Tires or Tyres?

[Marine36]

Any tire recommendations for what is best to run on the rear of my 1983 1100g?
Any tires I should avoid?

[tkent02]

Any tire recommendations for what is best to run on the rear of my 1983 1100g?
Any tires I should avoid?

What do you want?
great handling?
last forever?
Cheap price?

Avon Roadriders AM 26 is my favorite. So far.

[Marine36]

I want it all. Above all I want a safe handling tire.

[tkent02]

I want it all. Above all I want a safe handling tire.

Avon Roadriders, AM26. Absolutely what you said.

[bwringer]

Another vote for the Avon AM26 RoadRiders.


If you're doing track days, the Pirelli Sport Demons have about .05% more stick, but they're short-lived and expensive.

[tkent02]

Another vote for the Avon AM26 RoadRiders.


If you're doing track days, the Pirelli Sport Demons have about .05% more stick, but they're short-lived and expensive.

.05%???
Is your butt-dyno that tight?

[bwringer]

.05%???
Is your butt-dyno that tight?

Well, it could vary between .07% and .03%, I guess...

[Marine36]

No track days in my future. My butt-dyno says 70 mph is plenty fast.Oh I'm sorry that was my chicken@$^@ o-meter.

[Marine36]

I have used Dunlop 404s in the past. And I have heard a bunch of good about BT-45s from bridgestone. Both of these are available locally. Any thoughts

[GQROD]

I just replaced my rear tire with a Dunlop 404, it's got very deep treads which is what i wanted for better rain handling.

They don't make that tire in a 100 or 110 size 16 for front so i'll be going with 501's when these wear out.

So far it handles great much better than the metzler perfect me77 i had on it.

Don't recomend this tire for serious twisties though, touring it's a great tire for!

[Nessism]

Dunlop 404's wear fast so don't expect much out of them mileage wise. Other than that they seem to handle well enough and they certainly are cheap.

[dpep]

I have been addicted to G models for 28 years now and the best tire set I have found, all around, is Continental--Conti-Tour on the back, Conti-Blitz on the front.

They handle great and I get 13-15,000 miles from a set. I don't ride slowly but I don't do drag race starts or heavy braking into turns. Those are what wear your rubber out.

[GQROD]

Dunlop 404's wear fast so don't expect much out of them mileage wise. Other than that they seem to handle well enough and they certainly are cheap.

That's a good thing in my book, once i found out i could not get a front in the same model i was dissapointed. So the sooner it wears out the better then i can finally get a matching set!

[Gary Lich]

I want it all. Above all I want a safe handling tire.

If you are not a super aggressive rider (and do some two-up riding) check out the Dunlop Elite 3. high load rating, decent handling, long wear, mid range price....

[Steve]

I'll second the suggestion for the Elite 3.

I have had two sets on my Wing, and have installed a third set. Even with the Wing's greater weight, I get 21-23,000 miles out of a set with no problems. I was going to put a set of E3s on my wife's 850L last summer, but the tire shop I visit was out of her sizes. Got another set of Cheng Shin Hi-Max tires for her. They are also good tires, especially considering their price. They lasted about 14,000 miles on her 850, and a pair of them is just over $100.

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