Replies to post #1142 on Cars, etc. (GEARHEAD)

[jmhollen]

Hi brod,

I know a lot of the Bimmer jockeys rode on and swore by Connies, but I never tried them. My buddy with a R90S Bimmer rode Connies religeoudly. I swapped donuts on my first GPz1100 to some hyper Dunlops and came down with a case of the wobbles - like you see on the GP bikes under hard braking. Went straight back to the dealer and had the factories put back on.

The following morning, I called the tech engineer at Metzeler, told him of my experience, and asked what he recommended for a "z" hammering the S's in CO. They shipped a set of matched ME-99 Perfects to my favorite shop, and "..Wow.." stick'em city..!!! Nice to get what you pay for, aye.

In CO you can get a lot of transition from dry-to-wet-to-dry as you're zapping up through the canyons; probably a lot like northern CA. The "..Metz's.." handle the changes without the soak-in period of some of the other tires.

All a matter of experience I guess. But, if it's a crotch rocket in my garage - it's Metz's making contact with the ground. A lot of people tend to forget that the contact patch on a scooter is usually about the size of a book of matches - unless you're running superbike "..balgona.." sizes.

You know you're really dealing with a terminal Bozo, or an ultra-low-budget case, when you start to see someone on a 'rocket' mixing pairs of Connies & Dunnies, or Dunnies and Bridgies, or Bridgies and Discount Charlie's, or different series by the the same maker on a putt intended to boogie at 140+........ Bump/Crash/Oweee in the making, aye.

Stay upright, Dude.


John :-)

Park your Sub at the iHub - Bub; .....the experience might just "...float your boat..." !!!

[jmhollen]

"......GOooooooooooooooooooooooooo METZ...............



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[jmhollen]

Rick,

One of the things that impressed me about Metzeler was that when I called, I was talking to the honest-ta-gawd-engineer in about 2 minutes flat - he spent 5 to 10 on the phone with me, and he seemed ligitimately concerned to get me the right rubber for my putt under my riding conditions. They also make some terrific dirt tires, which I put on my kid's and my KX's.

Try that with Bridgestone, etc., and you get some jap fellow who wants to tell you his life history of taking pictures of Yoshimura at speed - "..yadda yaada yadda, buy wha' yourz deelah haz on sherf...". R-i-i-i-i-i-i-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Besides, I always used 5.25 Elephant floppies for my more ancient PCs, so the Metz's were a natural choice - ha ha ha ha ha....




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Park your Sub at the iHub - Bub; .....the experience might just "...float your boat..." !!!