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Engineers know what they are doing? Of course. But bean counters for them into bad decisions, most often OEM tires.

John I get the Bean Counters need to get the product on the road at a price point and make $$ and they do recommend Metsler tires not some over the counter Wallyworld specials. It was the dogmatic response I received when suggesting something other then the 110/80 specific model of tire. The fact that there is a resource as good as this site specific to our motorcycle was of no concern to him spouting Flick response etc. I'm not driving a crotch rocket. Perhaps it is a contractural thing or a liability problem as they will not install and balance a tire I supply.