could probably have gotten another 1000 miles out of it, but since the bike was in for service anyway I had them change it. Happy with the mileage I got out of it, and went with H-D original tires again.

MM

[klondike]

Cool, thanks for the info. Maybe the elite 3's will be the trick. Front and then rear. keepem sharp

[Buddy Seat]

This link is for anyone who may not be familiar with Date Codes on our tires, (bike & auto) in US have date codes when they were made.
When I get order tires if they are older than 1 year old, I send them back..

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIn...897&affil=wfaa

[ironheadbuck]

thats a bad link

[Buddy Seat]

Link worked for me.. Yep it does have a boring advertisement first tho..

Date Codes & your tires, MC & Auto

Essentially it says the some retailers are selling old stock tires as new..
And lots of unsuspecting folks just don't know or check...

& for those who don't know how to read date codes.
They are the last set of numbers after the DOT marking on tires sidewall. Every US DOT tire has a date code, indicating the week & year it was made.
Example = 16 01
Would have been made the 16th week(April) of 2001
So you wouldn't want to think you're putting on a new tire, that is actually 7 yrs old since made, would ya ??

Be informed & check the tires you buy before they are installed..

It goes on to say, that latest studies are finding that a tire over 6 yrs old, has a higher chance to have a blow out (tire failure) than newer tires, as they dry-out more & more with age.

All 2000 & newer tires have 4 number date codes, any with only 3 numbers are from 1990's at least.

If this helps just one person, it was worth typing..