sonny4jesus
Active member
I wanted to share a problem that happened to myself and my wife with our GL1100 interstate.
As most of you know it's getting hard to find tires in the 130/90/17 size.
So most tire stores want to sell you the Dunlop 404 tire in the 130/90/17 size , so I purchased a 110/90/19 front and a 130/90/17 for the rear, it has been 2 years ago and the tires worked real fine until about 3 weeks ago. I looked at the front tire as I was checking the air and found it had cracks all over , only gone about 3500 miles on it. So I check the back tire the 130/90/17 Dunlop 404 and wow did I get a shock , it had 6 bubbles on the side wall and 5 in the middle of the tire. So I called ride direct where I purchased the tires and they told me to contact Dunlop which I did and this is the result : Dunlop had me take the tires to a local bike shop so they could make a report to Dunlop about the problems with the tires.
After about a day I call the shop and they said Dunlop would replace the rear tire but not the front, seems the rear was bad enough to cause them worry as to what may have happened if we had a blow out at speed, so said the shop service mgr.
So I have now received the replacement 404 in the 130/90/17 size but I just do not trust it anymore.
I ride 2 up with my wife all the time and need a good strong tire in the 70 or better load range but thats getting hard to find, seems tires are not marked with load range anymore . However, I did find a 491 dunlop in the 130/90/17 size with a load range of 76 , the 404 load range is 64, big differance when riding 2 up.
I have looked at the Continental TK16 and TK17 but none of the tire dealers have any in stock , they have been on back order for some time.
Well I just wanted to share my story about the Dunlop 404, if You ride 2 up be careful and check the tires often.
GOD Bless
Sonny <///><
As most of you know it's getting hard to find tires in the 130/90/17 size.
So most tire stores want to sell you the Dunlop 404 tire in the 130/90/17 size , so I purchased a 110/90/19 front and a 130/90/17 for the rear, it has been 2 years ago and the tires worked real fine until about 3 weeks ago. I looked at the front tire as I was checking the air and found it had cracks all over , only gone about 3500 miles on it. So I check the back tire the 130/90/17 Dunlop 404 and wow did I get a shock , it had 6 bubbles on the side wall and 5 in the middle of the tire. So I called ride direct where I purchased the tires and they told me to contact Dunlop which I did and this is the result : Dunlop had me take the tires to a local bike shop so they could make a report to Dunlop about the problems with the tires.
After about a day I call the shop and they said Dunlop would replace the rear tire but not the front, seems the rear was bad enough to cause them worry as to what may have happened if we had a blow out at speed, so said the shop service mgr.
So I have now received the replacement 404 in the 130/90/17 size but I just do not trust it anymore.
I ride 2 up with my wife all the time and need a good strong tire in the 70 or better load range but thats getting hard to find, seems tires are not marked with load range anymore . However, I did find a 491 dunlop in the 130/90/17 size with a load range of 76 , the 404 load range is 64, big differance when riding 2 up.
I have looked at the Continental TK16 and TK17 but none of the tire dealers have any in stock , they have been on back order for some time.
Well I just wanted to share my story about the Dunlop 404, if You ride 2 up be careful and check the tires often.
GOD Bless
Sonny <///><