indy suxs
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From: Dallas tx
I'm firmly sided with the 'indy' on this one. Way too many law suit happy people sueing for everything and anything these days and they have much more to lose than gain. How would you feel about signing a waiver exempting them from liability after giving you sound advise and sell you a tire that caused you to lose control ?
If you can't tell, this is a pet peeve of mine..
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I'm not taking sides but here are my thoughts. In this day and age, way too many people are sue happy and maybe some have gotten stung or know of some that have gotten stung and they are just trying to protect themselves.
That being said, the Indy shop that I go to have 2 employees working there. One is in his early 50's and the other is in his early 60's. They both know how to build a bike from the ground up and they can pretty much do anything that somebody asks them to do and back in the day when they were building and riding choppers, they said it wasn't unusual for them to have a different rear tire than front tire.
Last year I wore out my back tire and after some talking to them and doing my own research, I decided to put an MC2 on the back. My front, which is a Dunlop, only had a couple of thousand on her so neither of us thought I needed to buy a new front tire to match the rear tire, by the way, when my front tire wears out, I'll put an MC2 there too.
Granted not all bikes ride and handle the same but I've had my Springer for a little over 9 years, have a little over 82k on her and most of those are highway miles, so I should have a really good idea of how she handles under most kinds of weather. I have a little over 12k on my rear tire and even though they are mismatched, I've never experienced any handling issues on dry pavement or wet payment, on the highway or doing mountain twisties. While, not by any means, I am not an authority on the handling of other Harleys but I am an authority on my bike and how it handles so based on my bike, the myth of mismatched tires has been disproved.
That being said, the Indy shop that I go to have 2 employees working there. One is in his early 50's and the other is in his early 60's. They both know how to build a bike from the ground up and they can pretty much do anything that somebody asks them to do and back in the day when they were building and riding choppers, they said it wasn't unusual for them to have a different rear tire than front tire.
Last year I wore out my back tire and after some talking to them and doing my own research, I decided to put an MC2 on the back. My front, which is a Dunlop, only had a couple of thousand on her so neither of us thought I needed to buy a new front tire to match the rear tire, by the way, when my front tire wears out, I'll put an MC2 there too.
Granted not all bikes ride and handle the same but I've had my Springer for a little over 9 years, have a little over 82k on her and most of those are highway miles, so I should have a really good idea of how she handles under most kinds of weather. I have a little over 12k on my rear tire and even though they are mismatched, I've never experienced any handling issues on dry pavement or wet payment, on the highway or doing mountain twisties. While, not by any means, I am not an authority on the handling of other Harleys but I am an authority on my bike and how it handles so based on my bike, the myth of mismatched tires has been disproved.
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From: New Hampshire
I not saying that the average Harley rider will ever notice the difference , some will - most won't. What I am saying is, it is a potential source of problems and liability. Some shops have a policy about it others do not.
This article is not from the U.S. but the concept is the same.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/ne...ed-fatal-cras/
This article is not from the U.S. but the concept is the same.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/ne...ed-fatal-cras/
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From: New Mexico
I not saying that the average Harley rider will ever notice the difference , some will - most won't. What I am saying is, it is a potential source of problems and liability. Some shops have a policy about it others do not.
This article is not from the U.S. but the concept is the same.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/ne...ed-fatal-cras/
This article is not from the U.S. but the concept is the same.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/ne...ed-fatal-cras/
So some 24 yr old uninsured Brit Chick driving her brothers MG with mis-matched tyres crosses the centerline and smashes a motorcyclist and the ignorant British legal system refuses to hold her responsible.
This relates to a guy mixing two tires on a HD in the US how?
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I not saying that the average Harley rider will ever notice the difference , some will - most won't. What I am saying is, it is a potential source of problems and liability. Some shops have a policy about it others do not.
This article is not from the U.S. but the concept is the same.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/ne...ed-fatal-cras/
This article is not from the U.S. but the concept is the same.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/ne...ed-fatal-cras/
Last edited by Juan L; Sep 4, 2014 at 02:53 PM.
