Metzeler Tourance review

“I know this is an old post of yours but just in case. I have a Metzeler Tourance NEXT2 150/70ZR18 rear tire on the front of my bike mounted in reverse. It's for a 160/60 18inch wheel setup, fat tire cruiser(Fat Boy 114). Absolutely excellent tire. And I will be buying another one here because this tire is everything I asked for for a front tire for my bike. I dont ride like a normal cruiser rider, I ride the hell out of my bike and use all of it. The tire wear slowly and yet is super grippy and feels nice. Excellent wet grip, excellent dry performance. The only downside is that they are low production I guess and its hard to find them. So let me buy one first, haha.”

2025-02-15

“Both of my last sets of Tourances went over 12K on my12GS. And even then they had more tread, but the rears had bad flat spots and the front were scalloped. I only replaced them because I didn't like how they were handling.”

2009-07-10

“I paid for the whole tyre, I'll use the whole tyre (ft metzeler tourance on the H450) Took a ride from Mumbai to murud via the coastal road. It was already too hot and the summer isn't officially here yet. Decided to cool off in the hills. Went from murud to mulshi and was greeted with some fantastic piece of village B road tarmac. Realised how good the H450 is when the right set of tyres are used. Absolutely sublime. For anyone around that area, murud to tamhini via indranagar is highly recommended. Read more”

2025-02-21

“Metzeler Tourance Tires for TET? Hey guys, Above you see my lovely single-cylinder XT600. I bought her 3 years ago and been riding her on the street since, not daily but I got a lot of Km done. However, I got no off-road experience at all but I really want to get into it. I’m looking at stuff like the TET oder ACT. As I’m located in the middle of Germany, I would have to do a lot of Highway kilometres to get to a point where the TET oder ACT starts, so the tire would have to be capable for the Travel and then (light) off-roading. On the Bike you see the Metzeler Tourance Tires. Due to my lack of experience I have no idea if it’s doable with these or if I’m about to get stuck in the dirt the first time it rains or slip away on the first gravel. Does somebody have a tip or two for a beginner rider regarding the tires?”

2026-06-23

“I’ve had two sets of the Metzelers on my Urban GS (R ninet) and they did great in the PNW. Always felt grippy and predictable, front lasts about 20k miles, rear 8-9k. I did replace my most recent rear with a RoadSix on a road trip due to a puncture and it’s indeed a louder tire from around 40-50mph. Make a weird noise. But that’s not a Dunlop. But overall we are living in a golden era of tires. Can’t really go wrong with either - mind you the metzeler is a 90/10 not an 80/20 imo. I would be happy to use another set of Tourance tires on my replacement bike.”

2025-10-27

“Well I have to say I am gutted, I bought a pair of the new tourance EXP, they were on offer at M&P online for £130.00 delivered, I have only done 1,230 miles and they have used over 2mm of tread. The annoying part is you only get 7mm on them compared to the 9mm you get on standard tourances, so at this rate I will be lucky to get 3000 miles out of the rear, I wouldn’t mind I don’t ride particularly hard, I used to get 7000 out of my old tourances and I wore away 2 sets of pegs from the angle of lean you could get from them. These don’t seem to feel as secure at the same angle, but in the wet they do feel better, the tyre has a more round edge to it than the old tourance so when you are on a peg scraping corner you haven’t got as much rubber on the road. The other issue I have is MPG, I used to get 160 miles to 16.00 worth of petrol, that worked out at about 49 miles per gallon, that has dropped to 40 miles per gallon, is it because these tyres are more sticky than the other ones once they warm up I wonder. I will be going back to the old tourances; you know the old saying “IF IT ISN’T BROKE, DON’T TRY AND FIX IT””

2008-05-06