Has anyone tried an aircraft tire yet? Now that would be sweet!Originally Posted by Big Dawg
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Has anyone tried an aircraft tire yet? Now that would be sweet!
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Hmmm,
Dad had some on the front of one of his Tractor's back in Iowa,,,
A company sold the 'used' ones, complete with 'tractor' style rims, to Farmers,,,
Impervious to puncture by cornstalks, extreme load carrying capacity, and they would wear like iron.
Well I am a newbee to the darkside but have put on rite at 6k on a car tire.Wasnt happy with it to start.But as everyone has said there is some trial and error to getting it to the rite pressure,suspention stting before it is rite.
To explain.I am running a bridgstone blizzak run flat.{May be the only one} and traction has not been what I felt it should be.Played with the pressure some,but not a lot of help. Roll the throttle and smoke the tire.Was fun though. Last weekend kranked up the suspention setting for a 2 up N Ga mountain ride. That was the trick. Im thinking it mite bring the front wheel up now if I wanted.
I had 14000 on my bike and I knew I was going to Sturgis at the end of July. I'm planning to put 5000 miles on my trip. I looked and read a lot of threads about CT. So this is why I chose to run a CT......A much better ride and more miles per tire. I chose a Run Flat because I can run lower air pressure...In turn a better ride..If you chose to go to the DS RF tire you can play with your air pressure to your liking...I'm running about 30-32lbs. This my also depend on your weight...But 30-32 great for meI'm running Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position RFT on the rear
I was just on the tire rack looking at RF tires 195/55r16 there are a lot of choices I do like the Bridgestone Potenza or the Michelin Alpin Pa3 , I do like the Yokohama Avid .I had 14000 on my bike and I knew I was going to Sturgis at the end of July. I'm planning to put 5000 miles on my trip. I looked and read a lot of threads about CT. So this is why I chose to run a CT......A much better ride and more miles per tire. I chose a Run Flat because I can run lower air pressure...In turn a better ride..If you chose to go to the DS RF tire you can play with your air pressure to your liking...I'm running about 30-32lbs. This my also depend on your weight...But 30-32 great for me
Any issues mounting up the run flat tire , I have access to several tire machines and will mount my tire up .
How about balancing up the tire any issues .
Thanks
Max
Many choices out there, however for the past 2 years the Michelin Alpin Pa3 has become the number one choice for veteran GoldWing darksiders. The roundness of the profile makes it easier to handle and feels more like a motorcycle tire then any other car tire. The feedback from riders has been .... after just a couple hundred miles you can't tell the difference. Some are getting 25,000 - 30,000 miles.
Successful people build each other up. They motivate, inspire and push each other. Unsuccessful people just hate, blame and complain.
1. None of this occurs with a MT.
2. The sooner you forget what a MT is like, the sooner you'll like a CT!
3. It's yer bike, ride whatever ya think ya like!
I do my own "static wheel/tire balancing" and never had any issues. Most CT will use between 1/4-3/4 oz. weight to put them
"on the button". Make sure you line up the balance paint/ink dots on the rim/tire. The G-Max required 36/38 lbs. pressure to seat the bead. As you will be doing your own mounting with a "tire machine" you shouldn't have any issues getting a RFCT on your rim
The tire you select should have a symmetrical directional thread/tread pattern with ample sipes giving the tire the ability too adequately channel water.
Keep us all posted on your progress!
Safe Riding
Bob
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