Best tires for a metric cruiser?

 

OK- I gotta buy new tires for my Kawasaki Mean Streak 1600.  I heard nothing
but bad news for the OEM Dunlop radials that it came with, although I have
had no particular problems with them.

Since these damn things are so expensive anyway, I want to get the best
tires for my bike, SO WHAT BRAND/MODEL OF RADIAL TIRES WOULD BE BEST FOR MY
CRUISER?

Thanks

 



Round black ones.

Go to www.denniskirk.com and buy what's on sale.

Don't worry, be happy.

 



Worse. They will give you Excedrin headache #2 because they are so
hard.

Personally, I like Metzlers (made by the same people that make
Pirellis which they charge more for.

When I can't get Metzler's, I go for Dunlops.

Cheng Shin is a Chinese brand which is trying to improve its
reputation by rebranding their tires as "Maxxis". I have a SuperMaxx
front tire on my Yamaha because nobody else makes a tire in that size.

 


Oh, look, KrustyUS has morphed again.


No, it's not. It's Taiwanese. We've done this before.


The Maxxis has nothing in common the CS tyres of the 1970s. In fact,
it's pretty good in my experience, if you want a decent touring tyre.


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Indeed - I remember earl '80s Cheng Shins as being teflon terrors and
was pleasantly surprised when we tried them on my wife's bike a few
years back. They gripped better than the Pirellis they replaced & lasted
longer.

If they were readily available in the sizes my Laverda uses I'd be using
them on it.
--
Bob Scott