Need advice from Darksiders

[Dave Weaver]

Goodyear American Eagle H2


I found this tire on sale at local Wal-Mart. They are deleting from their current stock. Would this be an OK tire to mount on Valk?  I am planning on trying car tire this summer when current bike tire wears out.  I know there are probably better tires out there, but as I said price is good.  What do you see in this tire that you like or dislike?   TIA,

Dave

[SANDMAN5]

Bad link. Can't tell zackly which tire you're looking at. ???

[PharmBoy]

IMHO, most any of them that are the correct size and round will work and you can forget about "a flaming death".  However, there are a couple of things that I think are important.  I would want at least an H rating.  There is less bump steering effect and less effort in cornering if the tire edges are the roundest ones you can find.  Big, bad tread patterns contribute nothing to the performance of the tire in normal riding situations.  Most install a 205/55,60,or65/16.  The 60 gives about the same rpm/mph as the OEM motorcycle tire.  The 55 gives more rpm/mph and the 65 gives less rpm/mph.  My first tire was a popular "summer" tire in the 55 size & it was flat across the tread area.  I ran it for over 3K miles and gave it away because of the increased rpm/mph and the slow speed handling on uneven surfaces(bump steering).  I now have a 65 with round edges and am happy, even though it will now and then still remind me that I am running a car tire on the rear.  These are only my observations and opinions and I do not claim to be expert in any form or fashion....JTL

[draino]

My first darkside was the cheapest thing I could get.  I was happy with it.  You will see many differences in what is used.  I did not consider the rating as I do not do high speed driving, only normal freeway speeds.  I have not been unhappy with any darkside I have used.  I would suggest for trial purposes get the cheap one, try it, then decide.  My only consideration was a directional tread, and size.  I chose the 205/65/16 for the decreased engine speed at highway travel, strickly for fuel mileage reasons.  I hope this helps you decide.

[sugerbear]

symmetrical tread(same on both sides), a lot of tires are not.
my 2 cents worth.

[lee]

[Ken Tarver]

Dave
I read opinions and post here about the darkside for about 2 years before I decided to jump on the car tire band wagon. I decided on the Goodyear Assurance Triple Tread, 205/60, the reason I chose that tire was because of the many positive comments on this board about it, although there are many positive post of other tires also. I am sure most of them are great tires. Also, the sidewall is very stiff on the TT, many car tires, especially the cheap ones have soft sidewalls. Go to a tire store and check them out and you will feel most have a soft sidewall. Also, I compared the ratings for the TT and other tires on Tire Rack dot com for dry traction, wet traction, cornering traction, breaking traction, etc. The TT had high scores in all those categories. I believe the TT is also a 80,000 mile rated tire; of course I really don't expect to get 80 out of it, as it would dry rot before that. But I do expect to get many miles of service from it if it doesn't get some catastrofic damage to it. The Michelin Hydroedge also has great ratings for all the same traction categories.
Sport type tires do generally have a more rounded edge to them....they also have as you probably would expect, softer rubber compounds for gripping the road in high speed turns in sports cars. Softer rubber=less miles.
And one more thought....the tread depth on the TT is 11/32......most are 9/32 and 10/32.
By all means, this is just my thoughts, many more people here are more knowledgeable about CT's than me. Tires and oil......deep subjects and lots of opinions.

Pavement is hard,
Ken