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Discussion in 'Trips N' Trails - the ride is the adventure' started by chucktx, Apr 3, 2010.

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  1. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    we did about 200 miles today.....3 bikes, 6 people. was looking for crawfish but ended up with mexican food......was good, but not crawfish:mad: we didnt see but one bike and only a handful of cars. that is what i like about east Texas...you can ride forever, and not ride on a 4 lane hiway.....all 2 lane back roads!!!!! a couple of pics.......cardboard, daytripper, gail, jerl, terri, and i took the pics.........oh ya, i think some folks in east Texas are color blind!!!

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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    couple more.........

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    So how many miles to the Gallon did you git ?.......................:rolleyes:
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    dunno............still have over a half a tank.........
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Don't know what I got on but one place yesterday, I felt my back tire slip'n the road on a curve, think it might of been sand or a groove..................

    Straigthin me up real fast from the relax mood too.............

    Don't feel that much............:rant:
    cardboard, Apr 4, 2010
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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    maybe it is the tires your running.................mine never slipped.....never seen any sand or oil on the road..............just squirrels and such........
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Got a new back tire, and the thread is softer than the E3's so they grip the road better.
    And no tow bikes runs the same place in the road. The tires track about a 2" place in the road.

    The OL even felt it.

    Think it might of been some sand near one of the places where there was a groove in the road where it looked like somebody might of run on a rim.
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    Look's like some good road's to ride on , nothing better then some friends & bikes going for a easy ride ,& no cars or 4 lane's to put up with
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    So when you gonna do yer cam plate and ride dude
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    what kinda rear tire did you put on ?
    I'll get to the cam plate change when I have some real time to myself . no kids (even though there grown ) & no grand kids to watch , I want to set down & get it all done in one setting , & not have to stop working on it & go do this or that for the wife / kids/ grandkids , I have everthing but time to my self:banghead:
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    Metzler.....................

    And I've run them for years. Nothin wrong with the tires...............
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    saw some nicely cooked dead crawfish at the grocrey store at the deli yesterday:puke: want me to send ya some:roflmao:who would buy that crap in a grocery store anyway? guess that will be about the only thing in tx I'll miss, well and the ice houses.
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Man when they cook a mess of crawfish up and some taters and corn it sure does taste good, especially with a Cold beer and friends.:D.................
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    ya that's what i run I do like the way them metz hold the road
    Not much into the mud bugs but will eat them every so often
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    Just eat the tails and don't sux the heads man. :rant:
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    They have a big crawdade craw fish festival up here every year. Fresh caught and cooked the same weekend.

    The only tire besides the Venom that I ever had trouble with is the Metz. Had one shread apart on me leaving me stranded on a holiday Monday. Went back to Dunlop and have never had a problem. The new fat Dunlop tire on the 09 seems to be wearing real well and grips excellent. A bit of loose sand, gravel or a oil spot can leave a little puker factor on yea.
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Bout 3 yrs ago, there were some Metz tires that were made in Brazil that gave problems.
    No metzlers made anywhere else has given any problems.
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Maybe I picked up a Metz tire from Brazil but have not tried another sense then. That tire only had a few thousand moles on it when she came apart.
    I had a lot of work keeping the bike under control doing 65 MPH when it went.
    I put the Elite 2 then a 3 on the rear after that and was very happy with them. :D
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Need to watch when you buy a tire how long its been on the shelf too.

    I've ran E2 and E3 tires, the rubber is too hard for me.
    I ran the E3 about 2500 miles on the back of my bike and took it off and gave it to a friend.
    I was going on a trip to the Hill Country and got a new Metzler Mu85B16
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    So how do you know your not getting a Brazilian Metz tire when yea buy one new?
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