Dunlop E 4 Tires Are Now Available

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Dunlop E 4 Tires Are Now Available

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Noticed the front & rear Dunlop E4 tires are now available in our sizes :thmup:
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.. any good sites for reviews / ratings? I'd like to see some feedback on 'um....
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I would like to know more about them :thk: My front E-3 with 20,000 on it is nearing it's end, :thmup: and I need to make an order soon. :corn:
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No thanks, center groove front following the grooves on the road . Not good. BTDT.
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... IIRC, we've been here.... http://tinyurl.com/y7amrutq
(click on down arrow)

Don't see a center groove.... JM2C
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With 26k on my front Elite 3, I took the plunge and bought the Elite 4. Only bought the front as my back Elite 3 is almost new. And yes it has a center groove.
Only have about 25 miles on it so far today but it handled very well. Of course new tires always handle better.
I had a severe low speed wobble so I put in new front wheel bearings and adjusted the steering bearings at the same time. The wobble is now totally gone.
Now I just need to find some grooved road to see if wants to follow them.
I'll keep you posted.
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HarryL wrote:With 26k on my front Elite 3, I took the plunge and bought the Elite 4. Only bought the front as my back Elite 3 is almost new. And yes it has a center groove.
Only have about 25 miles on it so far today but it handled very well. Of course new tires always handle better.
I had a severe low speed wobble so I put in new front wheel bearings and adjusted the steering bearings at the same time. The wobble is now totally gone.
Now I just need to find some grooved road to see if wants to follow them.
I'll keep you posted.
Thank you!!!! I don't know why I did't see a center groove pic.... :thmup:
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Wait until summer. There will be a lot of grooved roads. I was trying to get home from the kanab Utah rally traveling on Rt 80 on hundreds of miles of grinding the road. Had center grooved front. Had a real hard time fighting to keep it on the road. Ran into another voyager rider at a gas station. He was having no trouble. Said it was my center grove tire. I ended up getting off 80 and taking country roads. I just got a 130/90B 16 E3 installed. We will see how it handles going to the Moonshine lunch run in April.
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" I ended up getting off 80 and taking country roads "

ALWAYS a plus!!!!! I'll avoid whenever reasonable.... FWIW
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I'm a little gun shy of country roads after my deer encounter a few years ago. Highways seem safer for me. Plus I make better time on long trips.
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