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Replaced the tires on my R18C after 15,000 miles.Still had over 3/32 inch depth.Glad I found the matching pair to go with the same tire Hannigan uses on the sidecar(MT90B16).Remember tire and gas mileage goes down with the added weight of a sidecar attached.
I do not want to to start a(pissing contest) tire thread but I have been using Dunlops.Michelin and had 2 pair of the Metzler Cruisetec on my 2017 Indian 116.
All good and some a little bit better/different.That being said,Beware if you have been shopping for tires recently.The supply chain is just now catching up.I hunted till I found the New J&P cycles brick and mortar store in Scottsdale.Funny,they are in partnership with CycleGear and Revzilla.Anyway nobody had the front tire and only could find 1 rear.
J&P had 20 fronts and 20 rears,go figure.Sale priced $160 for thr front and $269 rear.
The dunlops are really nice with the sidecar.They handle the extra weight and have stiff sidewalls.
Just some added notes:
1)The Metzler Cruisetec tires are similar to Michelin in handling but have a little less wear and almost zero cuppingon the rear.The front had a bit more.Still good tires and only tires available at the time I bought them.
2)The Michelins wear well.I got 25,000 out of a pair of Commander II tires on my 2014 Chieftain and still had tread.The did have some cupping on the rear tire but not till I had over 15,000.
2)Now about the Dunlops.
I ask the shop foreman Marcus how the tires mounted today."Man really stiff sidewall!"
Now the story:
Got a flat on my 1999 RoadKing(spoke wheels)while riding from the top of Mount Lemon in Tucson.I rode all the way down the moutain,(at very slow speed of course) to the closest gas station I could find and bought 3 bottles of fix-a-flat.Hell of a mess and did not work well since there were tubes.
Anyway,
after I got to the HD shop and explained that I wanted them to replace the flat tire.
The mechanic asked me to come and look at the tire after he took it off.He took a flash light and we instected the inside of the tire.It looked perfect.No signs of wear or damage.He asked"you want me to just install a new tube?"
I said No,the tire tread did have about 50% tire life left but,I did not want to trust a tire that was ridden flat for over 30 miles in 100+ temperature.
I do not want to to start a(pissing contest) tire thread but I have been using Dunlops.Michelin and had 2 pair of the Metzler Cruisetec on my 2017 Indian 116.
All good and some a little bit better/different.That being said,Beware if you have been shopping for tires recently.The supply chain is just now catching up.I hunted till I found the New J&P cycles brick and mortar store in Scottsdale.Funny,they are in partnership with CycleGear and Revzilla.Anyway nobody had the front tire and only could find 1 rear.
J&P had 20 fronts and 20 rears,go figure.Sale priced $160 for thr front and $269 rear.
The dunlops are really nice with the sidecar.They handle the extra weight and have stiff sidewalls.
Just some added notes:
1)The Metzler Cruisetec tires are similar to Michelin in handling but have a little less wear and almost zero cuppingon the rear.The front had a bit more.Still good tires and only tires available at the time I bought them.
2)The Michelins wear well.I got 25,000 out of a pair of Commander II tires on my 2014 Chieftain and still had tread.The did have some cupping on the rear tire but not till I had over 15,000.
2)Now about the Dunlops.
I ask the shop foreman Marcus how the tires mounted today."Man really stiff sidewall!"
Now the story:
Got a flat on my 1999 RoadKing(spoke wheels)while riding from the top of Mount Lemon in Tucson.I rode all the way down the moutain,(at very slow speed of course) to the closest gas station I could find and bought 3 bottles of fix-a-flat.Hell of a mess and did not work well since there were tubes.
Anyway,
after I got to the HD shop and explained that I wanted them to replace the flat tire.
The mechanic asked me to come and look at the tire after he took it off.He took a flash light and we instected the inside of the tire.It looked perfect.No signs of wear or damage.He asked"you want me to just install a new tube?"
I said No,the tire tread did have about 50% tire life left but,I did not want to trust a tire that was ridden flat for over 30 miles in 100+ temperature.