Different Brand Front and Rear Tires

[Devildawg]

Hey there! I am finally up for my tire replacement. When looking in the owner's manual it says do not use different brands for the front and rear. I have been looking at going to Excedra Max and maybe an Exedra for the front. It seems like a lot of people do different brands front and back. Is there anything I should worry about doing that? The Exedra rear and Avon front seem to be a popular option or the Exedra rear and Pirelli front. What is the reason I should not mix brands? I got just under 9000 miles on the stock set which was mostly put on since January this year which didn't seem too bad. Thanks!

 

[Kevin frazier]

Cant answer why you shouldn’t other than engineers that say you shouldn’t certainly know why there saying it, i can only add to your thread that ive run the same and have mixed without any problems such as wrecking, currently max up front and night dragon rear and i ride on my edge on a touring, my edge may not be on edge far enough to learn why they say it but youre right alot of riders mix brands for whatever reason, mine is i trust the max up front when pushing my 1000# hard into corners and im trying the night dragon on rear for grip not mileage. Its the best settup for me so far.