OK , now that everyone says I need www tires , what are some good choices? I have always ran dunlops or avons , but just got this bike and would like something a little less exspensive. Anyone running Shinkos? BTW my rear tire has less than 200 miles and will be for sale when I get the whites, its a dunlop 130/16

 

in my opinion, stick with the dunlops or avons... nice soft compound, good grip

 

I prefer Avon's as I got a bunk Metzeler in the past. I couldn't tell it had a blem until it was mounted and the blue was cleaned off and they wanted me to unmount the tire and ship it back to them for inspection. I just ran it until it was gone. I get about 10K out of Avon's on my Softail in the rear. Front's are two to 1.

 

Dunlops are fine in my opinion.Heard good and not so good about Metzelers.
I order mine from JP Cycle at 1/2 of what retailers want in my neck of the woods.

 

I run Dunlop on mine and have no problems so far. Good grip and smooth.

 

metzelers look badass, but imo they're not that great for our bikes... compound is way too hard

 

Metzelers are made of a softer compound than Dunlops. Maybe you mean they are too soft and thus wear out too quick?

 

not sure i agree with that

 

I just had a new Dunlop WW put on the front the other day here in Dallas at KnuckleHead and Sons for 220.00 installed out the door....I would probably wear out them tires you got on there first...lol...

 

Ditto!