Sunday, August 21, 2011

Triumph rocket 3 tire (metzler)

had to show you people the tires on the cycle, just to give you a brief low down on the tires, apparently these tires were made in Brazil and there have been many complaints about them, now i know first hand, these tires have only 15500 klics on them, check out the rear, the one you can see the threads, the tires were checked before we left and i knew that the back one was wearing out, but to have it disintegrate in 300 klics into this last tour to the muskokas was a real scare.  I am not slamming the company , but there have been a lot of complaints about these tires from other riders as well.  The front tire will have to be replaced also in the near future. I have talked to other riders who have 3X the klics on there tires and have have no wear issues. I will be talking to the dealer on this , to see if the warranty will cover a new set of  skins. Might be like pullin eye teeth but worth the shot. happy trails
maurice