I am looking to buy new tires for my Suzuki Savage 650, The ones that came on it was IRC less than satisfied with them. Now I am between Dunlop and Metzler about a 80-100 dollar difference. Is one worth the extra cost. I ride locally on paved roads. But if it rains I want to be safe and not sliding. Thanks
Some people who don't know much about cars think that staggering tires means that the rims are loose and the tires move around. Staggering tires are tires that are larger and wider in the rear. Staggering tires can have turbo but it all depends on what kind of car you have.
Metzlers have a good reputation. Dunlop's is up and down, depending on who you talk to. The old Dunlops were THE choice way back I have not had any problem and kinda like the new Dunlops. They do well in the rain. IRC is one of the less expensive brands. What makes one tire better than another depends greatly on what, where and how you ride. A hard compound will give long wear with less grip. A soft compound will give more grip with faster wear. Even tread style can make a difference when it comes to handling.
There are a lot of factors that make one tire better than another, then you put that tire on two different bikes or on the same bike with two different riders and all of that goes out the window. Both Dunlop and Metzler make good tires. Some people like Metzlers better than Dunlops and some are the other way. A lot of that depends on the bike and the rest is how each person rides that bike. My last new bike came with Bridgestones, which I never liked. I changed to Metzlers which were actually worse on that bike than the Bridgestones so I went back to Bridgestones. At some point I shoed on an Avon and the transformation of that bike was magical so I used Avons for a couple of years. A lot of what you will find is that others who ride your bike will have as their top tire a different brand from the next person. If you like the tires you have, keep buying them. If you don't, try another.
Both are good brands I don't think you would go wrong with either.
The rear wheels and/or tires are wider on the rear axle than on the front. This is usually encountered on rear drive sports cars such as the Porsche 911 (and particularly on mid or rear-engined cars which are tail heavy) to provide more traction at the rear axle. This makes the car less likely to oversteer (spin out of control) due to the combination of very much horsepower and/or extra weight at the back of the car.
