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wHO IS tRAFIC SAFE?? NEVER HEARD OF IT, MUST BE A PHOTOSHOP
2,500 mile review on first dark side experience.
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Let me see if i can find something online to help youMy attempts at stirring the pot are failing miserably
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Cos we know you to well but if it will make you feel better here you areMy attempts at stirring the pot are failing miserably
40psi is all right for a bike tyre that has only a small contact patch. As the DS has a larger contact area you don't need as much pressure to do the job properly. At 30psi it is not under-inflated. Many cars run at 30-35psi and so the tyre is quite happy to be in that area.Really 40 Psi. I am riding at 29 PSI. At forty PSI I would be floating all over the road. The reason behind less PSI is to allow the car tire to flex on the sidewalls. Handles rather well when not fully inflated.
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MICH commander 2 is the best tire on the market. Run them on the Harley.To bad they do make one for the Roadster.
1olbull
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As the motorcycle is neither a bus nor a train it is not included in the exceptions. As it is designed to carry a (or at least one) passenger - having a passenger seat and footpegs for passengers, it is also a passenger vehicle.
Although some states may not require passenger facilities on a motorcycle, I know that Maryland is one of the states that specifically require a passenger seat and footpegs as they recognize that a motorcycle is a passenger vehicle. Believe me, I have looked at both Federal and State laws about this.
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Definition:
A passenger vehicle is a road motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons (including the driver).
Noun
1. Passenger vehicle - a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work"
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No problem to solve when you run a Dark Side at the Right pressure, not everyone runs carbon NonStandard size rims Art
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MICH commander 2 is the best tire on the market. Run them on the Harley.To bad they do make one for the Roadster.
My CF wheels came with tires and a CT on the rear so I installed the wheels as they came and said Ill give it a go and do some testing with the 18 inch BST CF wheels with the already mounted CT rear and MC up front tire and first thing I noticed the bike handled better with the stock wheels and METZ tires ? So off I went to ride all the different types of roads and I played with tire pressure to try and find the sweet spot for the tires and I kept the wheels on for almost a month and several thousand miles and without a doubt the biked handled better with the original tires and wheels SO then I decided to install new MC tires to compare 240 -18 MICH Commander 2 rear and a BS EXCEDRA MAX 130 front WOW is all I can say a total transformation the bike does everything better with this tire combo no comparison a terrific tire and wheel setup no complaints whatsoever and they are on my bike now so if any of the local Rocket owners want to hook up Ill let them test ride it
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wHO IS tRAFIC SAFE?? NEVER HEARD OF IT, MUST BE A PHOTOSHOP
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Ride on whatever the fork you want. I, for one, will never, ever return to the Darkside for many reasons that will fall on deaf ears on the one hand and make perfectly rational sense to others.
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