put me at ease

i wanna try a car tire put im a lil shaky about the handiling! i come from a sport bike background so i still like to ride agressivley in the twisties even with my vtx , will i still be able to do this with a car tire??? and give me suggestion for the best looking and handiling tire! mabey a 205-65-15??!

Griff
The car tire can and will handle any twisties you throw at it. There are quite a few of us that are aggressive riders and love tearing up the roads. The darkside just makes it all better.

See you out there
Smokey

+1 on what Smokey said.....if you like tearing up the twisties. You can only lean till your parts start dragging on cruiser and that's it. We are dragging our parts and can't lean any more and it sticks like glue. I will link the durometer test so you can see why it sticks so hard......????


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


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thank you, i think im going to try this soon as i figure out what tire to go with!!!

what tire, what tire , what tire, that is the toughest part about going darkside. There are so many options out there, tires, tire sizes, brands and directional or non directional. decisions decisions. '
Good luck with that

See you out there
Smokey

griff80 wrote:thank you, i think im going to try this soon as i figure out what tire to go with!!!

On the 1300's...what determines what you be able to ride or be able to seat the bead if you have stock rims is make sure the car tire will fit a 5" rim at least. I didn't just take the manufactures word...I brought a tape measure to the store and found one that thought would fit and it was Douglas 205 at WallyWorld for $46 and a non-directional tire. It was actually 4 1/2" un-mounted. So that the biggest hurdle of getting one mounted....most tires that fit 7" rim and high, high performance tires will NOT seat the bead.

Let us know if this heads you in the right direction.


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

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Read this:

http://lifeisaroad.com/stories/2004/10/27/theDarkSide.html

spains everything.

can someone gimmie an idea on the best 205-65-15 tires to go with on my 1300c? that way i dont have to go to the store and start measuring and all that stuff!

Muntz put this together a little while back...
https://mcdarksiders.forumotion.com/pictures-f1/darkside-wideside-pics-vtx-shadow-goldwing-valk-t607.htm

Good hunting, the choice of tire is the hardest decision.
I went with the douglas because it was cheap and wouldn't be out much if I didn't like it....
Now I only have another 30,000 to 35,000 to go before I can start looking again....
Aint it great...
The tire poped at about 80 psi, no problems....
I also used Dynabeads to balacne it....

Jerry