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Tiger Time => Steamers (1993-1998 Tigers) => Topic started by: Mustang on May 07, 2013, 01:36:29 AM

Title: Gone to the DARKSIDE !!
Post by: Mustang on May 07, 2013, 01:36:29 AM
195/45 mm of Yokohama S-Drive car tire Sweetness  :love10

(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/2uoykcuf/sidecar/DSC_0374_zps754a18ee.jpg) (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/2uoykcuf/media/sidecar/DSC_0374_zps754a18ee.jpg.html)

It is smoother , rides better and is especially more stable in the right handers .

and has the #1 benefit for the change 20-30,000 miles before replacing vs. the 2000-3000 miles I'm getting out of 150 dollar bike tires
Title: Re: Gone to the DARKSIDE !!
Post by: Sin_Tiger on May 07, 2013, 03:05:23 AM
Nice  :eusa_clap did you put it on the stock rim?
Title: Re: Gone to the DARKSIDE !!
Post by: Mustang on May 07, 2013, 03:36:10 AM
not a stock tiger rim but it is a stock trophy 3 spoke rim .
I've been running 180/55-17s on the hack and the thing can scrub the tread off a bike tire in about 2500 miles. hoping to see 25k out of the car tire . others have reported that kind of mileage out of car tires with their bmw gs's.
i found a bike tire for the front that is doing very well  it's a cheap ass cheng shin and is wearing like iron so far . the chair has had a car tire for the last 10k and still looks new  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Gone to the DARKSIDE !!
Post by: Solon on May 07, 2013, 07:05:47 AM
But a car tire is not round. When you're speeding in a tight corner, doesn't it behave odd, when you have to lean seriously ? I mean, when you lean sideways on a round tire, it has the same amount of asphalt contact, but a car tire might just sit on the edge and that doesn't sound very safe.
Or do you just drive more responsibly  :qgaraduate   with this tire?
Title: Re: Gone to the DARKSIDE !!
Post by: John Stenhouse on May 07, 2013, 11:04:53 AM
Solon, this is on a sidecar rig, they don't lean.......................................unless you get it wrong  :icon_eek:
Title: Re: Gone to the DARKSIDE !!
Post by: TripleTragic on May 07, 2013, 01:03:34 PM
It doesn't count as darkside if you have a third wheel, Mustang.  I am running 205/50-17 on my outfit (CB1300 *coughhondacough*) and I am getting circa 25,000 (km). Although the second one doesn't seem to be lasting quite as long as the first which was on it when I got the horrible bloody thing, nothing to do with the way I ride it, officer.
Title: Re: Gone to the DARKSIDE !!
Post by: Rallyroo on May 07, 2013, 04:20:53 PM
Quote from: John Stenhouse on May 07, 2013, 11:04:53 AM
Solon, this is on a sidecar rig, they don't lean.......................................unless you get it very, very right  :icon_eek:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/Hahnda/Sabre/fly.jpg)

:hat10
Title: Re: Gone to the DARKSIDE !!
Post by: Mustang on May 07, 2013, 05:31:38 PM
It'll still do that with the car tire .....1st thing I did !
I love to fly the chair  :love10
Title: Re: Gone to the DARKSIDE !!
Post by: Sin_Tiger on May 08, 2013, 03:15:35 AM
This is getting my juices flowing  :icon_mrgreen:
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