Yamaha going Darkside??

[Stormrider65]

I was leaving the yard going to Cleburne to get loaded and head to Rosenberg, Tx this morning when I noticed a Yamaha Star with a CT.  I was trying to get his attention to talk with him but he took off the opposite way.  What other bikes out there go Darkside??  I have seen a Gold Wing, and of course the Valkyrie. 

Walt

[lucky_1_chris]

I was leaving the yard going to Cleburne to get loaded and head to Rosenberg, Tx this morning when I noticed a Yamaha Star with a CT.  I was trying to get his attention to talk with him but he took off the opposite way.  What other bikes out there go Darkside??  I have seen a Gold Wing, and of course the Valkyrie. 

Walt

I think you'll find people running CT's across most makes...

Goldwings, Rocket III's, V2k's, VTX's, and Valks seem to be the most popular.

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[Valkpilot]

I was leaving the yard going to Cleburne to get loaded and head to Rosenberg, Tx this morning when I noticed a Yamaha Star with a CT.  I was trying to get his attention to talk with him but he took off the opposite way.  What other bikes out there go Darkside??  I have seen a Gold Wing, and of course the Valkyrie. 

Walt

As Chris said, most of the large, shaft-drive cruisers are DS candidates.  I've even seen a chain-drive bike with one on it.

Despite all the negative hue and cry about the DS profile being "flat" or "square", the fact is that a hemispheric tread shape is a relatively recent trend adapted from the race track to sport bikes, and then to cruisers.   If you look at the rear tire of any HD Geezer Glide older than 2009, the rear tire is essentially a square profile -- narrow and square.  The same is true with the mid-70's Honda CBRs. 

Darksiders know from experience that it's a concept that works, despite the nay-saying of theorists.

[Mr.BubblesVRCCDS0008]

I know of a VTX 1800 with a cooper zeon, a kawaksi 2000 running 225 darkside and of course my valk.

[RainMaker]

I've seen other motorcycles darksided besides Valks.  Motorcycle riders are smart!   It's just the Valkyrie riders are the best lookin!

[PhredValk]

There's a fella in my GWRRA group who has a car tire on his Bergman scooter.
Fred.

[Stormrider65]

LMAO Mark,  good one

Walt

[bigguy]

There's a fella in my GWRRA group who has a car tire on his Bergman scooter.
Fred.

[Daniel Meyer]

Guy on my forum runs a darkside scooter...

[franco6]

its done on the st 1300 ,for the st 1100 i ll have to go to an older GL wheel (do believe).

[Paxton]

I'd like to go Darkside on my '77 vintage GL1000 Goldwing but I believe that the CT would have to be no wider than OEM M/C tire. 
Anyone knows what the equivalent CT size would be for OEM Size 130/90/17. 

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