New tires needed. Best experiences appreciated.

[CIP57_imp]

I've done some research on the Metzler Roadtec Z8, there have been complaints about the rear suddenly showing excess wear (cords showing) even with wear bars showing and the front prematurely cupping & 2500Mi.

I have no experience with these tires, just posting so you guys who buy these are aware of what people are saying.


Bang For The Buck
2 / 5
Grip
4 / 5
Tread Life
2 / 5
Would Not Be My Choice
These tires came stock on my K1600GT. I'll start by saying that I am very particular about my tire pressures and always do a "walk around" to check out my bikes before every ride! I would consider myself as a fairly aggresive rider ... I drag parts semi often.

The front tire started cupping around 2,500-3,000 miles, the rear was showing cords at 3,872 miles. I had done a walk around and was riding with my wife the day before I found the cords showing. The tire looked fine, still not into the wear bars (close but not into# so we rode two up for a short ride ... maybe 200 miles. We got home late, parked the bike in garage. The next day I was going for a ride and during inspection found a strip in center of tire #all the way around) that measures anywhere from 2" - 4.5" of steel belt! So the tire went from not into wear bars to showing cords within 200 miles!!!!!

I am now in process of deciding what tire to run ... the only thing I am certain of it will NOT be the Metzler Roadtec!

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November 5, 2013
VMAN
Ride:
2010 BMW R1200GS Adventure
Bang For The Buck
1 / 5
Grip
5 / 5
Tread Life
1 / 5
Bad design. A dangerous tire.
I've had three pair of these tires on my Concourse. The problem is there are no discernible wear indicators. You will go very suddenly from what appears to be a good tire to what in reality is a dangerous tire with threads showing. I got stranded because of this and will never use these tires again. Others have reported this as well. Should have listened to the forums.

[Cormanus]

Be interested to hear how you find them, Henrik.

[CA200_imp]

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Put the Metzeler Z8s on today, I was pretty disappointed to see the
140/70 -18 was made in China. I had seen that the Chinese had
bought in to Metz/Prell group but did not know they had moved any
production there.
The rear really has stiff sidewalls -
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[Jim21680_imp]

Hmm. Changing tires while wearing a white shirt....that's a brave man right there!

...Or maybe he's just married to a woman who does really, really good laundry.

[use2b_imp]

have nothing to compare them to on this new bike but the 600 miles i have put on these Avon road Riders give me a feeling of confidence.

[Lord Popgun]

Hmm. Changing tires while wearing a white shirt....that's a brave man right there!

...Or maybe he's just married to a woman who does really, really good laundry.

Maybe his real name is Harlan and he used to be the head mech at CHiPs.

[MM300_imp]

By about 7000 miles the original front tire had cupped to an increasingly annoying degree. The rear still probably had a few thousand miles left in it.

I replaced the set on my bike with Bridgestone Battlax BT45. At first I didn't like the feel of them but that was down to identifying the right pressure for each tire. It's amazing what a difference just a couple of pounds of pressure makes.

[Cormanus]

It's curious to me that so many people report their front tyre wearing out before the rear. That has not happened to me. It's always the rear tyre that goes first.

[the Ferret]

Memory going bad Cormanus? Back in 2013 we determined that the rear was indeed wearing faster than the front, however the rear came with much more rubber on it, therefor it seemed like the fronts were wearing out faster.

[Cormanus]

LOL! Memory went west years ago, Ferret. That may be the case, but my rear tyres on the CB have had to be replaced before the front tyres on two occasions now. The third time I changed them because the rear tyre developed a nasty tear.