vlx on the darkside

Well guys/ & ladies too, I really only have just under 200 miles on the darkside so far. I ride 22 miles each way to and from work, these miles are city/hwy/ semi rural. I really can't say that there has been any negatives about coming over to the darkside on a light cruiser. I have not had to change my riding style to accomadate this transformation. The bike's flick ability is outstanding, cornering in city turns, especially left turns seems a lot easier to me. I still feel a little new taking off from a standstill into a right turn. I know the adjustment will be nothing to overcome. The highway ride is great, no road snakes or uneven pavement issues at all. Sweeping curves like a clover leaf are a dream, there has really been nothing about it to disappoint me.
I might be able to answer better to direct questions if anyone has any for this light cruiser rider that has come over to the darkside.
Thanks all for the answers.

mark f / old dad

Way to go Mark....

Jerry

Mark sounds good so far. you might want to find a rough surface and try at stopping speed.my nomad and lhams vtx will throw you side to side fairly hard so be ready.yours being lighter might not do it but if it does you need to know what to expect.(not much of a problem if you expect it) RIDE SAFE Larry S.

thanks for the heads up larry, I've already experienced a 35mph hard stop, & locked up the rear tire, I came off of the brake pretty fast, but the rear end wants to come around to the right, It was a managable situation, and wasn't done on purpose.

I'm still enjoying this,, I 've now ridden in the rain twice, which always makes me way more cautious, so I found no negatives with the car tire.

old dad / mark f

To bump an old thread, Just curious what tire you used and was it easy to mount.

the tire used is a Federal ss657, it is 165/80/r15, ,my shop said it took them 6 tries to seat to tire. Thankfully they were persistant, I don't know what presure they ran it up to to seat. So far I have a litte over 2k miles, I have experienced the darkside now, and will stay with it.
I called the shop and was told it was pumped up to 70-80lbs 5-6times before it seated on the 6th attempt.

mark f

btw= my rims are NOT sealed, I am using a tube. So far there has been no air losses.

I tried a kumho at over 100 lbs and it didn't seat. When this tire wears out I will try again.