Good bye Darkside

TRIIICK said:

Speaking of tires anyone know how to get rid of belly fat...!!

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Y62 said:

Lay off the carbs

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sonny said:

I have run Michelin commander's on my 2010 Fatboy (bought New) for the last 40,000 plus miles. (87,000 total miles) One of the best tires i have ever run on any bike. The Michelin Scorcher was designed for the V-rod and sporties 1200. Leans more toward a sport tire than the Commanders. May not get a lot of miles out of it but it should be a blast on the Rocket. Really do not give a #ats #ss if it says Harley on it. Matter of fact it should add to the entertainment when you blast pass them on their own equipment. Very soon my pipes from Paul should be showing up. Full system 3 into one. Believe you are running the same set up? Been reading the same and figured before the pipes show up might as well go for it and try the smaller front tire along with the Exedra Max. Have 28,000 on the Rocket X (bought new) and have already went through a set of Avon Cobras. The Avon's were standard size and did OK but at low speeds the front would shake a little. Cold weather they sucked. Went to the Darkside out of curiosity. Never had a problem with air pressure ran the tire around 31 PSI. Really liked the way the Darkside ran on the open rode but when it came to around town and rough roads it sucked. Running a Dunlap III up front and trusted it in tight corners but the car tire really made me nervous in a tight turn. I plan on upgrading the back shocks and springs up front at the same time (Ordered progressive springs and Wilber shocks). New to the Rocket and took some time to understand and read about all the different modifications that can been done. Cost effect verse fun factor should have a sweet set up.

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azbbqer said:

Interested to know what you ran for the dark side? Like mc tires, car tires can and do handle differently.
I'm on the Goodyear Advantage Tripletread. I had the oppertunity to try one gor about 250 miles before I bought one. Had it on my last 4 bikes. Two Suzuki vl1500's and 2 r3t's. I've racked up over 70k on them.
I used to live in Az, so been on a few twisties on them. On the suzuki's I could get both sides down just about any time I wanted. Scared the wife a few times!
I even got "spark close" on my first r3t a couple of times. She's much taller than the suzuki though, so I'm not quit as brave (plus, I'm 9 years older and smarter). Besides, not as many twisties here in Fl. and definately not as many mts.!

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azbbqer said:

Interested to know what you ran for the dark side? Like mc tires, car tires can and do handle differently.
I'm on the Goodyear Advantage Tripletread. I had the oppertunity to try one gor about 250 miles before I bought one. Had it on my last 4 bikes. Two Suzuki vl1500's and 2 r3t's. I've racked up over 70k on them.
I used to live in Az, so been on a few twisties on them. On the suzuki's I could get both sides down just about any time I wanted. Scared the wife a few times!
I even got "spark close" on my first r3t a couple of times. She's much taller than the suzuki though, so I'm not quit as brave (plus, I'm 9 years older and smarter). Besides, not as many twisties here in Fl. and definately not as many mts.!

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