1600 Nomad 2006 Riding on the Dark Side NOW!!!

40,000 Kilometers four different bike tires average 10,000 K per - Why did I take so damned long to get the CT Buddy of mine has had a car tire on for three seasoned 07,08,09 he is well past 40,000 K on the same $150.00 tire and I have burned up $1,200 easy on bike rubber makes ya wonder huh!

My personal observations of the Dark Side - Still trying to figure that one out - 1969 I bought a military surplus bike, 1949 HD still in the crate came with two car tires???? Soooo it isn't a new concept! Then up till about the late 80's early 90's I started getting worse mileage from the bike tires, hell I remember a 79 /Glide I had put 62,000 miles on it and sold it with the original tires??? Wuzz Zupp with that HUH! The tire GODS started expressing softer rubber for better traction on curves and such, I run a cruiser not a crotch rocket, why in hell would you limit the distance on a tire for someone that runs 30 to 40,000 per year and make it so damned expensive compared to car tires???? Thievery - of the newest recreational vehicle for the middle to upper income people more expensive. Hell you want expensive drive a Harley less power more vibration and twice the price why screw with the maintenance of a machine.

Then OHHH SURPRISE!!! Way better traction on the CT than I ever had on a BT... Handling is ten times more responsive in wet snow and cold... All season riding in Canada is it possible - going to be finding out this winter!!! Rode in to town today 23 K -1 raining and was a great ride, still raining and I will be riding home after the store closes no problem. Then I Ran into a guy from Miami Florida who rides every year from Florida to Anchorage Alaska to work the Crab Boats he runs a car tire front and back, he has ridden in every kinda of road conditions and weather you can think of, Alaska in the fall is prone to snow for sure and every year in the last three he has had to ride in snow and it's only been a few years that he didn't have 600 miles of gravel also. Point is he prefers the stable ride of the CT sure it handles heavier in the front I rode it... But stable as all hell, safer feel to the ride as well... He says biggest thing is balancing of the tires he swears by bead balancing over lead.

So have the bike tire GODS F--ked them selves, no so many riders get this brain fart that won't let go... Bike tires are for bikes and car tires are for cars or so the tire GODS have proposed and many sheep (oops) bikers have bought into the idea. Seriously if more were to tell the bike tire GODS to stick it... Prices would drop and tires would be made to fit cruisers and touring bikes with better mileage and superior handling... But as long as the (bikers) follow the Shepard WELL...
So Dudes and Dudetts what's your take on this... I'm a big boy want ta give me crap on a stick go for it... Would like ta here your stories I use them for many other sites I am actively becoming and activist on

Mingo, welcome to the site, its great to have you here. Stories are posted all over the place in here.

Jerry

Welcome Mingo! You sound like our kind of fellow! Congrats on "returning" to the darkside....



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jedishon wrote:Mingo, welcome to the site, its great to have you here. Stories are posted all over the place in here.

Jerry

Nice bike - oh ya thanks for the welcome Hope ta be around a while - got some invites and some ideas ta share with ya all!!! Have a good one.

twin1300 wrote:Welcome Mingo! You sound like our kind of fellow! Congrats on "returning" to the darkside....



....................bobby


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WOW been called a lota things "kind of fellow" Ya the CT is running good plan on running till way past snow see if I can make break up this year, riding every week day to and from work 56 K per day!!!