Bob, I like the Metzler ME4's. Got a litlle over 10k on them now and they've got 2-3 k left... a great handling tire too! I may get higher mileage than some but then I ride them till the rear is bald smooth and then replace them in sets, front and rear. -Pete --- "Burton, Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I'm not trying to start the dreaded tire thread. > Anyway I just put > on some new tires out of necessity, we were in the > N. Ga. area this > weekend and I picked up a nail in the rear tire some > time Friday which > resulted in a flat on Saturday morning when we were > getting ready for > day 2 of our trip. It held enough air to get me to > Blue Ridge Yamaha who > spooned on a new D207 rear (170/60), nice folks, > good shop. Back to the > Azaro II's, I only got a little over 4000 miles on > them before the nail > incident, however, the rear tire was showing a good > case of the flat > spots from commuting. By my estimates I still would > have only gotten > about 5500 miles max. out of these tires. The front > tire was replaced > yesterday with a D207 front (120/70) because looking > at it after the > trip, it was severely cupped (almost as bad as the > original D202's which > were the worst tires I've had) on the sides and I > was well into the wear > bars. Center of the front tire still had lots of > life left, but the > sides were rather cooked. The Azaro II's did grip > very well in the wet > and dry (the best wet weather tire I've had, BT57 > being the worst wet > weather tire), but mileage was low and treadwear > poor (bad cupping). My > favorite so far for my style of riding is still the > Pirelli GTS tires. > They wore well and got good mileage for my style of > riding. This is my > first set of D207's (didn't have any choice due to > the nail) so we'll > see how these hold up this year. The D207's seemed > to have required > quite a few weights to balance the tires front and > rear. On the BT57's > (two sets), Pirelli GTS and the Azaro II's the front > tires had never > needed weights for balance, no headshake either. > Just was funny seeing > weights in the front rim for a change. > > I'm sure opinions will vary but I'll not be getting > another set of Azaro > II's unless that is all that's on the shelf when I'm > stuck with a flat. > > Bob B. > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, > including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. > Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is > prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by > reply e-mail and > destroy all copies of the original message.
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