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Old 08-02-2010 | 02:14 PM
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Anyone have experience with then. Looking to put a set on a Heritage Softail
 
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Old 08-02-2010 | 02:18 PM
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Yep, ran them on my 95 Ultra. They did ok. I didn't get quite the mileage from them that I got from Metzlers but they were satisfactory.

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Old 08-02-2010 | 02:51 PM
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Eons ago I had the Conti-Tour tire installed on my Yamaha Virago 920, seemed like a pretty good tire. That's a lighter bike, so YMMV.
 
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Old 08-02-2010 | 04:10 PM
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put a front one on in 79 on a cb 750 I had then..
didn't like it, front end dived in slow turn way to easy.
 
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Old 08-02-2010 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by oct1949
put a front one on in 79 on a cb 750 I had then..
didn't like it, front end dived in slow turn way to easy.
Check the date on the sidewall.
Stay away from the '79 models.
 
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Old 08-02-2010 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by oct1949
put a front one on in 79 on a cb 750 I had then..
didn't like it, front end dived in slow turn way to easy.
They were popular about that time. I never liked the way they rode. I also had issues with the tires spinning on the rims (or is it rim spinning in the tire). Never could keep them balanced for long, took a while for me to figure out why.
As someone else pointed out that was 30 years ago and they may be making better tires now. ......I won't be buying them.
 
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Old 08-02-2010 | 05:36 PM
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I run run Continentals on the front and rear, they have a softer compound and don't last forever but they do stick to the road.
 
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Old 08-02-2010 | 08:16 PM
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I run run Continentals on the front and rear, they have a softer compound and don't last forever but they do stick to the road.
Which Contis are you running?
 
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Old 08-03-2010 | 11:08 AM
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I run the Continental MT90H16 K112 on the front and rear, one of just a few tires that can be used for a front or rear tire depending on which way it's mounted on the rim. They used to say on the tire that they were made in Germany, but the last ones I got now say made in Korea, I don't see any difference though.
 

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Old 08-03-2010 | 11:21 AM
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why risk it, buy the ones eveyone runs metz, avon, michilen, save the conti for the car
 



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