TxRIIIRider
Living Legend
Your dealer is repsponding.. and that's the way it should be. I wouldn't expect an answer to your e-mail to Peter. Can you imagine how much e-mail he must get a day? If anything, your dealer should be doing what they can, and if they can't help you, THEY should be contacting Triumph, not you as the owner. Triumph and Bridgestone are doing what they should. Replacing the defective tires with "hopefully" improved models. If you don't want the free improved Bridgestones, than you should be on your own to replace with another brand.
By the way, why, if one model of a particular brand of tire causes a problem, do people all of the sudden label the entire company as not making a good product? I've been through 3 sets Metzeler ME880s (stock tire) on my Rocket and they pretty much sucked. But, I've also ran Metzeler MeZ4's on my Thunderbird Sport, and I thought they were the best tire ever made. I'm running Avon Cobras on my Rocket now and I love them, even after 9,000 miles. I also run Avon Storms on my Trophy 1200, and I'm not really impressed with they way they handle. Just because one model of Bridgestone is found to be defective (which Bridgestone admits and is replacing for free) doesn't mean all of their tires suck.
By the way, why, if one model of a particular brand of tire causes a problem, do people all of the sudden label the entire company as not making a good product? I've been through 3 sets Metzeler ME880s (stock tire) on my Rocket and they pretty much sucked. But, I've also ran Metzeler MeZ4's on my Thunderbird Sport, and I thought they were the best tire ever made. I'm running Avon Cobras on my Rocket now and I love them, even after 9,000 miles. I also run Avon Storms on my Trophy 1200, and I'm not really impressed with they way they handle. Just because one model of Bridgestone is found to be defective (which Bridgestone admits and is replacing for free) doesn't mean all of their tires suck.