1olbull
Riding Motor Since 1950
The Pirelli Night Dragon comes in a rear for the R3R????
The Pirelli Night Dragon comes in a rear for the R3R????
WyldCFH
Drop a Gear and Disappear!
No, previous bike
martym52
Supercharged
Bull, being some what OCD I think that's a 77V on the rear. I've been running them on mine and have about 12,000 Mi. on the front and more to go.
1olbull
Riding Motor Since 1950
LAS VEGAS DAVE
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I am in the minority here but I like the stock Metzler 880 front tire on the R3T. My Boss Hoss also has a Metzler front tire 888 Marathon and its good also. The Boss Hoss has an Avon on the back. Some Avons seem good and some are out of round in the 8 years I been replacing them. Whatever the rear tire is on my stock R3T it is also holding up well. The bike only has 5000 plus miles on it and most are packing my wife who is only 110 lbs. The tread still looks almost new. Ninety nine percent of the miles are on hi way, no around town. I run 45 lbs in both front and rear tires. The Touring Rocket has a narrower rear tire than the Roadster, To me the R3T handles great and its smooth. I will probably get the same tires when these wear out.
BigNorm
Boobie Inspector
I prefer round tires. The square ones are really bumpy. Octagonso are slightly better but round is best.
jake shaw
Turbocharged
I have Avon's on my T at present but am looking at switching to the Michelin commander 2. My rear cobra is showing signs to replace soon with around 11000K on it. Not the 15000miles promised. 75% of my riding is with a passenger. I am hoping to just replace the rear as the front has lot's of life yet.
Jag
Living Legend
When I replaced my tires at 7k (I did them myself) I took the front tire off the rim (metz888) it was so distorted and F up looking that I could not believe it looked that bad. The front tire still had tread and I check the air pressure every time I ride, also it only had minor cupping. The rear did not look so bad, other than having no tread left!!
martym52
Supercharged
My Metz hit the cord at 6,000 miles and handled poorly compared to the Bridgy radial, just sayin'
OldNorthState
"Doc" in a small part of the world.
I purchased my 2014 R3T new in 2015, and the stock Metz's were the absolute worst handling and wearing cruiser tires I've ever experienced. Being pragmatic as hell, I suffered through 'em for 9 thousand miles - literally running the bike gently to help 'em last, and to keep from getting hurt or killed in a curve - before switching over to the Exedra Max w/the V speed rating. I am NOT EXAGGERATING to say that it was a 100% improvement.... the bike just lays over in the corners now w/out having to literally wrestle the thing down through counterstearing. The Metz's unnerved me - particularly on right hand curves (tighter radius?... I couldn't figure it out), which I found weird - in even modest-to-moderate curves... and I wasn't trying to "hot dog" the bike. I literally had to put fair pressure on the handlebars to force it down and through curves.... the bike would wallow through and then want to stand itself up, horribly, in every one. Put on the Exedra Max's, and literally had to then watch out so as not to try to over-confidently play "sport bike" in the curves w/the big machine (effortless handling, now, comparitively) .... THERE WAS THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE, even compared to when the Metz's were new. I will unlikely ever give Metzeler another chance... THEY'RE THAT BAD. In fact, Triumph should be warned that the Metz's, at least on the R3T, ARE DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS, handling-wise, in my experience.... even when those tires are still virtually new. They will also cause Triumph to lose some sales of new R3T's, as the potential customer will not likely assume that it's the tires that make the Touring handle poorly/alarmingly in some situations on the demo ride.
Assuming I get decent mileage out of 'em (another complaint w/Metz) and don't get any other surprises, I'll be sticking w/the Exedra Max's (with V rating: I suspect they have a stiffer sidewall, for one thing) from here on. Excellent riding/handling tire for the R3T... it literally transformed mine into a real pleasure to ride. (BTW, this wasn't some "newbie" issue with me... I've been riding/cruising/touring since '69, old bikes, old tires, bad tires, almost "no tires" at times (LOL), new bikes, tires, whatever. Even survived a helmet-and-bone crushing full ejection from a Harley in '71 - avoid that one if you can.)
Assuming I get decent mileage out of 'em (another complaint w/Metz) and don't get any other surprises, I'll be sticking w/the Exedra Max's (with V rating: I suspect they have a stiffer sidewall, for one thing) from here on. Excellent riding/handling tire for the R3T... it literally transformed mine into a real pleasure to ride. (BTW, this wasn't some "newbie" issue with me... I've been riding/cruising/touring since '69, old bikes, old tires, bad tires, almost "no tires" at times (LOL), new bikes, tires, whatever. Even survived a helmet-and-bone crushing full ejection from a Harley in '71 - avoid that one if you can.)
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