justin_o_guy2
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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Depending on riding style, to me, thats the top consideration, Anyone who rides long distances a lot, they have a reason to go Dark, people like me who wear tires out from hard riding also have a Motivator to save $$$, BUT, then the question comes into play, WILL the Darkside tire DO what I wanna do & not dump me in a corner? Will it change the handling enough to make cornering hard? Rowboat makes a good point, contact patch in a corner would seem to go down.. Thats gotta be a lousy idea..
Now,, A guy Could mount the tire on a rim & put the thing on stands, standing up & easy to spin & work the edges over with a grinder. Car tires have good tread on the edges. Think it over, measure, run tape around the tire to mark the line, Take a rod, get some white out, stand the rod up, decide where the grinding needs to stop, spin the tire & lay the rod over, mark the tire w/ the white out,, then grind between the lines. Holding the grinder at the right angle spins the tire & moves the rubber off.. This would be a tedious, nasty process.. But a tire that runs20,000 miles instead of 5? Wooot! Especially when ya count the 3 times there would be no need to spend $30.00 to mount a new tire & the 3 times thered be no need to drop the $$$ for a new tire. If I was REally sold on the Savage & I rode enough that I Felt the bite of rear tire costs, Id really look at this. Even if it meant some swingarm mods. I wouldnt Want to go much taller on the tire, tho, cuz the Dunlop pretty much corrects the speedo, & I wouldnt wanna up the gearing on it too much. Much as Id like the added top end / lower rpm thing, I just wouldnt wanna give away the acceleration coming outta the corners.
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