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Just a suggestion cocheese, drop 2# at a time rather than one big drop. You only had 50 miles on the tire when you posted this morning so dropping to 30 this soon may be a little premature. Give the tire a chance to break in for 2 or 300 miles with the higher pressure and then start working it down slowly. I had dropped to 26 psi and rode it there for a couple of thousand miles. I found myself dragging the pipes too frequently so moved the pressure back up to 29 psi. It handles just as good at 29 as it did at 26 and I can lean a little more than I could before. Just a suggestion, it all worked good for me.
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To bad you didn't check balance with the axel and 2 jack stands. I didn't either but I was excited. I dumped in 2 oz of beads and it seems as good today as it did back then. I did smarten up on the ft and it has 0 beads and 0 weights.
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09-12-2010, 09:01 PM | #19 |
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Does the darkside help with MPG? This tank was my best yet at about 40+ mpg (first few were at about 32.5mpg). Although it has been getting better since I bought it, used about 5-7 tanks of gas so far. Maybe the bike sat for a while at the dealer and needed some good gas run through it. Only other thing I did was pound out the baffles in the muffler. Bike was pinging under load when in too high a gear, and that is now gone as well. Overall bike getting better each week. Poured in 5oz of Seafoam tonight, so will see what that does.
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09-12-2010, 10:11 PM | #20 |
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It could be that your aren't twisting the throttle as hard with the car tire. My mileage stays between 37 and 42, more so 38 mpg with the CT, TFI, and V & H pipes.
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09-22-2010, 10:41 PM | #21 |
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Any 1500 Nomads on the darkside???
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195/60R/16 Installed it myself with DynaBeads last month, I've put about 3,000 miles on it with no problems. It took one trip through the Dragon to get use to any handling differences. www.tirerack.com. Don't remember, but I think around $125. Mike |
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I'm looking at a Goodyear Tripletread 205/60-16 for my 2006 VN1600G6F. Looking for better wet/stopping for my Puget Sound comute. Also looking to partialy correct the almost 10% off on the speedo with the stock tire. Couple of questions. . . Will this tire require modification of the swing arm? Any suggestions for the front tire? Dyna-Beads?
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I highly suggest Dynabeads to balance any tire on a motorcycle.
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