New tires - shall I acccept delivery?

[Claude J. Greengrass]

Hello,

I ordered a pair of Metzeler Roadtech 01 SE for my busa.
Apart from the production date and general appearance, do you think anything else worthwhile to check?
The merchant wants the customer to write comments on the delivery note should he want to return later the tires for any quality issue.

thanks

 

[bigoltool]

First time I have heard of that. The SE version of those tires is relatively new so age shouldn't be much of an issue. Post up how these work out for you.

 

[Claude J. Greengrass]

First time I have heard of that. The SE version of those tires is relatively new so age shouldn't be much of an issue. Post up how these work out for you.

Sure, but there are worthier reviews, esp. UK, claiming "all-weather" for that country, wet yes and sport yes. Customers' reviews on the Dutch pneus-online site give highest rating for wet among road-legal tires, so it remains to be seen if I seem doing a higher mileage than with my battlax s22 ... No matter how much I like corners, road planners seem having an irresistible tendency to straight lines...

 

[Bumblebee]

Sure, but there are worthier reviews, esp. UK, claiming "all-weather" for that country, wet yes and sport yes. Customers' reviews on the Dutch pneus-online site give highest rating for wet among road-legal tires, so it remains to be seen if I seem doing a higher mileage than with my battlax s22 ... No matter how much I like corners, road planners seem having an irresistible tendency to straight lines...

The weight and torque of the Hayabusa generally eats up tires, even the "sport touring-" ones...

My PR5 rear tire was down to the cords in less than 6000kms and I didn't ride it hard most times.....

 

[bigoltool]

Mine with around 7000 miles on it. Going to be due pretty soon. They stick, don't cup,warm quickly and ride as well as any I've tried, most durable tire I've tried. Believe the reviews.

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Mine with around 7000 miles on it. Going to be due pretty soon. They stick, don't cup,warm quickly and ride as well as any I've tried, most durable tire I've tried. Believe the reviews.

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Your what? Brand?

 

[Claude J. Greengrass]

Your what? Brand?

Metzeler Roadtec 01 SE
190/50 R17 TL 73 W

 

[bigoltool]

I have the 190/55-17 version, but yes same tire.

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

I’d heard the Metz were good but they’re just about at Michelins price range.

 

[dadofthree]

Mine with around 7000 miles on it. Going to be due pretty soon. They stick, don't cup,warm quickly and ride as well as any I've tried, most durable tire I've tried. Believe the reviews.

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I ran a set of 5’s from memory got 8K miles out of them, switched to 6’s getting around 13K miles. I run GT’s

 

[jellyrug]

^^^^
I must be doing something wrong, never got much more than 3,000 miles from a back tire.

 

[Rojo]

Just thought I'd share my mileage report out of this tire | Tires

Hey everybody, I know in our never ending battle to find good deals we all try to share our experiences with different stuff we try on our beloved busas... I just thought I would give some praise to a great tire I have found suits my needs really well... I have tried several different tires...

www.hayabusa.org

have never seen thousands *

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Hello,

I ordered a pair of Metzeler Roadtech 01 SE for my busa.
Apart from the production date and general appearance, do you think anything else worthwhile to check?
The merchant wants the customer to write comments on the delivery note should he want to return later the tires for any quality issue.

thanks

You ordered them and if the manufacture date is less than two years, then yes. Everyone should shop around for tires. I’ve bought Michelins thru Amazon that came from Chapparel Motorsports. Funny thing was that they were more expensive if I’d bought them direct.

 

[Claude J. Greengrass]

^^^^
I must be doing something wrong, never got much more than 3,000 miles from a back tire.

Are you using engine breaking? I've read elsewhere that it accounts for early wear (but I like it, braking better than with my car).

 

[Claude J. Greengrass]

I have the 190/55-17 version, but yes same tire.

Doing touring style or sport (track)? Mileage?

 

[dadofthree]

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^^^^
I must be doing something wrong, never got much more than 3,000 miles from a back tire.

Well; I don’t hang out in water boxes or make 1/4 mile trips. I only got 3K miles on the S22’s.

 

[michael parris heuberger]

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Well; I don’t hang out in water boxes or make 1/4 mile trips. I only got 3K miles on the S22’s.

Hi. I do not rember the brand of tire. On my GPZ 1100 on the rear I got 250 miles.

 

[Claude J. Greengrass]

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Just thought I'd share my mileage report out of this tire | Tires

Hey everybody, I know in our never ending battle to find good deals we all try to share our experiences with different stuff we try on our beloved busas... I just thought I would give some praise to a great tire I have found suits my needs really well... I have tried several different tires...

www.hayabusa.org

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have never seen thousands *

In his shoes I'd examine smoking the pipe, or simply cigars: only gear needed is an armchair and a brandy!

 

[sixpack577]

^^^^
I must be doing something wrong, never got much more than 3,000 miles from a back tire.

Me neither, and even though I rode my Gen2(and everything else) like it was stolen...I still cannot see how some people get the mileage that they do.
I tried multiple sport and sport touring tires too, and at multiple psi's front/rear, and even if I rode the bike like a scooter, I cannot comprehend getting 6k to 8k+ miles out of any tire on it.
I'm about to buy a Goldwing too, so the whole tire wear thing with that should be interesting...Busa torque, with near double Busa weight, lol
And speaking of double...how about tire prices lately...double is about right on cost increase in the last couple years...

 

[Jakegsxr11]

I've never got more than 3k on my gixxer 1100 rear. Just put Dunlop sportmax 5s on the busa. I'll be pleased with 3k. I'm expecting 2k. I have no clue how you would get 6k?