new avon

[goodfellow]

avons are mucho bueno.....

uhhhhh,
darkside? what about darkside? did somone say darkside? hmmmmmm.......



greg

 

[Gunshots]

Someone will bring up the darkside, as they do on any tire thread... .

Now Who would do a thing like that.


Just cause the dark meat is always moist

 

[TxRIIIRider]

They say.. "Once you go black.. " Oh wait, Avons are black too..

 

[Baggage1]

I saw those Avons on Lonnie's Blackie and had to have one. My next front will be a cobra. Will take a look at his set at the get together. Never lit the Metz up on a roll too scared it'd go flat

 

[liquidsmile]

The darkside was always a concern for the Valk owners because of the long life the tire gives you, in most cases twice as long as a motorcycle tire. Reason being is the rear spline lube that is done with each tire change, anyone running a darkside on here have any problems with their splines getting dry with having the darkside tire on for 20k miles? Just curious

LS

 

[Pig9r]

I don't believe Triumph has a service interval for rear spline lube. In fact many Rockets are bone dry.

 

[GRAY DOG]

got the new avon in today,(rear only) has more tread depth to start with,,should last a little longer ??time will tell,,did appear to have a more rounded shape,,hope to hell it isnt shorter (overall height ) will know after mounted,,but hey,,,,,now ill have snake skin sidewalls,,,ooohhhh,,,,ill mount it next week and go ride hell out of it,,,then report back GRAY DOG

 

[scot in exile]

Had mine on for a couple of weeks, not to much of a difference driving around town not had a chance to hit any good roads with them yet

 

[TxRIIIRider]

Hey... Those look just like mine, except mine are on a blue bike of course..

 

[druid]

Avon vs Metz

Yep, I have the Avons and they are holding up very well.. I have about 7,000 miles on them now and they have not squared off near as much as the Metzelers have at this point.
I believe Lonzol has Avons on "Blackie" as well. I like them enough that I actually sent an e-mail to Avon and they posted it on their testimonials page with a picture of my bike from RAA III taken by Gunshots.. Avon 2008

I'm on my third set of Metzelers ... averaging about 8700 miles on the rear & 11000 on the front.

If you were getting 5K on the rear, perhaps I could get 15K from the Avon.