Joined the Darkside!

Gray Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:47 am

Went darkside, Thursday night was the first ride and it felt different but still was good.Made it to town at 45 mph to get the feel of the ride.Got to the station and put the tire at 40 lbs pressure and hit the highway. It felt good and the confidence grew with each mile I rode.Rode that way to work for 3 days and tonight took a ride with my woman and the bike rode even better! Smooth is the word. Very impressive....It cost a whole $65.00 to do the swap .Didnt buy an expensive tire. It was a tire called primewell .215 65 15.My tire guy said he has sold them for 2 years and hadnt had one come back yet and I liked the tread design so I went for it..Changed it myself and it was very easily done. Broke the bead by using 2 x4,s as explained on a video on "You Tube".. It worked very easy. Pried it off using tire spoons and put the new one on the same way.lubed the tire and rim and it popped the bead at around 80 lbs pressure.Needless to say, I,m riding Darkside and very impressed with it..