At 13597 miles i'm going to change it out. I might could get anothe 400 or 500 miles out of it but with another weather change moving in tonight-i'd rather pull it to tonight get the new Dunny 404 130-90-17 mounted so i can ride when it gets REALLY nice thursday. The tire has given me excellent service. I never did get to run it in a rain storm at all.
I have run in the aftermath of a rain storm on very wet pavement and ZERO issues in the wet. This Shinko handeled as well as the Metz 880 i had BUT handled-at least to me better than the Elite-3 i had. This is MY OPINION only and was arrived at by actually riding all 3 tires for whatever their respective tire life was. I have nothing to gain or lose but here are my figures.
Dunlop E-3 came with the M/C 7508 miles-never again
Metzler 880 14454 miles-faulty guage ran at 60 P S I YES would buy again-spendy
Shinko S E 890 13597 miles YES would buy again-good price per mile.
The reason i won't have another E-3 it got WAY more than interesting in the rain MORE than once. And once or three times a little hiccup/washout/butt puckering moment in the twistys with the E-3. THOSE things will make you lose confidence in a tire. The Metz and the Shinko DID NOT exhibit those nasty traits on the same roads. Confidence level running neck and neck for the Metz and the Shinko. These are totally MY experiences with the aforementioned tires and i hope this will help someone here.
And i have been known to drag a peg now and then BUT nowhere near spark producing as some of our other members.
And i might add-ya'll know who you are.
RIDE SAFE.
