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Warlock
10-11-2013, 08:46 PM
I will say it handle just like a M/C tire. I took about a 20 mile run on it. Handles very well. This is a tall tire. With my GPS compared to speedometer they are dead on. I do know that if it was any taller it wouldn’t fit. I actually think when I ran it up to 75 I believe I could smell a little rubber. I ran it up to 90 and still felt real stable. This tire will add about ¾” height in the seat. I could flat foot with the stock tire and the mustang seat. Now I’m on the front part of my boots. I also measured the thread depth and it was 11/32”. Got a lot of thread on this tire. I believe it will rub just a little on the front of the swing arm. By the time I done the 20 miles smell was gone. I stopped when I first smelled it and felt the tire and looked at the swing arm. Tire was not hot and I could see just a little rub on the swing arm. Nothing I feel concerned about. Like I said all positive at this point. Once I get some more miles on it I will do a up date report. It was easy to mount on the rim also. I do my own tire changes and this was my first on the Voyager. This thing is pretty easy to drop the rim on it. I just loosened the chrome pieces where I could remove the nuts off the top of the shocks. Removed both shocks and the rest was easy.
Regards, David

Rasta
10-11-2013, 09:04 PM
Good for you! I am sure the more you ride with it the more you will like it. That's how it is with my CT. Since I had never heard of the tire you mentioned I googled it and here is one link that I found:

https://www.universaltire.com/175r16-austone-taxi-black.html

ringadingh
10-12-2013, 07:42 AM
Ive never heard of it either, good to see another choice available.