Condor Posted April 28, 2010 Share #1 Posted April 28, 2010 I've been running Avon Venoms for the last 3-4 years on the '83VR and they were great when it comes to handling. It's just the sidewall cracking issue that bothered me. No complaint about Avon's replacement policy. Anyway, because of some good feedback on this board, I decided to put a set of Elite III's on the '99RSV. I'm still running Avons on the '91VR, but figured the '99 will be a long range tourer, and I don't want to deal with possible cracking while out in the boonies. Besides all of the 1stGens I own, for the most part, came with EII's, and.. IMO... are as tough as nails. If the EIII's give the same results I'll be a happy camper. The EIII's also have a tread pattern that's very similar to the Venoms. So I went ahead and picked up the EIII's from Jake Wilson online. Another set of Venoms, with their $50 buck rebate would have been cheaper by $20 bucks. The EIII's ran $221 on my doorstep, and the Venoms would have run me $240. Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike rebates.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted April 28, 2010 Share #2 Posted April 28, 2010 Oh Boy! Here it comes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted April 28, 2010 Oh Boy! Here it comes again. WHA?? Where???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan52577 Posted April 28, 2010 Share #4 Posted April 28, 2010 Good tires,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,little more road noise than the Avons (my ) ,,,, but good tires. Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scarylarry Posted April 28, 2010 Share #5 Posted April 28, 2010 Hoping to get mine on by Saturday, u said more noise. Let me ask you are they quieter than bridgestones... Good tires,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,little more road noise than the Avons (my ) ,,,, but good tires. Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted April 28, 2010 Share #6 Posted April 28, 2010 Hide the children, it's almost here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scarylarry Posted April 28, 2010 Share #7 Posted April 28, 2010 And lock up the wimmen, I see it getting closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 28, 2010 Share #8 Posted April 28, 2010 (edited) I have put 30,000 miles plus on avons, (two fronts, three rears). They have been great tires for someone who runs pretty hard and the rain traction is really good. However last week I decided to try the E3's. I have about 200 miles on them and so far I like them fine. I have not run them in the rain yet but as you point out the tread pattern is very similar to the venoms. We will see... Edited April 28, 2010 by Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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