The Metzeler ME 888 Marathon Ultra Tyre is specifically designed for custom touring bikes and is an ultra-high mileage tyre, coupled with typical Metzeler performance and handling. This tyre is the best partner for long and safe travelling on cruiser, tourers and their custom versions. Metzeler designed combined structure, profile, tread pattern and compound to determine the characteristics of the Tyres. The structure shape features a flat and wide geometry that allows any stress generated in the footprint to be dissipated towards the sidewall, reducing the fatigue and the wear process. To increase wear regularity, the transversal grooves of the tread pattern are discontinued by ‘compound bridges’, allowing the Tyre to have a solid and stiff Tread Design that reduces the stress transmitted to the belts and carcass plies. Also the edges of grooves are critical areas for wear regularity. The groove walls have different inclination to ensure the best operating angle in every position. The polymers of the compound are abrasion resistant, providing higher resistance to wear and hence high mileage. Longitudinal grooves have been included for water evacuation and even wear.