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I had a bad experience with Duro tires. I ordered one for my Yamaha v-star 1300 when i had it and had it installed right before a road trip. Got about 400 miles into the trip and the bike was bouncing like crazy. Pulled over and talked with the rest of the group we were riding with and started discussing how rough the road was. They all looked confused and said it was as smooth to them as any other road.
One of them took my bike for a spin and ensured me the tire had a busted belt, knot something. It was after 12:00 on Saturday and we were in the middle of the boonies and afraid to get on the interstate we hit the backroads in search of a big Honda or Harley shop, anything at this point. Luckily we found a hole in the wall shop that had 5 tires in stock and just so happened he had the tire to fit my bike, which was odd because at the time only 2 or 3 companies made that size. Duro and Bridgestone and maybe dunlop. So he put the Stone on at a whopping $230. What was i gonna do, try to jew him down, we were in the middle of nowhere and he was supposed to be closed but had stayed late for inventory. After the new tire no more bouncing and sure enough the NEW DURO i had put on 400 miles ago had a huge knot in the center of the tread. NO MORE DURO TIRES FOR ME!!!
I had a bad experience with Duro tires. I ordered one for my Yamaha v-star 1300 when i had it and had it installed right before a road trip. Got about 400 miles into the trip and the bike was bouncing like crazy. Pulled over and talked with the rest of the group we were riding with and started discussing how rough the road was. They all looked confused and said it was as smooth to them as any other road.
One of them took my bike for a spin and ensured me the tire had a busted belt, knot something. It was after 12:00 on Saturday and we were in the middle of the boonies and afraid to get on the interstate we hit the backroads in search of a big Honda or Harley shop, anything at this point. Luckily we found a hole in the wall shop that had 5 tires in stock and just so happened he had the tire to fit my bike, which was odd because at the time only 2 or 3 companies made that size. Duro and Bridgestone and maybe dunlop. So he put the Stone on at a whopping $230. What was i gonna do, try to jew him down, we were in the middle of nowhere and he was supposed to be closed but had stayed late for inventory. After the new tire no more bouncing and sure enough the NEW DURO i had put on 400 miles ago had a huge knot in the center of the tread. NO MORE DURO TIRES FOR ME!!!
