Tires...IMPORTANT, please read

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feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:04:40 GMT

Bob....thanks for you input. I believe that the consensus of opinion is that the Dunlop Elite 3 is the way to go.

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feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:02:34 GMT

Guns90 wrote:
What a shame you don't have any photos of me when I was a little younger, thinner, and not as repulsive.

Gary....I'm going to ignore that "repulsive" part of your statement. I've had the pleasure of meeting you and talking with you for hours on end. I enjoyed the man I met and I consider you to be one of my friends and brother in spirit.

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feeds@yuku.com (burninfilm) — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:26:55 GMT

In the for what it's worth dept. My E3 rear tire has 13000 miles and still looks like more and I just put an E3 on the front then took an 1100 mile ride (two up). The handling was great and the wear is minimal. My only complaint is they are a little noisy on some surfaces. Still, they are durable and sticky.. Seems a good combination...Hope this helps some..Bob <><

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feeds@yuku.com (Guns90) — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:57:54 GMT

What a shame you don't have any photos of me when I was a little younger, thinner, and not as repulsive. What can I say? Sometimes your the windshield, and sometimes your the bug. I wasn't always this short you know. Before life beat me down, I used to be as tall as Fred. Carrying full combat gear for twenty years is hell on those lumbar disks. (Oh, and just in case you forgot Rich's wife's...

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feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:37:54 GMT

Thanks for the opinion Gary. I found several of your postings with regard to your preferences for tires. My inclination is to go with the Valk sized E3 for the rear. My front tire still looks brand new and I do not see any cracking even though I suspect this is the original OEM front tire.

Hey....I didn't think I was taller than you until I looked at our photo again.

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feeds@yuku.com (Guns90) — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:55:28 GMT

Hey Alain, Want to hear my two cents? Tough, you're getting it any way.

I have had the Dunlop E3's and the Avon Venom R's both on Dixie. For the life of me, I can't decide if one is better than the other. Both greatly improved the handling of Dixie over the OEM Dunlops. Mileage is looking to be the same. Both improved gas milage. The OEM's stuck like glue, but were just too soft and wore out too quick. I'll be honest and tell you that looks of both the...

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feeds@yuku.com (ragtop69gs) — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:12:34 GMT

gr8scott51 wrote:
The Valkerie sized rear tire will cause whoever mounts the tire some problems due to width during reassembly, but it fits great once inside the fender.

This is a true statement. I had the rear Valk E3 mounted the other day and they commented on how they had to inflate it to 100 psi to get the bead to seat, even after using soapy water on the bead.

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feeds@yuku.com (gr8scott51) — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:40:37 GMT

1. I love the E3s. I have over 15,000 miles on them now.
2. I bought them almost 3 years ago, the price must have gone up.
3. I never met MMR. I heard some rumors about him that I won't repeat. He fell out of favor with the long distance riding fraternity. I don't know if any of it was true, I didn't ask. I just stayed out of it.

Dawn bought E3s for Jasmine Wind. She had a post on here about it. I think she got a pretty good deal.

The Valkerie sized...

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feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:26:25 GMT

gr8scott51 wrote:
Wow. Dunlop Elite 3 radials - Front tire, 130/70R/18 - $93.95; Rear tire, 180/70R/16 - $127.95 = $221.90.

I'll be sending you an e-mail asking for your address for shipping and to set up a time to meet a new friend and mount my new tires.

Scott.....I am anticipating the purchase of at least a new rear tire, so I was criusing all of the Tire posts to familiarize myself with all...

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feeds@yuku.com (Million Mile Rider) — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:10:27 GMT

Putz...yuck, yuck, yuck. Ha ha ha ha ha. It really was funny, I think?

Okay, as the soup nazi on Seinfeld used to say...No soup for YOU.

Million Mile Rider

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feeds@yuku.com (Putz0999_nuked_for_import1175276112) — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:57:42 GMT

Hey, MMR,

You must be a pretty sloppy eater. I have seen you say that "lunch is on me" several times. You might want to see if Mrs. MMR can show you how to use a bib.

Keep riding.

Putz

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feeds@yuku.com (gr8scott51) — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:24:50 GMT

Wow. Dunlop Elite 3 radials - Front tire, 130/70R/18 - $93.95; Rear tire, 180/70R/16 - $127.95 = $221.90.

