Traction - I can't say for sure. I never rode my GTS with much tire sliding. I will say that wet weather traction was better than the D207/D205 combo I ran before. The ABS seems to kick in later in the rain.
- Walt Garcen www.hvmparts.com -----Original Message----- From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Weaver Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 9:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Amsoil and D220 tires --On Saturday, December 7, 2002 5:22 PM -0800 Peter Maggiacomo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've run the D220's & the D207's. I'm sold on the > MeZ4's. They don't cup with proper pressure and my > mileage life is fantastic. I'm now on my 3rd set and > consistently getting 11-13,000 miles per set and I > ride moderately hard. 80-90mph interstate cruising, > 60-120 back-road blasting. The handling is not quick > but more consistant to the design intent of the GTS. > I've mentioned this before on line, but I met the > Metz. > rep at the Hoot and he showed me pictures of factory > testing of the MeZ4's. Testing was done on the GTS! > It was after that when I changed to the Metz. and > have been well satisfied since. How is the traction? I've heard a number of distrubing anecdotes about crashes by bikes using the MeZ4s. Most of those involved cold and/or rainy conditions. I had a crash due to loss of traction on my VX800 while wearing MeZs (I can't remeber if they were the 4s or not). I had been running Macadam tires up 'till I cut one open in Pa with some metal in the road (that was fun!). I've now got a Macadam 90 on the front and a Dunlop D207 on the back (it was what the dealer in Pa had. Beggars and choosers). The dealer was very harsh about the Michelins, he didn't like them at all. His thinking was that the sidewalls on the Michelins were very weak compared to the others (like Dunlop, his fave). I hand tested the sidewall strength of both my new (but ruined) Macadam 100 rear and the new Dunlop D207 rear and there was a remarkable difference in the sidewall strength. I don't know what this translates to in terms of performance or safety, but it was quite noticable. I enjoyed the Metzlers up until the crash, but I've been leary of them ever since. I've been considering switching to Dunlops, possible the D220 or D205s for the next set of tires. I know, y'all hate the 'dreaded tire thread' but hey, the tires change all the time. We need to renew our thoughts, eh? :-) Take care, Mik -- Michael Weaver (706)542-6462 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineering Services EITS University of Georgia, Athens Ga. )O( Public PGP key: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~weaver/pgp.html
