Talked to a fellow riders and some tire reps and due to timing and stock put a set of Metzler 888 on. Fits my style of riding and should provide a little more mileage.
JJ
JJ
I’ll keep you postedron203 said:I've thought about these, too. I'll look forward to your "ongoing" and "end" reports. Good luck.
Ron
AwesomeDad said:Talked to a fellow riders and some tire reps and due to timing and stock put a set of Metzler 888 on...
dcstrng said:I put on RS3s, due to the fact I'm very new to the C14, but as conseravtive as the RS3s are -- they still seem to have more capabilities than I'm likely to use
Christopher said:[]
What do you mean by conservative?
I have them now and like em. Ordered another set from STG, waiting on shipment.
Egodriver71 said:Good luck with the tire, I hope it works out for you.
That's the only tire I ever had on my C10 that scared the s*** out of me.
They are VERY slippery in the rain.
AwesomeDad said:Talked to a fellow riders and some tire reps and due to timing and stock put a set of Metzler 888 on. Fits my style of riding and should provide a little more mileage.
JJ
smithr1 said:Ahhh the EBWT 888s EBWT= Eval Bike Wrecking Tire. Saw that term in the 90s or earlier.
I fully understand wanting to get great mileage out of these high price shoes but you are trading safety for frugality. Something all us COGers struggle with. SO if you can stop 25 feet sooner on a sticky tire and stick to a corner you come into to hot just a little better is your life worth the $20-40 bucks you saved? I assume you use no gear too? No helmet, no jacket, never replace brake pads...
My opinion, Thanks for listening.
smithr1 said:Ahhh the EBWT 888s EBWT= Eval Bike Wrecking Tire. Saw that term in the 90s or earlier.
I fully understand wanting to get great mileage out of these high price shoes but you are trading safety for frugality. Something all us COGers struggle with. SO if you can stop 25 feet sooner on a sticky tire and stick to a corner you come into to hot just a little better is your life worth the $20-40 bucks you saved? I assume you use no gear too? No helmet, no jacket, never replace brake pads...
My opinion, Thanks for listening.
Gotta love the Internet, rather than try and defend or engage the keyboard warriors, I will simply offer this.Just Cliff said:Seriously Bob? No where in his post did he mention being cheap frugal or trying to save money. Was only looking for better mileage. He even questioned other riders & reps about them. I never new these tires were like that & obviously he didn't either. Ron even says he's been looking at them.
I'm sorry, but you're a AAD & this post was completely uncalled for.
I read close to 100 reviews from the last 4 years not one mentioned issues in wet conditions, now the bulk of the reviews were from cruisers and heavy tour but there were a few sport tourers. And the only negatives weren’t bike related but either arrived defective or age related. So we shall see..:Ranger Jim said:I have no experience on the 888s, but I did go through 2 sets of the ME880s on my C10. The ME880 was a bias ply tire originally "intended" for heavy-weight cruisers/tourers (Honda Goldwing GL1500, et.al.).
IMO, the C10 didn't weigh enough to get the 880s warm enough to "stick." This was especially true during cool, rainy rides. Also, even on hot days, the handling was pretty severely compromised; took a lot of effort to roll in to a turn and to roll back upright. I did get phenomenal mileage out of them (25K+) but decided (after sliding through a 4-way stop at the bottom of a wet downhill) that it wasn't worth the trade off.
Presumably, Metzler addressed the lack of traction. Best of luck with them.
Bob,smithr1 said:Wow, I stand by my post and am just warning the OP of the very real difference in tires and how they relate to safety. I did not berate him like you all just did me. After all, I did not make up the phrase and I did say "my opinion"... I care for Dad maybe more then those that did not warn of the danger of high mileage tires on any bike. Lost two friends slipping out in corners on them so...
BTW I was thinking of the 880s and I apologize for that. I have less knowledge of the 888s. Sorry.
You sir sound exactly like my riding style and situation. I will never come close to the ability of the bike. I got the knee dragging parts scrapping out of my system years ago. Now it’s me and my bride enjoying the ride..dcstrng said:well this thread went interestingly... The 880 was my go-to tire for about 140-150K miles on two bikes (as v. Dunlop and Stones). I don't know squate about the 888 except that even Metz referes to it as a iterative improvement on the 880... With 880s, I did indeed get good mileage on heavy cruisers over both short trips (one tank of gas) or long-haul (one-day, half the continent jumps, etc., etc...) as well as cold (below freezing -- but no sleet) and 90-100 degree summer stop and go... dragged floorboards many times, but that of corse is not comperable to what my C14 is capabale of doing with a good rider (probably not me...)
Obviously the 880 does not have the speed rating of the more usual ST tires, nor does it have the knee-dragging road-holding -- but it did just fine in the rain, many times... much of the time on the bikes I commuted because that's how I got to work for much of 5 yaesr, except for actual snow-days -- ridinig in the rain as one usually does, the 880 did just fine (no ABS, no traction control, no other techno-gizmos... just care...). No I didn't ride in the rain on purpose, but I saw my share...
To the extent that the 888 is an improvement on the 880, I'd thought it was a viable option for those who stay well on the T-side of the ST ridiing -- But I just didn't know the C14 well enough... If my RS3 rears go 10K miles with my easy riding style, I'll be happy -- if they wear out in a few thousand like some riders have noted; I'll be looking for an alternative...
I’ve only put less than 500 miles on them but initial impressions are favorable.CSGMech said:I'm definitely interested in how they work for you. Since even my "sportier" rides have left considerable chicken strips, I'm heavily considering a 888 when I replace the rear.
Kzz1king said:I almost went down with these on my c10. It was raining and a car pulled out in front of me. Sliding sideways down the road. Scary. It was also when I decided my next bike would have ABS.
Egodriver71 said:Good luck with the tire, I hope it works out for you.
That's the only tire I ever had on my C10 that scared the s*** out of me.
They are VERY slippery in the rain.
I ran me880s on a V-Strom before getting the pr4s on it, and the880s work fine in warm weather but on a light bike in cool weather the grip isn’t there in corners. Pr4s transformed that bike into an aggressive corner carver. When I bought the Connie she came with 4s mounted up and I have stayed with them. I’ll be very curious to see how the 888s do long term