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Old May 3, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by trackadaptor
Thanks for the great Info.

....It such as shame with all the tech they have for car Run-Flat tires that will hold up to 1.0g force and blaze through amonsoon and get at least 20,00 miles, that they can not do the same for a Motorcycle...

I know they have them on some Police BMW's ( Run-Flat ) but come on....
I don't know about run flats on a motorcycle, but I was sure happy to get the run-flats off my BMW cage. Almost every person I've spoken with, that had them, did the same thing. They rode rough and were very noisy. Plus they were expensive.
 
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7500 miles on mine and looks real good, back tire doing well also. 36-40 also
 
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$20,000.00 and you didn't get a service manual??
 
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