mayassa
Junior Member
I know people who have done it on the Honda reflex forum but I will stick to bike tires on my bike
I know several people, personally & on other forums, who have "gone to the Darkside" & none have ever come back. I had made up my mind to do it on my Road Star next tire change until I decided I wanted to sell it to buy my current FZ6. When you ride a 800 lb cruiser putting over 100 ft/lbs of torque to the ground and you're going through rear tires every 4k miles, a 25k mile car tire doesn't seem like a bad idea. I wouldn't put one on a bike that can lean over 35 degrees, but most cruisers can't. I'll go out onto a limb and say that you can find more online stories of Michelin Pilot Road *motorcycle* tires failing and causing crashes than Darkside tires. And yes, all car tires flex, on a motorcycle or automobile. If you don't believe me, push down on your car's fender while watching the tire. That little "love handle" on the tire close to the ground is flex. Remember, you're pushing down with less than 200 lb of force. Imagine how much it flexes in corners with thousands of pounds of the car's weight against it. If tires didn't have to flex, they could make the sidewalls out of aluminum or something. Darkside tires are definately not for everyone on every bike, but they work very well for those who understand their characteristics & are tired of hanging out at the motorcycle tire shops every few months. Look at alot of the tires from older American bikes (the ones that cruisers try to emulate) & they often have squared-profile tires on the back AND front! BTW, those of us who are using Rotella oil (diesel truck oil) in our bikes are thinking outside the (motorcycle) box too!
square tire means no turning... what will you do, if an obstacle gets in front of you? pray?
you will never be able to turn fast enough to avoid it.
As stated above, I've run some of my tires, squared center, and the handling was awful.
didnt know this was like a honda-tech forum.
say one thing and if people dont agree with you they say stuff like that.
or stuff like "thats hella gay and stupid, n00b"
instead of being instructional it turns to be a huge feeding frenzy.
kinda like a fight in highschool when kids egg a group of kids to "fight fight fight" instead of being the bigger man and taking a more mature approach.
I hope there is hope in this forum since i just joined and the internet trolls stay away.
id hate to start a thread and have trolls comment.:spank:
I had something informative to ad to the thread in my previous post
I think it's interesting and it seems like it will work fine on a large cruiser. Keeps us posted from time to time:thumbup:Well boys I went Darkside on my Wing last fall.
Absolutely love it, the bike handles just about the same and I can drag the pegs 2 up just like a regular tire.
The Honda and FJR boys have been using ct's for years now without anyone crashing and burning because of the tire, in fact the traction in wet or loose gravel is amazing.
Would I run a ct on a FZ6 or my KTM, hell no but on a mega cruiser it's great.
Knock it all you want but for me it works just fine.