text: Soles started falling apart after FIRST ride.  One boot felt like it was an entire size larger.<br /><br />Rider Type: Primarily long distance endurance and adventure riding.<br />Bike: BMW R1200GS Adventure<br />Age:  54<br />Years Riding: 30+<br />Size Boot: U.S. Men 9<br /><br />I have a pair of Tourmaster Solution 1.0 boots that have traveled the world with me without a problem. After many tens of thousands of miles, it was time to retire them.  I replaced them with Tourmaster Solution 2.0 boots and boy, what a mistake.<br /><br />First the boots arrived and looked to be okay but made of much cheaper materials and with much less support than the originals. They are just not the as well made as the originals in materials or in quality. After trying them on, the left boot felt fine but the right boot felt an entire size too large.  I bought some aftermarket foot beds and heel support and they then felt minimally okay but still not what they should.  The heel cup is not formed well, the foot form is wide and they are just flimsy in terms of construction. Overall, they are just not made of quality materials and so the more they're worn the looser and less supportive they become.<br /><br />I wore them around my office and my home for  bit to break them in and last week finally had a chance to use them on some longer 500 mile rides.  After the first ride, I looked at the soles and the rubber had actually torn in the middle of the boot.  Incredibly, the rubber on the sole seems to be just a covering of some type and the foot pegs actually tore through the rubber making holes in the center of the sole after just the FIRST ride of about 500 miles.  The sole also began losing chunks of rubber on the ball of the foot.<br /><br />I have posted pictures below.  One picture is of the sole of the left boot of the original Tourmaster Solution 1.0 after about 100,000 miles and 5 years of wear on several different bikes but with at least 30,000 miles on my BMW R1200GS Adventure.The second is the Tourmaster Solution 2.0 after one 500 mile ride on my BMW R1200GS Adventure.<br /><br />These boots are not like the originals and should be considered to be even minimally adequate for any type of serious motorcycling.