Ran several sets of Metz and every one had problems with cupping, one set after about 4k miles. Went back to Dunlops and no cupping

 

Interesting. When I put the star on my bike it had a ME880 installed. (got it from my Harley buddy) Soon as I started backing bike out of the garage it squeaked on slick floor. Dunlop 402 does not do this. There is a price to pay for higher mileage, be it tires or brakes. From what I have read they do not get that much better and appear to be higher priced. Mine appears to handle and brake fine but I drive like an old man should. Have 10K on rear 591 and it's worn out.

 

Not sure if OP is troll or not.

I'll never buy a dunlop tire again. Put the rear Avon on my bike and the difference was confidence inspiring. The avon just grips way better. WAY BETTER. Dunlops are absolutely miserable in the rain and on road snakes and gravel.

It's funny because my buddy who also rides bought dunlops for his truck once. He said they absolutely sucked even on his truck.

 

I ride hard on my dunlops and mine have over 8k miles and aren't even at the half way mark yet. What you all doing setting in one spot doing burnouts? I see 16000 on the rear before needing replacement tbh if not more sheesh. When they do require change i will probably try ME880s out as i've read they run LONG distance ie near 20k miles or more between replacements.

 

No in fact I never done a burnout on my bike. The rear dunlop may have made it to 8k. But I replaced it around 7. I don't understand how people get anywhere near the mileage you're talking about. My tire legally passed at 2/32's. But it didn't pass my testing, it may as well had no tread the way that thing handled.

Course Pennsylvania's roads are terrible.

 

I don't recall seeing any reports of people complaining about the ME880's in terms of performance or handling. The only complaint I see (and I share it also) is the mileage is quite a bit less compared to a standard Dunlop. For conservative long distance touring riders the ME880 is an expensive tire to run with due to it's shorter life span.

In my case I'm a conservative long distance rider. I spend very little time in twisties and even if I am on those type of roads I take them at a leisurely pace, so a performance tire is just not necessary especially if I lose about 8,000 miles worth of mileage compared to the Dunlop (I routinely get about 20k out of a rear tire on my '09 RK). I log 2500 miles a month all throughout the year, so I cant afford a tire that has to be changed every 5 months. The Dunlop American Elite is my choice for my needs. The OEM Dunlop tire was great also, but more expensive than the AE. The American Elite I have on the bike at this moment has 17,500 miles on it and I'd guess it's got about 1500 or so miles left on it.

 

Problem here is people talk Dunlop like there is only one kind. Like night and day difference in a K591 and a K402. The 591 goes like a first graders erasure.

 

Roads around here are pretty smooth thankfully. I suppose if it was all on chipseal it could shorten a tire life substantially. I personally don't like how my Dunlops track tar snakes or cracks. I'm at 8k and some change over and i'm at less then 50% rear tire wear. Front is like new. I will replace with metzlers and see if that gets rid of those tires being sucked around by lines, cracks and tar snakes. There are alot of variables to wear. Rider weight, Rider with passenger weight, cargo etc etc.

 

drove out in the rain down side roads would have thought I was on ice scates
stock dunlops are the worst rain tyres ive ever riden.

man hole covers are another thing the ones in the middle of the road on bends that just appear with these tyres just totally crap you up.

 

Changing to ME880s was one of the single best things I did for my bike.

They outperform the OEM Dunlops in every way, by an easily observable margin.

One other thing is comfort. Much, much less road buzz transmitted from the ME880s (and mine are not underinflated either).