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My 04 Wing is near the end of its first rubber. I am planning to go to a 70 series rear tire.
I am a lot more interested in wet weather traction than in high speed cornering. I use my bike exclusively for transportation which means a lot of adverse weather riding. It looks like the OEM Dunlops are going to last about 16,000 miles, which is not bad for trailer towing 95% of the time. However, I have yet to have a tire on either of the 1800s that is as good in the wet as the Elite IIs on my 1500.
A Bridgestone rep at the Hoot told me that all the 1800 tires are sport type with large pads for stability which means poorer wet weather performance. The worst wet weather tires I have had on any Wing were the Bridgestones on my 01. They were just plain scary in the wet.
I was forceed to go back to a Bridgestone replacement for my Dunlop rear tire on the 01 because of a flat and the only tire available was a Bridgestone when reentering the US from Canada. I had a lot of rain on the way back to Texas and was so frightened by the tire's performace that I took it off and put a Dunlop back on the day after I got back to town. I told the dealer he could do anything he pleased with the new stone after it came off the bike.
I am a lot more interested in wet weather traction than in high speed cornering. I use my bike exclusively for transportation which means a lot of adverse weather riding. It looks like the OEM Dunlops are going to last about 16,000 miles, which is not bad for trailer towing 95% of the time. However, I have yet to have a tire on either of the 1800s that is as good in the wet as the Elite IIs on my 1500.
A Bridgestone rep at the Hoot told me that all the 1800 tires are sport type with large pads for stability which means poorer wet weather performance. The worst wet weather tires I have had on any Wing were the Bridgestones on my 01. They were just plain scary in the wet.
I was forceed to go back to a Bridgestone replacement for my Dunlop rear tire on the 01 because of a flat and the only tire available was a Bridgestone when reentering the US from Canada. I had a lot of rain on the way back to Texas and was so frightened by the tire's performace that I took it off and put a Dunlop back on the day after I got back to town. I told the dealer he could do anything he pleased with the new stone after it came off the bike.