Dunlope website. And GK tires.
Dunlope website. And GK tires.
Here is a link to Dunlop Motorcycle tire web site. It has a 'fitment' page where you can select make, model of bike, and it comes up with a couple suggested tires. Or can go thru the catalog and select tires by catagory such as Original Equipment, Cruiser, Touring, Sport Touring ectera.
http://www.dunlopmotorcycle.com/tirecatalog.asp
Here is a link to Metezler
http://www.us.metzelermoto.com/home.htm
But thier fitment function doesnt list any of our GSs from the 80s.
A few observations :
- Dunlop has the D402, the D401 and the D591 for Harley (with HarleyDavidson on side wall) for touring, cruiser and sport respectivly. My GK has the D591s and are now worn. SO thats why I am looking. I would say the only thing I didnt like about the 591 on my bike is the lettering on the sidewalls. And I will admitt that about everytime I went into a curve I would think about the letting on the sidewalls, but I was thinking H-D as in big heavy but slow cruiser or tourer. That - and the fact that the bike was new to me, so I really havent pushed it in the curves too much. Now I see that 591 is listed as a sport tire, not cruizer nor tourer.
Also noticed that the K591 come in only one size for front and 3 sizes for rear (how many HD sport bikes can there be? har har har) but includes just what the GK needs.
- I personally have heard a couple very crediable recomendations for the D404 specifically for my GK. I have seen them listed in catalogs (JP ectera) as 'Original Equipment'. But I see on Dunlope site they are listed as sport/touring, and not listed in the Original Equipment section. Hum....
- The fittment function on the Dunlope webpage does have the GK and then comes up with the GT501. The GT501 are listed as sport/touring sport bias.
- THe 850G that I had for 14 years came with Metzeler ME33 & ME55, and I really liked them, I could push them hard and could feel the limit apporaching (or so I thought anyway, maybe it was more the limit of my scenabilitys, but I thought I could feel just a bit of squirming). Rear seemed to last a good 2 1/2 seasons which would be about 6 - 7K miles (maybe more, I am quessing, dont rteally keep track). Front last quite a bit longer. Very even wear on both, not scalloping, nothing like that. I allways replaced them with the same Metezlers and then Metz Lastertech.
I see in catalogs that the D404s cost about 50-60% of the Metzler Lazertech, dont know if the big difference is between the H and the V rating or what. But anyway the big cost difference is what has me looking into this some more, rather than just getting the Lasertechs again.
I need to look into this further, will reread people comments in this posting. ANy fiurther comments/recomendations welcomed.
Dunlope website. And GK tires.
Here is a link to Dunlop Motorcycle tire web site. It has a 'fitment' page where you can select make, model of bike, and it comes up with a couple suggested tires. Or can go thru the catalog and select tires by catagory such as Original Equipment, Cruiser, Touring, Sport Touring ectera.
http://www.dunlopmotorcycle.com/tirecatalog.asp
Here is a link to Metezler
http://www.us.metzelermoto.com/home.htm
But thier fitment function doesnt list any of our GSs from the 80s.
A few observations :
- Dunlop has the D402, the D401 and the D591 for Harley (with HarleyDavidson on side wall) for touring, cruiser and sport respectivly. My GK has the D591s and are now worn. SO thats why I am looking. I would say the only thing I didnt like about the 591 on my bike is the lettering on the sidewalls. And I will admitt that about everytime I went into a curve I would think about the letting on the sidewalls, but I was thinking H-D as in big heavy but slow cruiser or tourer. That - and the fact that the bike was new to me, so I really havent pushed it in the curves too much. Now I see that 591 is listed as a sport tire, not cruizer nor tourer.
Also noticed that the K591 come in only one size for front and 3 sizes for rear (how many HD sport bikes can there be? har har har) but includes just what the GK needs.
- I personally have heard a couple very crediable recomendations for the D404 specifically for my GK. I have seen them listed in catalogs (JP ectera) as 'Original Equipment'. But I see on Dunlope site they are listed as sport/touring, and not listed in the Original Equipment section. Hum....
- The fittment function on the Dunlope webpage does have the GK and then comes up with the GT501. The GT501 are listed as sport/touring sport bias.
- THe 850G that I had for 14 years came with Metzeler ME33 & ME55, and I really liked them, I could push them hard and could feel the limit apporaching (or so I thought anyway, maybe it was more the limit of my scenabilitys, but I thought I could feel just a bit of squirming). Rear seemed to last a good 2 1/2 seasons which would be about 6 - 7K miles (maybe more, I am quessing, dont rteally keep track). Front last quite a bit longer. Very even wear on both, not scalloping, nothing like that. I allways replaced them with the same Metezlers and then Metz Lastertech.
I see in catalogs that the D404s cost about 50-60% of the Metzler Lazertech, dont know if the big difference is between the H and the V rating or what. But anyway the big cost difference is what has me looking into this some more, rather than just getting the Lasertechs again.
I need to look into this further, will reread people comments in this posting. ANy fiurther comments/recomendations welcomed.
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