Well everybody, my stock front tire started looking pretty bad the past few weeks and hit the wear bars on the left side and had nearly no tread left. I would get slight wobble during hard braking and you could tell it was ending its life pretty quick. The rear still had a ways to go, but I had a crack in it that has lasted nearly 1600 miles so I decided to just replace it at the same time and quit worrying about it.
Last Monday I ordered a set of Metzeler Sportech M5 tires and just got them put on today, and I gotta tell ya, the 10ish miles it took to get home I could tell that there was a huge amount of grip over the old BT021's. The bike just fell into turns so easily and quickly that I was a little nervous the first few turns, but they are so damn smooth. Gunna break them in the next few days and Ill tell everyone how they are after riding on them for a while. So far though :thumbup::thumbup:
Review of the Tire from Motorcycle.com for those that care
Last Monday I ordered a set of Metzeler Sportech M5 tires and just got them put on today, and I gotta tell ya, the 10ish miles it took to get home I could tell that there was a huge amount of grip over the old BT021's. The bike just fell into turns so easily and quickly that I was a little nervous the first few turns, but they are so damn smooth. Gunna break them in the next few days and Ill tell everyone how they are after riding on them for a while. So far though :thumbup::thumbup:
Review of the Tire from Motorcycle.com for those that care
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