Tire Question
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Let me tell you what i just went through....I put 21 / 18 combo with a 200 metzler combo on my 2010 street glide and rode it to daytona last week (250 miles each way and with the tire pressure at 42 max and at over 60 the back tire was flexing side to side on the rim and giving me a speed wobble that could almost throw me! I had over 6 people at daytona that came up to me and asked if I had the problem also, they put 50 PSI in the tire(42 MAX is what it's supposed to be) and it barely wobbled! SCREW that, I went to PM's booth they took the rim off balanced it said everythings perfect it's the tire, the first time they seen it happen it took them a month to figure out it wasn't their rims but some metzler tires just pop out with thin sidewalls and they flex to much for the heavy bikes. I went to metzler's tent and the rep tried telling me it was my bike and it was out of alignment. He said come with me to the next tent that installs tires and he said to the guy have you ever heard of problems with my tire and wheel set up and the guy laughed and said he sells all brands but wont put metzler's on that bike because he had to many people ride a hundred miles and come back telling him about the speed wobble. The metzler guy got mad and walked off and hid from me. I went to the wheel place I bought them from(just happend to be in Ormand beach and they said they have seen the problem before and I could go to a 180 and pump the tire up or swith to Avons. They are sending me new tires that aren't Metzlers right now. DON"T BUY METZLERS for a touring bike it's a crap shoot if you get a thick side wall!
Last edited by S1 4 Life; 03-12-2010 at 07:32 PM.
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Oh yeah my tires are the new reinforced marathon ME880 with the higher ratings! And NavyPT and DuraGlide is your rear tire a 180/55/18 or a 200/50ZR18. My rear tire is a 200 and it's from the German factory not the Brazil factory. You can look at the side wall and it gives you all this info......I would have thought that the German factory would have put out a better product!
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Sickbagger you have a smaller rim and tire setup than the new bikes so your tires are drasticaly different. Great looking bike. I'm really telling the guys with 18x5.5 rims don't go with a 200 Metzler. I couldn't find one person that has had a problem with the 200 Avon....and I spent the week talking to tire installers dealers and riders that own them. The 180 rear in the Metzler they say will be better but the side wall is still flimzy.
Last edited by S1 4 Life; 03-12-2010 at 10:35 PM.
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