Motorcycle tire riding

[RainMaker]

As most of you know, I've been a Darkside rider for a few years on my I/S.  Today on the Muenster ride, I was on my son's Tourer with a Metzler on the rear.  I noticed that, after riding the car tire for so long, that the motorcycle tire was a little easier to get into a turn and easier on highly crowned roads, especially when in slow speed operations.   But the difference in braking power was noticeable.  I felt LESS secure in the sweepers on Hwy 4 than I did with the car tire, too.

So, I think the carbs are clean enough for me to get back on the I/S and the car tire.

mark

[Skinhead]

After having a car tire on my standard for a couple seasons, I bought an interstate that came with a E3 on the back.  I thought there was something wrong with the IS until I got used to it again.  Then I rode the standard again and immediately went to a car tire on the IS.  I found switching back and forth between the 2 VERY scary for the first couple miles and decided to stick with the one that felt best, the Darkside.

[RainMaker]

I agree on the scary part.  It's just different enough to mess with your head. 

[Stormrider65]

When I took Houdini's around the block at the last my first wrench party, I noticed the difference almost right away.  That was the first time riding Darkside.  He and all of you were right about having to think a shade ahead of time of cornering and actually having to "steer" in and out of corners.  The handling and even braking felt amazing.  I thought about the Potenza.   I will definitely convert.

Walt

[Houdini]

When I rode Stormrider65's Valk with a M/C tire at the last wrench party I thought the bike was going to fall over on the straightaways and turning felt weird.    I'll never go back to a M/C tire... 

[blotar]

There sure seems to be a lot more darksiders out there. I don't think everyone is on the list. We had a lot of darksiders at the midwinter gathering. It could have been close to 35% of the bikes and maybe close to 50% or more of the Valks. I was looking but did not count em. I've heard people say that the darksiders number only 17% on the Valkyries??
Blotar

[RainMaker]

Not all of those Valkyries with motorcycle tires get ridden regularly.  The Darksiders tend to ride a lot.  So that would skew your visual sampling.

[Disco]

So I'm at this class Friday through Sunday and at a slow period the discussion turned to motorcycles, loud pipes, and ear plugs.  One of the instructors said something like, "Oh, so you're one of those guys who has loud pipes to aggravate others but wears ear plugs?!"  I say, well, I don't have really loud pipes any more, and even if you think they are loud, they don't sound like what you're imagining.  He got a funny look on his face and asked what I meant.  I said it sounds more like a race car than almost any other bike because it has six cylinders.  One of my fellow classmates (who rides a Buell Ulysses) said, "So you ride a Valkyrie?".  Yes.  He then asked If I have a car tire on back!

 

[5_19]

"So you ride a Valkyrie?".  Yes.  He then asked If I have a car tire on back!

That's what I am talking about. What does that say?