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RE: Dunlop 220



>   I'll give Dunlop the benefit of the doubt here.  The tires 
> I bought were
>   among the first in the country.   I know that tire 
> companies are constantly
>   fooling with rubber compounds.  MeZ4s are much longer 
> lasting than they used
>   to be.  My new RT came with a set that lasted 8K....unheard 
> of in the past.
>   They worked much better than I'd remembered too.
> 
> BMW gets a unique MEZ4, denoted by a letter suffix on the 
> name, if I recall correctly, so their life may not be typical 
> of a standard MEZ4.
> 

Yes, the front MEZ4 has a "B" suffix for the stiffer sidewall on account of the
telelever front end, or so the story goes.  I still wore out the MEZ4B I bought
in November in 5300miles. 

Davis Eichelberger

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