Darkside/downside

I am running a 205/60 R16 on my R3T and am loving it. It took some retraining in riding but now I get more drive on the exit of the corner than before. While riding 2up its even better. I got the sportbike guys all confused, they still wondering why they are following and not leading. Which they were doing before I went to the Dark Side.
 

Just HAD to rip off the scab, didn't you?
By all means, run a CT if you wish!
Just do not foolishly claim they are better than the tires that were designed for it.
Folks do not have to jump off bridges to know it is dangerous.
The laws of physics support the engineers who have designed the motorcycles and those who have designed the motorcycle tires.
I personally have no issue with those wishing to save money with a car tire on the rear.
Just ride within its limitations.
 
Ahh another enlightened Rider, ignore the NahSayers, it is their loss,
 


I have had the METZ before, on my Kawasaki they where great, on the R3T they did not do well. I have also used the Avon Cobras which performed better but the rear did not last. I am an aggressive rider, I push my bike to its limits. The R3T is in my opinion the best street bike, you can cruise all day and you can carve the corners at speed if you want. Having said that I have 40 years riding time, have had my share of mistakes and road rash. I went to the Dark Side to test the ride, I found a tire that was speed rated with a rounded shoulder. I run the pressure at the recommended 32 psi, I am a big guy (350lbs) I have put over 5000 miles on this tire. I am riding just as hard as I was the MC tire if not harder. Yes on a heavily crowned road you lean the bike, on a road with truck ruts you move about. These are things you learn, just like when switch from an under powered cruiser to the Rocket, its a learning curve. I ride the bike like it was intended, come on people, they call it a ROCKET for a reason. Ride it as such.
 

To get the real feel of the car tire, You need to spend time on it. Several hundred miles over different conditions.
 
bigdogmotorcyclist said:
To get the real feel of the car tire, You need to spend time on it. Several hundred miles over different conditions.
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You need to do a bit more research before jumping into this debate. That was more a dare than a real offer. Not accepted of course, and we all know know why. Hope you're not a sook like most of the others who think it's a smart or sensible or safe thing to put a car tyre on a bike. Disagreement makes most of them cry. Just wait and see.
 
You forget I have tried a Bridgestone and while it is the best of the bike tyres it is not as good as a Dark Side Federal 595 ( This is of course only my and quite a few others opinion of course ) the only sook around here is the one that wont spend the bucks to try the alternative but wait you longer ride a Rocket do You mr Name caller .... grow up and grow some will ya
 
CanberraR3 said:
You know you sound a little like a Catholic priest grooming a choir boy. Suggest you keep your stupid ideas to yourself, eh.
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Is that what happened to you........ now I understand where the chip on your shoulder came from came from Mr Hyde
 
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