T Evans
Supercharged
As most of you guys know by now, I have spent the last 9 years riding a motorcycle with a c/t. I have also just been released by the Doc. to go back to work full duty with no restrictions and released to ride the Rocket after now on a year. Needless to say I haven't gotten much riding time in since last July. My curiosity got the better of me and I ordered a new 240 avon rear tire. When I first bought my Rocket back in June of 09 it was in need of a rear tire. I had a 225 Rikon Raptor installed and it has been that way ever since.
We have been planning this trip over to Eureka Sprgs, Arkansas for about the last 4 months or so. So I had the new Avon rear tire installed last week before we left on Thursday.
We rode over and spent a couple of days terrorizing the country side and having the best time I have ever spent on a bike. We put about 1030 miles on in the 4 days. The Blues Festival was great, the music was good, the weather was hot and the cycle gods were with us.
Now this is just my take on the difference between a c/t and m/t.
The m/t allows you to pick a line thru a corner and stay with it with out having to hold it there. The motorcycle is a lot heavier to pick up off the stand and to balance will setting at a stop sign. The m/t is 3 times the cost and last about 1/3 of the life of a car tire.
I went into a corner too hot and had to grab a lot of rear brake just to have the tire lock up and jump side ways with me. I let off the brake and repeated the process 2 more times and all 3 times the tire locked up and the rear of the bike jumped out from under me. I was able to scub enough speed off to get thru the corner ok but not with out a good bit of pucker factor going on. I do not beleive that the c/t would have reacted this way. I think it would have scrubed more speed off and it would not have gone side ways on me if it did lock up. I have been able to run the twisties pretty darn hard with a c/t but probably not as hard as with a m/t. With the c/t, I can pick the bike up and not have to balance it while at a stop.
Over all the pro's far out weigh any con's for the c/t. And the pro's for the m/t do not out weigh the con's.
My riding season is going to be a short one this year because of work related comitments so I will more than likely spend the rest of the summer having fun and smoking this avon every chance i get and have a new c/t installed this coming winter for next springs riding.
Just my .02 cents worth.
Big T
We have been planning this trip over to Eureka Sprgs, Arkansas for about the last 4 months or so. So I had the new Avon rear tire installed last week before we left on Thursday.
We rode over and spent a couple of days terrorizing the country side and having the best time I have ever spent on a bike. We put about 1030 miles on in the 4 days. The Blues Festival was great, the music was good, the weather was hot and the cycle gods were with us.
Now this is just my take on the difference between a c/t and m/t.
The m/t allows you to pick a line thru a corner and stay with it with out having to hold it there. The motorcycle is a lot heavier to pick up off the stand and to balance will setting at a stop sign. The m/t is 3 times the cost and last about 1/3 of the life of a car tire.
I went into a corner too hot and had to grab a lot of rear brake just to have the tire lock up and jump side ways with me. I let off the brake and repeated the process 2 more times and all 3 times the tire locked up and the rear of the bike jumped out from under me. I was able to scub enough speed off to get thru the corner ok but not with out a good bit of pucker factor going on. I do not beleive that the c/t would have reacted this way. I think it would have scrubed more speed off and it would not have gone side ways on me if it did lock up. I have been able to run the twisties pretty darn hard with a c/t but probably not as hard as with a m/t. With the c/t, I can pick the bike up and not have to balance it while at a stop.
Over all the pro's far out weigh any con's for the c/t. And the pro's for the m/t do not out weigh the con's.
My riding season is going to be a short one this year because of work related comitments so I will more than likely spend the rest of the summer having fun and smoking this avon every chance i get and have a new c/t installed this coming winter for next springs riding.
Just my .02 cents worth.
Big T