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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5864 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	tire time 12/10/15 at 14:22:25 Its that time again The Michelin Commander II only got 25,000 miles , so I'm thinking Goodyear Eagle GT again - (and leaving the air pressure up above 30psi this time OldFeller That 165 you put on is it a Nankang ? and do you think a 155/60-15 would work w/out mod's ? Is your dry-rotting or anything ? any input on Dark-Side is welcome
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Reply #1 - 12/10/15 at 19:01:27

155/60-15 would likely work for you with minimal trouble (you have done this before)

165/60-15 would require modifications.

When I looked last, the Firestone 155/60-15 was just going obsolete and the only ones were old stock being hawked at a premium.

When you look this time, look at different aspect heights, like the 150/55-15 and the 145/55-15. as what is out there is on little Japanese and Oriental sports cars of various flavors. Mini Coopers, stuff like that.

Don't look for VW tires, that ship has sailed I am afraid.

My current Nexxen tire is a oriental sports car tire, not a VW tire.

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Reply #2 - 12/11/15 at 05:06:06

I would think you would be happy about getting 25,000 miles out of a tire? Shocked

Here is a link to a Firestone tire that is available in anything from 125 to 165 width in a 15" rim. They don't list the aspect ratio - but if you go into the specifications it will list the overall diameter of the tire for each width. The one thing that I did notice, is that these tires are all listed for use on rims in the 3.50" - 6" width range.....you have a 2.75" wide rim.

https://www.cokertire.com/tires/firestone-f560.html

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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: tire time Reply #3 - 12/11/15 at 07:58:27 on car tires, especially those designed for older cars (coker's specialty) you can bet on a 78 aspect ratio unless otherwise noted I'd do one of those in 135 or maybe 145 25,000 miles is good for a moto tire on a moto, but any car tire will go FAR beyond that
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Reply #4 - 12/11/15 at 08:30:04

Dave wrote on 12/11/15 at 05:06:06:

I would think you would be happy about getting 25,000 miles out of a tire? Shocked

Here is a link to a Firestone tire that is available in anything from 125 to 165 width in a 15" rim. They don't list the aspect ratio - but if you go into the specifications it will list the overall diameter of the tire for each width. The one thing that I did notice, is that these tires are all listed for use on rims in the 3.50" - 6" width range.....you have a 2.75" wide rim.

https://www.cokertire.com/tires/firestone-f560.html

I think Dave has spotted the sweet spot. The tires look somewhat like a Nankang tread pattern, so Firestone may be buying the tires from Nankang, but they do have the full range of sizes available here in the USA. And the price is better than the Nankang tires too.

They have a 155 and a 145, if I was picking I'd look at the 155. But a 145 would likely drop right in with no issues at all on a stock bike.

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Reply #5 - 12/11/15 at 13:22:31

That 145R is perty !

It's also 24.3 Dia.

I might go with the Michelin again , my wore out one , is 26.+ Dia. even with the tread being gone it's still 8% difference in the GPS and the Speedometer. You know I'm fond of Long Leggs ! even on bikes !

I can't find a GoodYear Eagle like I had (and liked) before , but the "Super Store" has lots of Commander II's

I go to Church with a guy in the tire business I'll ask him.

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Reply #6 - 12/12/15 at 20:16:53

MM, 25k miles is pretty durned good. I changed my first rear Shinko at about 10k. It was probably good for maybe a couple of extra thousand miles, but we were getting ready for the Twisted Sisters ride so I preferred to get new rubber on and got a new rear Shinko 712. For the price of the Shinko 712 I am OK with getting 10-12k, and as far as performance goes, I like the tire.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5864 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: tire time Reply #7 - 12/12/15 at 21:44:26 I think you fellers are Right 25K miles is good enough ... I'm going to order another Commander II. Thanks for swinging me in the right direction.
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Reply #8 - 12/13/15 at 05:45:27

What upsets MM is seeing my tire on the back of my bike jest keep a coming on back, and he is counting his in whole tires now.

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..... and yet between the two of us we have NEVER worn out a darksider yet -- something incidental destroys them before wear out happens.

My best one got killed by a rust lump on the rim growing through the tube (yep, sounds kinda really slow acting, don't it? It had most of a decade to work its magic.)

This one might outlive me.

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Reply #9 - 12/13/15 at 21:49:39

OldFeller wrote .. and yet between the two of us we have NEVER worn out a darksider yet -- something incidental destroys them before wear out happens.

Your Right Old Buddy ! The Good Year Eagle GT (145/80) was less than half worn-out at 20K-miles when I lowered the air presure in it and blew-away those boys on those rockets riding the Dragon. Didn't even know I'd hurt that tire till I got up to 70 mph on the way home. That tire is on my Bat-Wing hay rake now and going strong. Wink

with only 20-25#'s in it !

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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12678 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: tire time Reply #10 - 12/14/15 at 09:59:56 So, go put on the last tire you will ever wear again ......
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: tire time Reply #11 - 12/14/15 at 19:43:36 I've been wearing the Last tire for years. It's around the waist.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5864 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: tire time Reply #12 - 12/14/15 at 20:56:43 ,,, I've been trying to get mine down to a "De-Flated inter tube" , with minimum success --
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