Have to have new rear tire recommendations

[UNCLE JESSE]

Dark side need new rear tire

Well the Falken ZE 502- 245/50/16 has a belt broke in the surface side walls are in great shape one side tread surface a place about the size of my hand bubbled up have to put on new tire would like to have recommendations on what everybody is having good luck with. Did not have but in about 5000 miles on this one am shipping back to the manufacturer but I am sure they will say wrong application and void any type of warranty. Was thinking about going to a 225 the tire I had seems like it's hard to get now made for older version Camaro

 

[JoseyR3Wales]

Well the Falken ZE 502- 245/50/16 has a belt broke in the surface side walls are in great shape one side tread surface a place about the size of my hand bubbled up have to put on new tire would like to have recommendations on what everybody is having good luck with. Did not have but in about 5000 miles on this one am shipping back to the manufacturer but I am sure they will say wrong application and void any type of warranty. Was thinking about going to a 225 the tire I had seems like it's hard to get now made for older version Camaro

Riken Raptor 225-55/16 and never look back except at the other bikes in your rearview mirrors.

 

[UNCLE JESSE]

Speed indicator is off by about 4 mile an hour thought about going to the 60 series might make correction wondered what type of correction it made with your 55 series

 

[tdragger]

The 225/55/16 is the closest to the stock 240/50/16 in diameter without being smaller. It corrects the speedo only slightly.

The Riken Raptor ZR has served everyone that I know of very well. I'm about to mount my 2nd after 28k miles on the first.

 

[Lester532]

The 225/55 Raptor is probably the most popular Darkside on the Rocket 3.

I have not had any problems with mine, but some other riders behind me say that it slings small gravel. I may try the BFG that Hellfire is using next time.

 

[UNCLE JESSE]

Have had that problem before people said they would not ride behind me that was even with the stock Metzler tire

 

[UNCLE JESSE]

The 225/55/16 is the closest to the stock 240/50/16 in diameter without being smaller. It corrects the speedo only slightly.

The Riken Raptor ZR has served everyone that I know of very well. I'm about to mount my 2nd after 28k miles on the first.

I have not been able to find The Riken Raptor ZR with out ordering them out of state and waiting two weeks it looks like my best to choices are a Dunlop DZ 101 or a Hankook Ventus v4es. I can have either one of these the next day, I had 245/50/16 I am going with the smaller size 225/55/16 another thing I am looking at is hydroplaning both of these tires have real good water handling ratings it seems like every time we take a long trip we end up in a flood some where. I believe Rainman cursed me "LOL" I was wondering if anybody has had experience with either one of these tires ?

 

[ewswartze]

I have not been able to find The Riken Raptor ZR with out ordering them out of state and waiting two weeks it looks like my best to choices are a Dunlop DZ 101 or a Hankook Ventus v4es. I can have either one of these the next day, I had 245/50/16 I am going with the smaller size 225/55/16 another thing I am looking at is hydroplaning both of these tires have real good water handling ratings it seems like every time we take a long trip we end up in a flood some where. I believe Rainman cursed me "LOL" I was wondering if anybody has had experience with either one of these tires ?

I got my raptor zr from tirebuyer.com and it took about 4 days to mid ohio, free shipping and total cost was 109.00. just a thought - good luck on the search

 

[tdragger]

Ordered my Riken a month ago with Summit Racing. It arrived 2 days later.

Riken 97163 - Riken Raptor ZR Performance Tires - Overview - SummitRacing.com

 

[Confederate Spy]

I ordered my Raptor from Summit Racing also - arrived in two days. Have a trip from South Carolina to Sturgis on it, pulling a trailer and running through MUCH rain. No problems at all. The tire has about 10,000 miles on it, and still looks like new. I run the 225/55/16.