 Metz 880 Handling
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Based on research here , I got Metz . 880's from Am Moto Tire ( A + service ) , just on the front went a tad wider than the stock 100/90 18 to the next size up , 110/90 18 . Now it just seems to handle less desireable than it did with the factory Bridgestones . That thing would weave and zigzag in a flawless flow , and now it kinda "resists"
weaving motion , like it wants to go in a straighter arc . Is it the nature of the Metz.'s or is it that I went up a size ? I dunno , maybe I'll get used to it .
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I've been running the 880's for several years and consider them a great handling tire. Could be the size difference I suppose cause I never cared much for the handling of the Bridgestones. Avons are the best for handling , in my opinion, but I get more miles out of the Metzlers.
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Fe Butt
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I love the Metz but saved money with the IRC and like that one very much too so far.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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We , as humans , tend to resist change , and I am no exception as I am also a human .  I was probably accustomed to the INferior handling of the Bridges and now having to adjust to the SUperior handling of the Metz.'s . I dunno , sound plausible to me . This I found out - a wipe down with cleaner doesn't get all the release agent off of them , went to make a tight turn as a blocker on a group ride and she just scooted out from under me , like I had rolled onto a sheet of greased tin .  First time in my life I have dropped a bike on the road . Lola's OK though . Will take it easy for a few more miles .
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I love the Metz but saved money with the IRC and like that one very much too so far.
I got 5k miles out of my 880, and I'm also trying the IRC.
Shame they don't make one for our front.
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They do make a front version but I don't know what sizes are available. The first place I saw them they were pictured as a pair. (front and rear)
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I could only find them in 16" front.
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
The Hayabusa Killa
16" Shorties/140 mains/Airbox drilled
Procom CDI
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Try this link. http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/3/3...Front-Tire.aspx 100/90 - 18 Metz 880 for the front. Good price also.
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Try this link. http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/3/3...Front-Tire.aspx 100/90 - 18 Metz 880 for the front. Good price also.
It was the IRC Wild Flare that I couldn't find in 18" front.
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
The Hayabusa Killa
16" Shorties/140 mains/Airbox drilled
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Complete Newb
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I find the 880 a little slick, but this is my first cruizer style bike. My comparison is to Michelin pilots and Avon Venoms on sport bikes. On the flip, you only get about 3.5k out of those tires- I'm at 7k on the 880 and still have about 40% of the tread left.
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Bar Shake
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Put a coarse Scotch Brite pad to new tires before you ride.
Scuff 'em up good.
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Adjunct
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I love the Metzeler 880 Marathon for rear and Lazertec for front. Stock size. I did not feel tires were slick with first few hundred miles. One thing I did notice bike seemed to vibrate more while riding, others on this site noted what seemed like vibration was actually the tire gripping the road. The first few times I had the confidence in Metz and took a corner real hard, I was amazed how good the tires held the road. The Bridgestone tires would slide around, In the rain the difference is incredible.
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Learned Hand
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I felt the same way when I went up to the size you have. Just seems to take a little more effort to turn in. But after 8000 miles I don't notice it anymore.
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21,000 miles on the original Metzler. Great in the rain.
I have a WWW Metz waiting on the porch to mount up.
Time to turn the old one into a brush pile accelerant.
(Did I say that out loud?)
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Tires?
We no burn no stinkin' tires!
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Update - impeccable handling , had to tweak the pressure , I weigh only 175 lbs , the tire guy had WAY too much PSI , I now run 32 front and rear and she handles great . Hated to throw the new Metz in the trash after smacking the chunk of wood ,went and got a new one . I'm staying with Metz from now on . Peace . 
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Should be Riding
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we used to burn those in the infield at turn 3 of the big D. Most childhhood pursuits would today place me in danger of incarceration for years. times have changed haven't they?
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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times have changed haven't they?
Indeed. I'm in the process of hammering 600 wooden stakes into 300 bales of hay for silt fence due to the boss's property being in a wetland and upcoming construction. If Noah's flood happened tomorrow, there would be NO possible chance of silt movement that would come anywhere near the bales or wetlands, but the regs are the regs, and if we want permits, we follow the regs.
Common sense has died and in it's place was born neurotic acts of grab a$$.
Eh - job security for me.
Apologies for the hijack
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Hijack part II
The engineer informed us that having the hay bale twine down is a big no no, so we had to flip them.
For real.
Luckily we hadn't staked too many of them yet. I thought I would be escaping from oddball & excessive rules & regs by taking this caretakers job. I guess one can't avoid them in any walk of life.
On the other hand, I'm glad to have a job, especially with the impending financial "adjustment" sure to come our way one of these days, so onward I go with a smile, with a 1/2 hour's country roads commute each way.
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Hijack part II
The engineer informed us that having the hay bale twine down is a big no no, so we had to flip them.
For real.
Luckily we hadn't staked too many of them yet. I thought I would be escaping from oddball & excessive rules & regs by taking this caretakers job. I guess one can't avoid them in any walk of life.
On the other hand, I'm glad to have a job, especially with the impending financial "adjustment" sure to come our way one of these days, so onward I go with a smile, with a 1/2 hour's country roads commute each way.
Hijack part III , dang , I hope your stakes had a 56.87 degree angle on the point , or you'll hafta pull 'em all up . Whats' wrong with these guys ? The only way to put down bales with no twine down is to stand 'em up . Whaaat ?
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