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Title: Free rear ME88 with lots of tread
Post by: Mdcoa on December 06, 2015, 05:31:16 PM

Figured I'd ask before dropping at the local repair shop... Tire was on my k75c when I bought it and is, quite frankly, the most terrifying tire I have ever used for riding in the rain. Just replaced it with a spitfire.
Tons of tread left ( how could there not be, since this tire is apparently made of something ridiculously hard).
Would prefer local pickup in Arlington VA, but can certainly ship it and let you know cost.
PO records indicate it's only about a year or two old.
If I don't hear anything in a week, it'll hi the shop along with the utterly worn out front tire I'll be taking off Friday.

Title: Re: Free rear ME88 with lots of tread
Post by: johnny on December 06, 2015, 07:30:37 PM

greetings mdcoa...

welcome to motobrick.com...

j o

Title: Re: Free rear ME88 with lots of tread
Post by: Mdcoa on December 07, 2015, 06:58:39 AM

Thanks! I've been meaning to say howdy since I bought the k75 in August (my fourth BMW buy my first brick), and apologize for not doing so sooner!

Loving the bike--after years of airhead and oil head ownership, I'd been thinking one of these would be great, and it is!

Title: Re: Free rear ME88 with lots of tread
Post by: K1300S on December 07, 2015, 09:16:41 AM

since you are in NOVA, if you haven't already, join www.BMWBMW.org

we should do a NOVA brick ride someday!

Title: Re: Free rear ME88 with lots of tread
Post by: drut on December 07, 2015, 02:47:33 PM

"Tons of tread left ( how could there not be, since this tire is apparently made of something ridiculously hard)."

Strange how some modern tires still seem engineered to give both poor grip and poor longevity.

Title: Re: Free rear ME88 with lots of tread
Post by: Mdcoa on December 07, 2015, 08:26:48 PM

Fair point; at least this tire combines long life and terrible grip!

Title: Re: Free rear ME88 with lots of tread
Post by: K1300S on December 07, 2015, 09:04:01 PM

More accurate than po records, there is a born on date molded into the sidewall.  Oval with four digits signifying week and year the tire was made.

The older a tire is, the harder the rubber gets.

Title: Re: Free rear ME88 with lots of tread
Post by: Mdcoa on December 08, 2015, 10:54:04 AM

Let me check that after work...I wonder if this things not a fossil...

Title: Re: Free rear ME88 with lots of tread
Post by: Mdcoa on December 09, 2015, 07:46:31 AM

Um, yeah, 0909 on the sidewalk--I feel bad for disrespecting this elderly tire. I shall retire it gracefully.

Title: Re: Free rear ME88 with lots of tread
Post by: F14CRAZY on December 09, 2015, 08:45:17 AM

I've had issues with new Dunlop D404's, made in 2011, with developing cracks in the tread long before the tread itself had much wear. Might be different with a Metzler but getting hard is a different issue