Darkside- front/rear combo.

Scouser said:

I've gone double dark side on my R3T. Rear bike tyre for the front and car tyre for the rear, lovin it so far.

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Scouser said:

I've gone double dark side on my R3T. Rear bike tyre for the front and car tyre for the rear, lovin it so far.

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sleeves said:

Ive got some Hankook Ventus 225 50 R 16 tyre on the back at the moment, about to change it for a new one as have worn the sides out, treads still like new though. Mate looked at it and said "you should probably go back to a bike tyre by the looks of it" but I like the way its corners with the dark side. On the front I have a Metzler Marathon 140 75 R17 tyre. This works for me.

My old rear tyres were lasting 4000kms this has got three times that so far.

Oddest feeling when you first ride, nearly went back home and put the other wheel back on (got a complete back wheel with a bike tyre on). Bought a whole new back wheel to put the car tyre on in case i didnt like it, I could swap back then fit another bike tyre to this. My hassle is going to a tyre shop and wasting a day in the weekend. The bike tyre never went back on.

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tdragger said:

I hope the "header" wasn't too bad.

Like Ian, I've been running darkside for about 60k miles. Riken Raptor ZR 225/55/16 on the back. I've had the best experience with a Dunlop D404 on the front. The Shinko didn't feel as good as the Dunlop. Currently running a Dunlop Elite 3 up front with good results so far (4k miles).

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Idaho Red Rocket 3 said:

I'm formerly from Baltimore. I am also one of those who will try to dissuade you from using darkside. AVON COBRA is the tire. Yes it is pricey but man does it make the Rocket do what it is designed to do. I just changed my back tire Saturday. Could have ordered one from Rocky Mountain for $212 delivered, but they only had tires in stock that were made in 2012 and 2013. A bit to old for my money. So instead I purchased from my local dealer for $305. We had to send back 2 tires that were old too. Finally got one made week 18 of 2015. Nice and fresh. BTW; the one I just took off lasted 11,000 miles. Those miles included 1.5 hours on a dyno and a hard track day of about 150 miles. I wore that tire out from edge to edge. GREAT TIRE worth every penny. My Cobra front tire has over 12,000 miles on it and still has life in it.

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