Here we go again with the tires and whcih is best........they're all good and they all have pros and cons. And depending on how you ride, how your bike is set up and what you like is how good the tire is. If you are comfortable with it and it does the job as you expected then its a good tire. Now for my input and two cents worth: I have used the
Bridgestone: they were great when new and handled very good but wore out fast and exaggerated the wobble. I used the
Metzler's and took them off aftere 200 miles. I didn't like anything about them. I went back to the
Dunlop E3"s and stayed with them exclusively for years and 2 bikes. They were as everyone says, noisy, not stable in the rain, followed the tar strips and cupped bad and handle terrible when they wore out. So I changed them alot. But I stayed with what I knew and consequencely thought they were good tires for what they did. Then I reluctantly changed to the Avon Cobra's last year. Some of you may have followed my posts about them. I am now putting on my second set of Avon Cobra's. They are the best handling tire I have ever had on any of my wings. They are quite when new and when worn, they handle as good worn as they do new, they are great in the rain, and they do not follow road grooves, tar strips or wonder on steel brideges. I recently got 15,475 on the front and 12,475 on the rear before changing them. Initially I had an out of round rear tire and had to change it other wise the milage would have been the same on front and rear. I think there was easily still about 2500 miles left on both of the tires but I am going on a long trip in July so I changed them both. I would consider all the above tires and match them with your riding style, and be realistic with your expectations. I have over 30 years of riding so I have seen the good the bad and the ugly. For me it would be Avons or Dunlops. For now it is Avon.
Good luck and be safe, have fun. PS: stay away form car tires and Shinko. (I may have opened up a can of worms!!)
