Since we appear to have an endless discussion over the merits of tires, I thought I would contribute a few pictures and save some of the 1000 words.
This rear tire has 8,000 miles. It still has at least half the tread remaining, but I am replacing it because the vibration in the curves is so strong it makes it feel like there is a loss of traction. I don't know if that is the case, and I realize I am not close to pushing the limits, but it is distracting nevertheless. If you click on http://picasaweb.google.com/gpickren/E3TireWear
you can click the zoom button and get a good close view of the tires. With cupping like this it should be no surprise that these tires howl in turns. I could live with the howling, but I just didn't like the feel of the vibration in the turns as the cups on this tire buzzed. As you can see they are raised up over 1/8".
I replaced the OEM Dunlop 250's at 8,200 miles because I was going on a trip. I probably could have gotten another 2,000 miles out of them. The front E3 is still looking pretty good. No obvious cupping, just a little angular perhaps because of Dunlops dual tread compound. I have ridden lots of curvy mountain roads 2 up. Probably over 1/2 of the miles. Tire pressure has been 41.
I had 5,000 miles on these when I upgraded my suspension to Traxxion. Since I have had two badly cupped rear tires, it should be interesting to see how the new tires perform with the full Traxxion setup.
This rear tire has 8,000 miles. It still has at least half the tread remaining, but I am replacing it because the vibration in the curves is so strong it makes it feel like there is a loss of traction. I don't know if that is the case, and I realize I am not close to pushing the limits, but it is distracting nevertheless. If you click on http://picasaweb.google.com/gpickren/E3TireWear
you can click the zoom button and get a good close view of the tires. With cupping like this it should be no surprise that these tires howl in turns. I could live with the howling, but I just didn't like the feel of the vibration in the turns as the cups on this tire buzzed. As you can see they are raised up over 1/8".
I replaced the OEM Dunlop 250's at 8,200 miles because I was going on a trip. I probably could have gotten another 2,000 miles out of them. The front E3 is still looking pretty good. No obvious cupping, just a little angular perhaps because of Dunlops dual tread compound. I have ridden lots of curvy mountain roads 2 up. Probably over 1/2 of the miles. Tire pressure has been 41.
I had 5,000 miles on these when I upgraded my suspension to Traxxion. Since I have had two badly cupped rear tires, it should be interesting to see how the new tires perform with the full Traxxion setup.