New Darksider

jaarch Mon Nov 08, 2010 12:20 pm

I posted this in the general section but figured it should be here too.

Well I finally did it. I went darkside. My decision to pull the trigger on this was in large part to you all here so for that I say, Thank You. I am running a 205/60/15 Michelin Hydroedge on a 2005 VTX 1300S with a rear wheel from a 1300C. I know I went too small with it but I had already bought, mounted, and insatlled the tire before I found out. I think I got confused with the tire for the 1800. It was not really fun getting it installed on the bike and I ended up letting the air out before it would go in but once I got it past the reversed exhaust bolts it was cake. After setting my speedohealer and taking it out for a few rides, I like it. I was in a parking lot doing slow speed manuevers with ease and floor boards scraping at will. I was able to make my u-turns inside of two parking spaces and run the bars from lock to lock either direction. I still have a bit of work on removing the mold release but it is progressing nicely. I have not noticed a large difference in the engine rpms at speed so I'll keep an eye on my milage to determine if there are any ill effects from running a smaller tire. I know I need to post some pictures, so I'll get on that tonight.

Joe