Roadster Front Tire Wear

[Claviger]

Guessing once a new tire is on it removes some of the skittishness, for lack a better word, from the front end?

 

[1olbull]

Metzelers anywhere on a Rocket SUX!!!

 

[HansO]

I liked the Avon Cobra but Love the Dunlop Elite 3 (just put my third on) much better feel and feed back and I got better mileage as well.
as for Sh!t Metzlers!!! ........ they should never have been an OEM tyre as they do the bike a disservice

 

[IMFASTTOO]

So at 5900 miles my front ME880 is visibly wearing in a strange way. I keep pressure at 38, but over the course of a month or so it'll leak down to 33, at which point I know its low because I get a little head shake that starts at 33PSI regularly, so I air it up. The whole tire's life has been spent doing this 38 psi > 33 psi >38 psi cycle.

If you look closely you can see off center both sides is worn significantly more than the center or the far outer edges. So strange!! Any ideas why this would happen? Is it just a result of cornering quickly often or something not normal, I've never ever had this happen on any of my other front tires in the past on my Daytona.

WELL thats why you must keep the proper pressure in the tires all tires leak down so ckeck them every couple of days not once a month running low pressure will cause tire wear ruin handling and cause a loss of horsepower

 

[Claviger]

33 is 1 less PSI than triumph recommends, at 33 I refill it to 38, do you see how your argument is invalid? How do I always know it's at 33? It starts to wiggle when cornering, so I go fill it.

Metzlers are garbage, always have been, always will be.

 

[R3Rider]

I had the same on mine, like everyone's saying run a different tyre. I'm running the Avon Cobra as was suggested by the good folk on this site....

 

[IMFASTTOO]

33 is 1 less PSI than triumph recommends, at 33 I refill it to 38, do you see how your argument is invalid? How do I always know it's at 33? It starts to wiggle when cornering, so I go fill it.

Metzlers are garbage, always have been, always will be.

BULL SHOOT keep the tire pressure up and you wont have a problem

 

[1olbull]

I liked the Avon Cobra but Love the Dunlop Elite 3 (just put my third on) much better feel and feed back and I got better mileage as well.
as for Sh!t Metzlers!!! ........ they should never have been an OEM tyre as they do the bike a disservice

That Elite 3 is a very good tire.
Ran them on my V2K for years.
But, you must have been running a bias ply? No?

 

[sonny]

Michelin commander II are about the best tire I have ever run on a bike. Prefer the commanders over the Elite 3. Not saying the Elite three is a bad tire. Run Michelin's on the Harley and it works out rather well. Better traction and longer lasting tire. Handles really good on wet pavement. Harley caught on to this and is now offering some of there modals with Michelin's vice Dunlap. I wonder if filling the metz. with lemon pledge vice air would improve the performance of the tire?//

 

[Claviger]

If Michelin made a 240/16 I'd switch instantly without question. They are, in my experience, hands down the best tire manufacturer for cycles.