I'll be sending you an e-mail asking for your address for shipping and to set up a time to meet a new friend and mount my new tires.

thanks again,
Scott

It has been my experience that good enough, isn't.

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feeds@yuku.com (Million Mile Rider) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:46:24 GMT

Scott, it is less than 400 miles from your place to mine...round trip. Especially if you take the easy route, by taking a ferry to and fro.

Taber's is a very good shop, and I forgot to mention them. The price for the tire is way high, especially if that price does not include mounting, balancing, and tax. Wow, for that price you could get both a front and a back tire, and I would mount and balance them both, for free.

I paid $ 262.00, delivered to my front door, for a set of...

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feeds@yuku.com (gr8scott51) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:10:29 GMT

I noticed the flat tire as I was entering Deception Pass Park, headed for the ferry to Port Townsend - a beautiful ride and the easiest way home for those of us on the west side of Puget Sound. I should have posted and asked if anyone else was going prior to the run. It would have been nice to meeet you.

I found a nice gentlman (Taber's Precision Cycles) in Gorst that specializes on Goldwings and Valks. He can get me the Elite 3, 180/70R/16 for $201.82 plus mounting, balancing and...

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feeds@yuku.com (Million Mile Rider) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:15:53 GMT

Scott, first let me say, you are most welcome to come over to my place and I will install your tire for you, no charge at all. Just send me a post to MillionMileRider@aol.com and I will send you my cell phone number, so we can arrange a time.

Next, Dunlop does not listen to me about the D-206, because...I have done NO testing for them on that particular model of tire. My testing for Dunlop was on the D-250 radials, and the new Elite 3 radials. On the D-250 radials, Dunlop listened to...

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feeds@yuku.com (gr8scott51) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:55:45 GMT

MMR - I just visited the Dunlop website and found the only recommended tire is the D206 with inflation levels well below your recommendations. As a tire tester, why have they not incorporated your feedback in their recommendations?

As I got a puncture last Sunday leaving the Oyster Run in Anacortes, I will be purchasing a new rear tire this week. Thanks to all of you for bringing this information to the uninformed.

What effect does fix-a-flat have on tires? I'm just happy...

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feeds@yuku.com (Million Mile Rider) — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:26:25 GMT

Dawg2, the Avon Venom that you have on the bike you wrecked...is it a bias belt tire, or a radial?

I have not had experience with Avon Venom bias belt, but I have with the Avon Venom radials. I felt that the radial Venom was very good riding in all weather conditions, including bad rain.

Our friend that has the bias belt Venom on her ACE T, with 32,000 miles on the front tire, does not appear to have any problems with her riding the bike in rain, as we do live in wet...

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feeds@yuku.com (Vroomr) — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:11:43 GMT

This has been a great discussion--thanks, all. By amazing coincidence, as if we conjured it up, a car tire just failed on me. After 76K miles, a factory tire with plenty of tread just gave up--there's a big hole in the carcass. It probably followed the scenario Fred described. It had a temperature rating of B, you can be sure its replacement will be rated A.

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feeds@yuku.com (West Tn Dawg2) — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:11:21 GMT

O.K. MMR

I had the Avon Venom on my "T" that i wrecked a couple of weeks ago. I think the tire seemed to lose traction pretty quick, it was raining and I was in a curve and would have probably lost it with any tire it just seemed to me it broke traction to quick. Have you had much riding on them on the wet roads that might be helpful to me.

Dawg2

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feeds@yuku.com (Million Mile Rider) — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:00:58 GMT

Vroomr, I would have to say...no. Since we have come to an agreement on the turns and curves adhesion of an underinflated tire, let's VERY briefly look at an underinflated tire going down a straight road.

On a straight road, straight line riding, an underinflated tire would be pushing its' way down the road, rather than efficiently rolling its' carcarss down the road. Once again, I exaggerate the point by using the models of a tire inflated to 20 psi, and a similar tire inflated to 36...

Tires...IMPORTANT, please read

feeds@yuku.com (Million Mile Rider) — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:09:37 GMT

Folks, I am new to this list, and I will make every effort to go over to the correct page and introduce myself, BUTT...I felt it was important to share a piece of info with you all regarding tires for the ACE Tourer.

You CAN install any of the tires that were meant for, and sized for, the GL-1800 Goldwing onto the ACE Tourer. I know this because I have installed two different sets of radials onto ACE Tourers in the past few days, one of them being the Dunlop Elite 3, or E3, and the...