Continental discontinued my tires!

[lonestarmedic]

I have been using the Continental TK16 and TK17 ContiTour tires on our 1986 for years. Handle great, wear fantastic, and have a good price. So, to reward me for being a loyal customer since 1982 (1981 GoldWing), they discontinued the tire. HOW DARE THEY!!! Don't they know how many classic touring bikes have used these for years? Next, Dunlop will discontinue the raised white letter Elite II. Crap, they heard me! I guess I will try a set of Elite 3 tires on the old girl. Can you tell I hate change?

 

JB

[reddevilmedic]

hey doc, i put a Venom-S on the front and E3 on rear. works nicely, i can even get down some fireroads...although im thinking about a dual-sport tire....

[utadventure]

I found a set of Continental on tireexpress.com pretty good prices.

 

What kind of mileages are you getting with these?

[lonestarmedic]

I get over 12,000 miles on the Continental rear with about 50/50 solo and 2 up. My worry is the age of tires left in stock. I should be ok, as I believe the discontinue point was after July of 2011. That was my last purchase of a set and they were on the Continental site then.

 

JB

[djh3]

Typicaly companies discontinue making items when it becomes unprofitable. As the Gen1 and the ole BMW 90r go away or whatever was using that tire it costs more to make less and make a profit. Plus guys upgrade and go with newer tech on tires. They built that tire you said back in the early 80's. Well they made straight 6cyl engines and carbs then too (cassette decks too), but they also developed better ways to do things. Not saying its right, but if they aint making no money they are not going to make the part.