Tue Nov 11 18:24:54 1997 - Message No. 1652
From: Phoebus Katsanos

Subject: [Fwd: Tyres




Jorge Pereira wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> My @ has Bridgestone Trailwing tyres and all I have to say is that everything is better than this. Absolutely not safe. In wet road it's an adventure to ride the bike. I have to replace the rear tyre and a friend told me that T66 are really good in city and highways (not in off road driving). He owns a Tryumph Tiger and that tyres (T66) lasted about 18000 km. Is quite good, isn't it? Well, if lost of people in this mailing list talks about Metzeler Enduro 3 and 4, they must be good. But I did not understand if Metzeler are good in road, off-road or it's a good compromise.
>
> Jorge Pereira
> Porto - Portugal
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Now to tal more seriously, Metzeler tyres are good both on road and off road.
Both Enduro 3 and 4 have an excelent grip on road both at rain and when it is dry and most guys here in Greece consider them the best, with enduro 3 being a little more "off road orriented" than enduro 4.
However I must tell you what an Austrian Guy told about 5 years ago when I met him and his whife on a ferry boat on their way from Crete to Athens ( maybe they are reading this, I had the Translp then and the guy had an AT while his whife had the Transalp!)
When i asked them abou tyres, they said:

"In Austria we use Avon, but when we come to Greece we use Metzeler enduro 3"

That's because Greek roads are very slippery compaired to the Austrian once and you really need the extra grip, while in Austria and I guess Italy, Germany etc you may not feel the difference.





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