Darkside News

[Houdini]

Took a friend to the darkside Saturday and want to share a few of my experiences.  With no planning we went to Discount Tire to grab a tire, to my dismay the Falken Ziex 512 is no longer available, it has been replaced with a asymmetrical 612.  The choices of symmetrical tires in our size that they had in stock was zero.  Zero!  

Falken Ziex 612, not as cool looking as the 512 but has a similar profile.


Do not go to the Discount tire on Ohio in Plano and say the words darkside or motorcycle, they refused to sell us a tire because "a car tire on a motorcycle will not corner and I couldn't, in good conscious, sell you this tire".  True story.  So then we drove to:

Discount Tire
2260 State Highway 121
Plano, TX 75025
(214) 547-0673

Where they were good with putting a CT on a MC and happily sold us a tire, give 'em your business.

My buddy decided to go with a Kumo tire with an asymmetrical pattern 'cause that's all they had.  The Firestone in Allen on East Main mounted the tire for free since they couldn't put they mounted a car tire on a MC rim on an invoice, the tire guy earned a nice tip for himself.

So far, Rudy loves being a darksider.

[Serk]

Do not go to the Discount tire on Ohio in Plano and say the words darkside or motorcycle, they refused to sell us a tire because "a car tire on a motorcycle will not corner and I couldn't, in good conscious, sell you this tire".  True story.

Those who say a thing is impossible should not interrupt those who are doing it.