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Old 01-06-2012, 09:24 PM   #31
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He temporarily lost his mind, kinda like you guys with car tires on your bikes. Sooooooooo, it is pretty much the same deal.
I lost my mind way before I ever installed a car tire.
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Old 01-07-2012, 09:12 AM   #32
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Ok, let's look at this from a different angle. I removed a Dunlop Elite 3 and it was totally worn out at 12,600 miles. Cost to replace it with a new one was going to cost me $265.00. This tire cost me $90.70 shipped to my home. If it only lasts 6,000 miles I have saved money.
My "Darkside Decision" had more to do with traction than finance. Either way it's hard to loose. One of the things I noticed is that ALL of the folks that are hard against darksiders have never had a car tire on a motorcycle. (makes sense, why would you do something you disagree with). Haven't seen yet where anyone with a CT didn't like it (for one reason or many).
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Old 01-11-2012, 06:12 AM   #33
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I got my 200+ miles on the CT yesterday and lowered the air pressure down to 30 psi. I love the ride on the highway but the tire to me feels a little soft on slow turns in town. I get the feeling that the tire is trying to duck out from under me. But I guess I will have to wait until it warms back up to play with the pressure some more. They are calling for a big change in the weather here today, getting much colder with snow showers toinght.
 
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Old 01-11-2012, 07:11 AM   #34
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My "Darkside Decision" had more to do with traction than finance. Either way it's hard to loose. One of the things I noticed is that ALL of the folks that are hard against darksiders have never had a car tire on a motorcycle. (makes sense, why would you do something you disagree with). Haven't seen yet where anyone with a CT didn't like it (for one reason or many).
Well let me be the First.
 
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Old 01-11-2012, 08:27 AM   #35
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Maybe TC just put Sid up to posting that so that it wouldn't have his name on it.
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I was about 4 rides into my CT before I got the "hang of it". After a couple of "close calls" that would have been collisions with a motorcycle tire, my opinion solidified considerably.
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Old 06-21-2012, 07:47 PM   #38
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Rode the car tire 2040 miles and after really running it hard in the curves I went back to a Dunlop Elite 3 180-70/R16. Maybe it was just to cheap of a tire but I could never get the pressure right. It was always to hard and bounced me all over the road or to soft and the side wall would break down in hard curves. After it about dumped me in a hard right hand turn on highway 79 south of Hannibal, Mo I have decided to give up on it. For those of you running a car tire I wish you all the best but I am done with them. I will just pay the price and stay with what I am sure works for me.
 
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Rode the car tire 2040 miles and after really running it hard in the curves I went back to a Dunlop Elite 3 180-70/R16. Maybe it was just to cheap of a tire but I could never get the pressure right. It was always to hard and bounced me all over the road or to soft and the side wall would break down in hard curves. After it about dumped me in a hard right hand turn on highway 79 south of Hannibal, Mo I have decided to give up on it. For those of you running a car tire I wish you all the best but I am done with them. I will just pay the price and stay with what I am sure works for me.
Dang Jim, hope your not hurt. Especially us retired guys don't need to be "dumped."

I haven't heard about sidewall problems. I liked the CT soft ride. Mine did bounce and steer on rough roads. I currently have a Avon M/C tire but might go back darkside in the future.

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I plan to install a car tire on my bike before spring. I am thinking about installing an Achilles Platunum size 195/60R-16. It has a directional tread that I like the looks of very much and it is less than $100.00. I know the 195 is 25.6 inches in DI and the 205 is 26.2 inches in DI. The 195 is about 6 inches wide and the 205 is about 6.5 inches wide. Is there any pro's or con's with the size or would a 205/60-16 be any better?
Im going to the dark side as soon as I wear out this rear tire. Talked a lot about it to those in the dark side that came to the Van Buren rally. Not one person gave me a bad report. That warrants at least a step to the dark side. I may or may not like it there but for what I spend on tires im headed for darkness.
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