Reviews for Avon Venom
Avg. Customer Review (3.9 Stars)
Number of Reviews: 23
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Venom front tyre
- HD XL1200c from East Coast AustraliaI ride pretty hard in the mountains of vic. I only get 3,500-4000 km before the side of the tyre is worn out. The traction and stick is excellent. I've had it slide out a couple of times on loose stuff, but very tractable, and have never dropped the bike.
I've been forced onto metzler me888 cos the dealer didn't get avon.(don't stock them and generally screwed me around, after having the front wheel for a week!)
I'll write back a report on the metzler when I've run them for a bit!
- Dec 22, 2011
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Avon Venom X tires
- Ed Smiley from Middletown, PA USAPutting second set of Avons on my 200 Softail. Rear tire lasted 8000 miles, about the same as factory Dunlops. Canvas showing on the rear after a summer of loaded trips. Traction is phenomenal under all conditions. No cupping on the 21 inch front tire with proper tire pressure. Only gripe is tire sidewalls seem to start to check/crack before they show substantial wear. Might be the age as I have had then 4 years.
- Sep 26, 2011
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wear issues
- Joe from Albany, GeorgiaI worked for Cooper Tire and they own Avon so I bought Avon tires and the 21" wore uneven so I thought it was not balanced correctly so I bought another and the same wearing pattern appeared with cracking!!!
- Aug 14, 2011
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Venom X is NOT a High Performance Tire!
- Elgringoloco from DixieVenom X is a much better performing tire than Dunlop and wears better. It performs a little better than Metzeler 880, but wears quicker. Recently at 20% wear on my Fat boy, I noticed handling becoming a bit "twichery". I ran it up to 6,000rpm in top gear with recommended pressure. Yesterday, I did a 2nd gear rolling burn-out for 2/3 of a city block. Inspection revealed absolutely no tread left, bad blistering, and chunks gone out of tire at side tread area! Will not reveal my H.P. and torque figures. Just try to keep up with my stock APPEARING Hawg! I will next try Metzeler or Pirelli in V-RATED configuration. Venom-X is only H-rated. Will not be doing long, smokey burn-outs anymore unless the spectators will pay for my tire!
- Sep 20, 2010
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after one season (Greg Polski )
- Greg Polski from MinnesotaTires feel great and grips well no matter what the conditions ..........6000 miles and tread life is fine. Bead is good , have not had any problem with air leakage at all......A good looking tire and tread design.
- Aug 31, 2010
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Great mileage
- we-fishin-c from Sudbury,OntarioWhen The Venon X came out I tried them and use them since I have a 2001 Yamha Venture Royal star Ventur Run 46 psi in the rear and 42 psi up front The rear toire presently has 21,000 miles on and a few thousand miles left.
- Jun 07, 2010
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A great performance tire
- Lobo from PA, USAI run a very custom Harley Softtail. My S&S 113 Dynos out at 115HP and 120 ftlbs torque. I ride hard! These tires do not last as long as 'Hard' rubber tires but for traction they cant be beat. For drag racing or running two up on mountain roads or cruising at 120mph these tires perform very well. I had cupping on my first set but after fine tuning the suspension and getting the tire pressure correct I have never had the problem again. If you want a long lasting tire look elsewhere. If you are concerned with sticking to the road then pay the xtra.
- Mar 18, 2010
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Lets see what these baby`s will do
- GREG POLSKI from BURNSVILLE , MN. USAJust mounted up a pair of venom x tires on my 96 triumph adventurer......
Look great, but its January in Minnesota.
I will keep you posted on how they handle and wear.
We`ll start with three stars and go up or down from there....
Cost for the pair was fair and reasonable.
I picked these tires over the bridgestones and metzlers from other reviews from the triumph web site.
As a new bike, it came with avons.
- Feb 02, 2010
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150/80H16 on a 1500 Nomad
- Dan Williams from Virginia Beach, Va16000 miles with 1/16" of tread left on the rear, front looks almost new. By far the best tire I have tried, very smoth, quiet, great traction, and I have doubled the mileage of the bridgstones that were stock. I did have a vibration at speeds above 110mph, but incressing pressure to 60psi on rear and 55psi on the front and it disapeared. (low milage from others might be under inflation, call avon for recommended pressures).
- Jan 24, 2010
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Great tire but poor longevity
- Malcolm W from Lethbridge, Alberta CanadaReplaced my OEM Bridgestone when I got a nail in it, with the Venom. Was very impressed with the traction, both wet and dry. Excellent for cornering on windy mountain roads. Rode mostly 2 up with lots of gear. Only managed to get 12,000km (7,500mi) before had to replace due to severe cupping on left side of tire.
- Jul 30, 2009
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