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| | | danr620 | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 28/06/2016 | | Posts | : | 92 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 07 May 2020 - 11:32 Post title : avon spirit st | | | Hey Daz,
Any report on life of the Spirits? I know you liked the handling. Has anyone else put many miles on? Thanks, my commader II is about gone.
ride safe
Dan
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| | | daz | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,686 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 07 May 2020 - 13:54 Post title : Re: avon spirit st (Re: danr620) | | | I'm on my second one. The first i can't really say for sure because i did a couple thousand miles of freeway trips and because my typical riding is usually all streets and twisties with very little freeway i couldn't really make a fair comparison. The due to my being retired and poor i bought the older model after that and was sorry i did because that really showed me how much better the spirit is. I can't really comment on the second one since i am only a couple thousand miles in, but it looks brand new still and the first one matched the best mileage i have gotten from and tire even tho as i said i'm not sure that would be a fair comparison due to that freeway mileage.
But heres the thing....the spirit rear is a unbelievable tire. Every time out when i hit the mountain roads i marvel on the bikes handling. Corners feel like i am on rails as it just locks in on the turns, feels dead confident and is far and away the biggest difference i have ever felt in a rear tire. The front i wasn't crazy about. It didn't last and didn't seem to handle as well as my usual avon cobra. (now called the cobra chrome) I am confident the mileage is as good as anything i have used or very close. I don't recall any tire looking as new as mine does with 2000 miles ion it. May even be closer to 3000 at this point.
If u want my recommendation i would say unless you ride like Dave, (sorry Dave:)) i would suggest u don't even consider another model for the rear. I have never experienced this kind of improvement from any tire ever, and i would wager mileage will be as good as anything else or veryt very close. The commander IMO pales in comparison, not even close if you push your bike at all.
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| | | rayglo | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 27/10/2012 | | Posts | : | 1,746 | | Location | : | east brunswick, nj, United States |
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| | Posted : 08 May 2020 - 02:05 Post title : Re: avon spirit st (Re: daz) | | | Hey Daz, I will be needing tires this season
What's the word on the Avon Chrome's? If you or anyone else wants to chime in on tires please do so
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| | | daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,686 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 08 May 2020 - 05:43 Post title : Re: avon spirit st (Re: rayglo) | | | They're great, same as the predecessor the cobra. Far as i know they just added "chrome" to the name and some little cosmetic design. Same tire far as i can tell and the tire i have used exclusively on the front for years now. They get great mileage and handle great. The spirit rear and chome up front is a great combo. Makes the bike feel like turns are heavily banked even when they aren't. Best to date by a wide margin. Of course as handling goes the more u push the bike the more u will notice it. But still noticeable at any speed. Long as they make these 2 tires i won't use anything else.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| | | MotorMac | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,788 | | Location | : | Nor Cal, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 May 2020 - 21:25 Post title : Re: avon spirit st (Re: rayglo) | | |
Last Avon AV-66XM went over 12K miles, just put a new one on along with a new AV91 Cobra Chrome front (only Avon option I could find).
I'm not a go-fast guy, mileage is more important to me, but no complaints regarding handling. As good or better handling than the stock Metzeler was, and twice the mileage.
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| | | daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,686 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 09 May 2020 - 21:33 Post title : Re: avon spirit st (Re: MotorMac) | | | That (storm 3D) is what i used in between my 2 spirit ST's. Like i said above, the ST is quite a bit better even tho i thought the storm 3D was good when i tried it, and it is. Just not near as good which says a lot about the spirit. Of course thats all about the ride and handling and while the spirit i believe is better then the 3D there also, not by a lot. In fact of all the tires i have tried none were much different as mileage goes. Most are gone right about 6k and with one exception have only varied from each other on the order of a few hundred miles. But like i said above my current spirit seems to be wearing very slow and looks brand new at over 2k, possible near 3.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| | | Linkdog | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,921 | | Location | : | Groveland, FL., United States |
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| | Posted : 09 May 2020 - 21:39 Post title : Re: avon spirit st (Re: MotorMac) | | | I can honestly say that the Spirits are my best set of tires yet, grip, handling, are excellent. We'll see about the mileage. The only tires I have run on this bike are the Metz. and I typically get around 12,000 mi. per set.
| Never drink from a cow with one udder! 2010 1600 Blue&White ( of course ) Long TORS and HP filter.
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