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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18098 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #15 - 06/05/15 at 09:28:00 Good for you Rylee. Good lights, turns signals and brake lights are very important. I see a lot of motorcycles out and about that have made light changes that make them very vulnerable - if the car doesn't know you are slowing down or turning it can get ugly really quickly.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #16 - 06/05/15 at 11:34:02 I totally dig that rear tire. What's the speed rating? I know it's a strong tire, for weight bearing, but I don't have a clue what kinda speed it's good for. Otta make for some interesting lines on the back. Was it hard to balance?
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Matt_greatlakesstate Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 58 Midland, MI Gender:	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #17 - 06/05/15 at 12:51:52 He said earlier in the thread its rated for 100mph 👍
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #18 - 06/05/15 at 14:02:02 That's a nifty answer to What tire do I want?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #19 - 06/05/15 at 14:58:28 Dad had one of those on his tractor, great directional control... in mud. shouldn't hydro plane ever.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #20 - 06/05/15 at 16:07:45 Probably not a great idea for this... http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=motocross+across+water&FORM=VIRE11#view=d...
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Re: New seat/fender configuration
Reply #21 - 06/05/15 at 19:42:41

@Dave
Lights came today. They are super small housing wise but man are they bright. Hooked them up to a battery and set them on a shop roller seat which is about the height they'll be mounted at and I walked a block and a half away and my buddy had them on running light and touched the brake wire and I had no issues seeing them looking into the sun! Can't wait to get them on the bike. Gonna make a few changes to the speed hump first. The back plate needs to be taller. And once that's done I can do more of a fender wrap on it because I will clear the tire.

@Justin
They were super easy to mount. We have a tire shop we use for all our tire work and dude said it was one of the easiest he's done. Only has 3 stick on weights to balance and I think that was more of a tire not perfectly true issue than anything.

@verslagen
It tracks really well. Haven't been in any rain yet but I'm sure hydro plaining won't be an issue at all.

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Rylee Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 312 Long Beach California Gender:	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #22 - 06/05/15 at 19:45:37 @Justin The tire was $165 off eBay which is the going rate for most firestone deluxe style tires from anyone. I have a 19-4.00 firestone for the front that I'm gonna do soon so I can have that classic big tire look front and rear now that the bike has gone that direction with the build.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #23 - 06/05/15 at 19:51:12 Well, get some miles on the thing. You may have started a movement. If it handles and does the miles to justify the money.
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Re: New seat/fender configuration
Reply #24 - 06/06/15 at 04:01:51

One of the issues with straight line treads is "tramming"....where the tire wants to follow pavement grooves or joints. That is one reason that the front tires on motorcycles have the wiggly center groove and have "steered" away from the ribbed front tire.

You may also get some tread squirm in corners....where the tread rolls around a little bit under side loads.

It will take some miles before we know how these work......you are "plowing new ground" with these tires on a motorcycle! Grin

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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #25 - 06/06/15 at 07:23:41 Dave, I remember my 1956 Triumph had a ribbed Dunlop front tire and it was pregnant dog on wet roads, old bridges with metal roadways, and any kind of rain grooves. I promptly changed tires on the Triumph to Pirelli or Avon, cannot quite remember......LOL No animals were hurt in producing this reply......LOL Kenny G
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Re: New seat/fender configuration
Reply #26 - 06/06/15 at 16:41:28

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I cross a bridge over the port of LA to and from work everyday that has the metal grate center section for about a 1/4 mile. Tire does really well to be honest. I think the tread sections of the rib are wide enough it doesn't grab the grooves.

I'm not starting a trend unfortunately because Japan has been using variations of this tire for years now on bobber builds.

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18098 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #27 - 06/07/15 at 03:07:59 Those ribs are far wider than the ones that used to be on motorcycle tires, so they may well be far more stable and too stiff to squirm around. Funny that Japan would pioneer the use of a "John Deere" tire on a motorcycle!
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Rylee Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 312 Long Beach California Gender:	Re: New seat/fender configuration Reply #28 - 06/08/15 at 08:16:32 I have 3 center ribs that measure just over an inch wide on mine. @Dave I'm not sure if they pioneered it but that seems to be where I'm seeing it most. I'm assuming it's from the nearly unavailable options of vintage tires for a 15" rear wheel.
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