scot in exile
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Mine handles just fine, but ofcourse, i know how to ride
Is that why your lovely wife has to wait at each corner for you
Hahah dreamers...........
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Is that why your lovely wife has to wait at each corner for you
joey fletcher
My Son's Bike
Most decent riders can pass the M/C driving coarse. I believe that they are the ones to ride passed their abilities and the equipment they ride.
The mistakes I see everyday made by people on M/C it is hard to believe that any of them survive. Ignorance is the best way to explain it. The lack of knowledge is Ignorance.
I do not claim to be a good motorcycle rider by a long shot but I have rode a M/C for more than 55 years. I also had a shoe box full of tickets all for speeding an C&R. I have never lost control of a road bike on the hi-way
I guess it is that loose nut between the handle bars and the seat that causes the safety issues and compromises others
Not the Tire
The mistakes I see everyday made by people on M/C it is hard to believe that any of them survive. Ignorance is the best way to explain it. The lack of knowledge is Ignorance.
I do not claim to be a good motorcycle rider by a long shot but I have rode a M/C for more than 55 years. I also had a shoe box full of tickets all for speeding an C&R. I have never lost control of a road bike on the hi-way
I guess it is that loose nut between the handle bars and the seat that causes the safety issues and compromises others
Not the Tire
mexican
Living Legend
I know you did
now i'm looking for an Exedra Max since my son is riding the bike to RAA and he has never ridden a power crusier before, much less with a car tire, i don't wanna take the chance of him killing himself or his girlfriend, i could use your advise of where to buy one
mexican
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did you noticed that?Is that why your lovely wife has to wait at each corner for you
LAS VEGAS DAVE
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I know lots of guys that swear by the car tire. I've never tried it. Bike leans and a car doesn't.
IMFASTTOO
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WE made the 700cc kit larger pistons and sleeves race ported cycls and higher compression they ran ten second times and looked like a stock 500 a real sleeper we ran them in the modified classes we ran the AMDRA rules they had classes for everything
IMFASTTOO
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YEP you got that right dont you run bike tires on your V8 bikes ? I know they originally ran car tires but changed over to bike tires to improve the handling
LAS VEGAS DAVE
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Most V8 bikes run bike tires, I do. As always there are those that swear by car tires. I never tried them so I can't give a proper opinion but my improper opinion is I think bike tires are better on a bike than car tires. I think car tires are popular because they are cheap compared to bike tires. I run a 300 Metzler on the back of the Chopper and a 280 on the Boss Hoss. The bikes get around corners surprisingly well but no where near as good as the Rocket touring does. One thing about riding the V8 bikes is that after that even a Harley feels like a road racer. You have to work at it to make a Boss Hoss go around twisty roads and there is a lot of dragging of pegs but it seems to get around em faster than you would imagine. In my opinion my Rocket Touring handles great for a big bike and I can beat some that should be beating me.
cusso ken
Living Legend
Most decent riders can pass the M/C driving coarse. I believe that they are the ones to ride passed their abilities and the equipment they ride.
The mistakes I see everyday made by people on M/C it is hard to believe that any of them survive. Ignorance is the best way to explain it. The lack of knowledge is Ignorance.
I do not claim to be a good motorcycle rider by a long shot but I have rode a M/C for more than 55 years. I also had a shoe box full of tickets all for speeding an C&R. I have never lost control of a road bike on the hi-way
I guess it is that loose nut between the handle bars and the seat that causes the safety issues and compromises others
Not the Tire
I have had car tyres up on two wheels just before they rolled over several times
grampi
Supercharged
My touring handles much better than my C109RT did but that's not saying much
I don't know, I think the 109 gets a much worse rap for it's handling than it deserves...every time I saw a write-up in a magazine about the 109 they were bashing it for being a poor handler. I've ridden most of the big V-twin muscle cruisers and I thought the 109 would outhandle any of them...it wasn't as bad as it was made out to be, but the R3R handles better I think...the biggest drawback to the 109's handling was it's lack of ground clearance...it couldn't be leaned very far....
