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The Dark SideFor those members running "Car Tires" on their scoots. This is for their discussion only and not a place for "non dark siders" to mouth off about their negative opinions of this idea!
I recently had to drop my 16RGU off at a dealer service shop for some warranty covered work. Their shop rules are that they can't test ride the bike with a car tire on it.
How do ya all get around that without changing the tire out to a MT?
1) My dealer put my bike on their dyno to "test" it. Not as good as a real test ride, but better than nothing.
2) Find yourself a good Indy who will do what you pay him to.
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