My first 200 miles on the Darkside

hanso said:

now just wait for the Nay Sayer Experts

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IMFASTTOO said:

WELL if your getting 20k miles on a car tire Im sure you didnt lube the splines often enough

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subtle said:

Hanso I have only done about 8000 ks on federal 595 so far and got PSI at 28, works for me . If I was to rely on the bike to corner for me purely via leaning would go for the Excedra Max. I m used to counter steering and making it happen ,I think its a mind set /riding style .Havent had the luxury of not having to personally strive for results. All the more satisfying IMO

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tdragger said:

And as usual, Art, you make another inaccurate assumption. I average about 9k / year on the bike. Each winter the rear end is fully serviced including lubing the splines.

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JoseyR3Wales said:

For me it was pure and simple economics. I am on my third season on my Riken and it has enough tread to use it all this year. Riding the flat lands sucked on a Metz rear wear. Now that I r up here in the mountains I feel a bike tire coming back on me. I bought the Storm and have been riding it up here and grinding the peg feeler nuts off because it handles so much better. Need to get back to doing the same on my Rocket. Can't beat the Riken for wet weather traction. I still think that all that rubber contact patch stressed the splines on the drive shaft leading to an early replacement.

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hanso said:

Art give it a break even if you paid a shop to grease the splines money saved by not replacing the tyre at the same time would be worth it and that is if you were able to get 10,000km or miles out of a Motocyle Tyre

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IMFASTTOO said:

THATS true but Im wondering why the splines failed on Joseys bike ??

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