Well this is long over due. I just came back from Riding the Dragon and I just wanted to due a reveiw on these tires. Last Feb-Mar time frame of this yr I replaced my tires with AVON Ultra II up front and Venom on the rear . I do have stock stock rims. So right now I have about 8,000 miles on them. They are wearing very well just by eyeballing it, it looks like I can streach them for another 4,000ish. All I can say about these tires is that there excellent on every front IMHO. What really got me thinking, was when I was heading to the mountains I got caught in a rain storm of biblical proportions. The bike was rock steady and never once slide or even protested at 67-70mph. Going in and out of tire ruts and changing lanes was a total breeze. Keep in mind I was not being cocky but the bike was very sure footed. The only reason I did finally pull over under an over pass was due to visor visability was down to zero. It was raining so hard no one was moving.
Taking the bike on the Tail of the Dragon and Cherohala Skyway on those tight swich back and long sweeping turns, the tires performance was OUTSTANDING. I honestly won't bother look at another brand of tire, for me these are the best combo, you can get.
Cheers
Ron
PS. This was not written to start some type of tire was, it's just my experiance.
