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This is the Federal car tire that I am running on my 2006 RSTD. There have been many questions by members who are running other tires and some who are considering changing to a car tire. As you can see, there is plenty of room for the tire and after 6,000 miles it still has over 3/16" of tread left. I don't remember exactly what the original tread depth was, but I believe that I will get 20,000 miles out of it. (That is if my back heals before the tire dry rots.) It is 1 ply polyester on the sidewalls and 2 ply steel belted under the tread. I don't know why different tires with the same ply exibit a different amount of stiffness in the sidewalls, but this tire was stiffer than the Kuhmo I saw in side by side test. I chose this tire over the Kuhmo because of the stiffer sidewall and overall height and over the B F Goodrich because the white lettering on one side did not appeal to me personally. There are members who run both of the other tires and like them, so I am sure they are equally good tires. I hope this helps some of you who are considering a car tire. Jeff
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I removed the Avon today, as not enough tread left for the Calif Trip next month. Will keep it mounted on my spare rim. Ok I installed the New Dunlop E 3 ( MU90B16 ) today. Cleaned up the rim, used Vasoline on new tire and rim, mounting was quite easy with standard hand tools. Removeing the AVON, was not easy !!! I measured the tread on new tire, 5/16 inch at center, and 1/4 at edges of tire. I also measured the caseing thickness, as best I can measure it seems to be 1/2 inch thick, plus the Wearable Tread thickness. The tire Tread is 5 Ply, ( 3 Nylon, and 2 Fiberglass) The tire Sidewall is 3 Ply, Nylon Max loading is 937 lb. at 40 PSI cold. Dunlop sells this in the belted model, and the Radial. ( Radial sizes won't fit 1st Gen) I got the tire from RonAyers.com Greenville N.C. $113.95, which included the UPS to Seattle. So, will start milage tests with this tire. I put in a can of "Ride-ON " and went for a 20 mile test ride, All seems just fine !!! Time will tell. Also, anybody been running these tires on a Gold Wing, or know sombody that does use them on a Wing. ??? Would be interesting to find some Feedback from Wing users of these new E 3 Series Dunlops made for the Goldwings. ?? Or has anybody mounted one on a 2nd Gen ???
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Concerning Dunlop E - III Bias Ply tires. http://www.dunlopmotorcycle.com/tirecatalog_tire.asp?id=86 This page shows all the size's that the new Elite III, ( replacement for E-II K 491 ) is supposed to be avialble in. The Rears are available ( MU90B16-78H ) Question is: Has anybody been able to obtain as yet, the Front?? Size: ------- MR90-18-71H in the new E 3, tread style, Bias ply. ????? As soon as I find a supplier that has both front and rear, I'm going to order a set. Thanks for any info:
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Seems the stock D404s I have on now are Bias ply. I've seen some mention that they use Elite 3's which are radials. I take it that's okay so long as I don't mix radials with bias? Why do I seem to recall that I cannot use radials on a bike that calls for bias ply?? What are the Avon Venoms anyway? Radial or bias?
