My new darkside tire - Champiro

[mark81]

What speed rating is that? Same as the first one you ran?  Iirc the champiro I had was the higher speed rating. When it wore out I could only find one with the lower speed rating. $/mile stillna great tire even with getting under 10k out of it

[mark81]

Looking back I ran the 91v rated tire. It looks like all that’s available now is the 92h rated one. I wonder if that’s the difference in miles between your first and second one

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Looking back I ran the 91v rated tire. It looks like all that’s available now is the 92h rated one. I wonder if that’s the difference in miles between your first and second one

I believe you are correct.

My new one is also H rated.

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The contrast between old and new is always striking.

[Jess from VA]

The old one isn't dead..... it's just sleeping.   

Like the Parrot.

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Feels so good when a new tire rolls into the curves.

[Jess from VA]

It does, but actually I like my car tire better after about 5K miles of break-in.

Mine are a bit stiffer and go 37K. 

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It does, but actually I like my car tire better after about 5K miles of break-in.

Mine are a bit stiffer and go 37K. 

Nothing wrong with having it a bit stiffer.

[Jess from VA]

It does, but actually I like my car tire better after about 5K miles of break-in.

Mine are a bit stiffer and go 37K.  

Nothing wrong with having it a bit stiffer.

Yeah, fortunately I'm not in junior high, where my English teacher's sweaters gave me lead pipe involuntary woodies, and I silently prayed.... Please, please do not call on me to go up to the blackboard.  Think about baseball, think about church, think about anything that will make it go away.    (of course this did not work.  They were some amazing sweaters, that defied gravity  )

OK, back to car tires.   

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It's the best car tire I have used.

I had a Cooper Zeon on my first Valkyrie

Didn't like it. Too square

I used a Hankook on my ST1300

Didn't like it. Too square

My current Valkyrie came with a Goodyear.

Didn't like it. Too square

This Champiro feels 95% like a bike tire.

There's a slight amount of wanting to go straight but NOTHING like the other tires used.

No concrete highway groove grabbing. But a little bit of input needed at 75mph to 95 mph. Could be the 42 psi. I'm going to drop to 40psi to see if that makes a difference. No input needed on blacktop.

Going fast thru the twisties I could feel a little lag going from right to left or of course left to right but nothing like the square profile tires used previously.

Tire with shipping was about $80 then $16 to get it put on.

All I need to do now is wait for a wet road to check adhesion 

I'm revising my rating for the Champiro.

Having returned from Taos and riding on many different road surfaces i would now rate the tire at 85% like a bike tire.

Wet concrete interstate at 75 mph + is a bit squirrely.

The roads in Taos needed some extra steering input to overcome the involuntary steering due to the awful road surfaces.

[Steve K (IA)]

Theres no way I would go to a car tire and only get 10,000 miles.  I get twice that on a M/C tire every time.

  Same here, and.... you don't lose any handling characteristics that motorcycles are known for. 

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At 7,000 miles.

Which includes a lot of flat, straight miles round trip to Taos.

[Jess from VA]

Looks good to me. 

All my CT's get a bit of center wear at 40psi, even without long flat riding.

Is that a plug in the right center (low) tread?

I have one in mine,  no sweat.

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Looks good to me.  

All my CT's get a bit of center wear at 40psi, even without long flat riding.

Is that a plug in the right center (low) tread?

I have one in mine,  no sweat.

34 psi

Not a plug.