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From: MASS_hole
Here's a great article from one of the most venerable car mag that still exists today and how they compare car tires vs. mc tires on cruisers. http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cult...r-motorcycles/
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Several of my riding friends are darksiders. 40000 miles on a tire is appealing. I can't fit one on mine and that is the only reason I don't. I have tried to keep up with some of them on the dragon and they grip just as good as regular tires IMHO.
I had a 195 60 16 on my 2011 Road king for 20 k miles. It almost good as new when I traded for the 2013 Flhtc. As soon as the stock rear tire wore out at I believe around 9K miles I replaced it with a 195 60 16 . I now have 31K on the clock and the tire still has lots of miles left as in thousands.
I had a flat on both stock tires and none on the car tires.
That my friends is nothing but the facts jack.
Oh and they handled as good if not better than stock tires. A little different not bad just different.
A lot of nay Sayers on here that never tried em . Why? Don't like the thought don't come here.
I had a flat on both stock tires and none on the car tires.
That my friends is nothing but the facts jack.
Oh and they handled as good if not better than stock tires. A little different not bad just different.
A lot of nay Sayers on here that never tried em . Why? Don't like the thought don't come here.
Last edited by ranger351w; Feb 12, 2016 at 12:36 PM.
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any of you know the right car tire for a 16 inch (3.5 inch wide) wheel?.. mag wheel.. typically the wheel runs 150/80-16 ... Thanks!
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You can scroll through this and see. It looks like one would be the 195/55-16 General Altimax HP.
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My older bro runs a Bridgestone Run-Flat on his '07 Goldwing. Like [most] all the others who've gone DarkSide, he says he'll never go back. He's a Double-DS; runs a [bike] rear tire up front.