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Old 07-21-2014, 02:05 PM   #1
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The darkside is not good.....

I am convinced that the car tire on the back is a BADDDDDDD idea. The bike i bought had one on it.......no good brothers ..went to the bike shop to change the front tire and they said it wears the front tire quicker when you run a back car tire and also wears groves that make handling on the front end shakey (which it was getting bad misbalanced on the front tire). No car tires for me NOOOOO MORE !!!!!!



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Old 07-21-2014, 02:17 PM   #2
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Old 07-21-2014, 02:26 PM   #3
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Not only will it wear out your front tire quicker, it will also wear out your clutch faster because of the increase mass of the tire.
 
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Old 07-21-2014, 03:00 PM   #4
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Your also more apt to get a flat on the back because the wider car tire will pick up a nail that a narrower motorcycle tire would have just barley missed
Hey, it is just common sense
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Your also more likely to get hemmoriods because of the wider tire.
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Old 07-21-2014, 03:39 PM   #6
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If motorcycles were meant to have car tires, Kawasaki would have put them on at the factory!
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If motorcycles were meant to have car tires, Kawasaki would have put them on at the factory!

Just like Bombardier....
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Old 07-21-2014, 05:37 PM   #9
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This thread should be very entertaining.
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Old 07-21-2014, 08:51 PM   #11
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Your also more likely to get hemmoriods because of the wider tire.
Hilarious.
 
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Old 07-21-2014, 09:59 PM   #12
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The darkside is not good.....

Yoda expounded on this subject to the young Jedi years ago.
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Old 07-21-2014, 11:52 PM   #14
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I hear if you get a tire wide enough, it will eliminate the need for a kickstand or a center stand. Also makes checking oil much easier :)
 
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Old 07-22-2014, 12:50 AM   #15
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Your also more likely to get hemmoriods because of the wider tire.
I think you meant asteroids.

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