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Old 06-30-2020, 05:25 PM
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Same issue here, 1000 miles, vibration around 30mph and again at 60mph. Vibration is in the handlebars at the lower speeds and more so in the floorboards at the higher speeds. Front tire has been balanced 2x, new wheel bearings as well. Not sure what to do, tires are over 90 days old/installed. Have not reached out to Michelin yet. Looking for advice or what you guys did to correct the issue.
 
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Any Updates in this issue having same problem 1500 miles on tires
 
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Old 07-04-2020, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by MisteredEd
So what are they doing to resolve your problem?

I just had 3s installed. The front tire, rolling straight at about 30 to 40mph, has a slight vibration. When you roll/turn left or right it stops.

What did you do to file a claim with Michelin?

Also, where did you buy your tires? Cycle City?
I had the Commander 11 they came apart, Michelin gave me the run around , I was lucky to have a service managers help and didn't buy they there. After about and hour of b/s they payed me for my tire. I was hoping the commander111 were better, because I liked the way they handled. I guess I will be sticking with Dunlap's. This information needs to get out there because Michelin only pays for the tire not the install.

 
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Old 07-08-2020, 12:04 AM
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i just had them installed, vibration right away. its odd but it disappears depending on road surface and speed. on concrete its not bad, asphalt seems to be worse. only have about a hundred miles on them and it seems to be going away.
 
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Glad I bought the Avon Cobra Chromes. They are amazing tires!

 
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I have chased this same issue over the last couple months. Tried to balance with ride on, replaced wheel bearing, and finally had tires taken off and put back on with a rebalance. Same symptom every time. Vibration in handlebars at 30 and again between 50-60. Lean into a turn and it goes away. Are you all replacing the front tire to fix this?
 
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Replacing the whole set, I got mine from jp cycles sending them back for manufacture defect full refund
 
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Old 07-08-2020, 08:54 PM
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What are the manufacture site and date codes of the suspect tires, that may be helpful in figuring out if it's a batch or manufacturing site issue.
 
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I have a couple of thousand on my C3 with no vibration. build date of 45 week of 2018, bought from cycle gear in April 2020. Bought a 90/90-21 in Feb.2020 that had 39 week 2018 that was C2. Could not find a C3 in 90/90-21 on line at the time I was looking in January so I went with the C2. Thought for sure since the C3 went on sale in January thought it would be a newer tire than a C2 which it was but not by much. Like previous poster made reference to build date.
 
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Old 07-08-2020, 10:07 PM
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Damn..... Just ordered a set. Had no issues with my C2s. May even cancel and throw C2s back on.
 


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