MOKANAR (mo-ok-kan-ar)

[Neanderthal]

Originally Posted by jdgun_13

... Problem with doing that is your spent for 2 days afterwards.

We'd be able to keep pace with you then.

[jdgun_13]

Originally Posted by Neanderthal

We'd be able to keep pace with you then.

Put your old tires on my bike and i will slow way down as well..

[Neanderthal]

Originally Posted by jdgun_13

Put your old tires on my bike and i will slow way down as well..

Quit making fun of my last set of tires - there were miles-of-smiles on 'em!

[jdgun_13]

Hell man, just moved the Daytona into cleaning and pre-dyno position in the garage and incoverd the 1098, Talk about a HOLY F'in HOT BIKE!!!!!!

Forget how amazing this machine looks, especially after not seeing one for 3 months.

As for your tire, i will say you get your money's worth!

[Neanderthal]

Originally Posted by jdgun_13

...and uncoverd the 1098, Talk about a HOLY F'in HOT BIKE!!!!!!...

Yes it is, and I was glad I had the opportunity to spend a few hours on it.

[OKStriple]

Originally Posted by Neanderthal

Quit making fun of my last set of tires - there were miles-of-smiles on 'em!

I still think putting me on the bike with that tire was some sort of a 'murder for hire' plot formulated by my wife. She was probably going to give you my STR after I died a horrible (but financially lucrative) death.
This was a story destined to be on Dateline NBC

[Neanderthal]

Originally Posted by OKStriple

I still think putting me on the bike with that tire was some sort of a 'murder for hire' plot formulated by my wife. She was probably going to give you my STR after I died a horrible (but financially lucrative) death.
This was a story destined to be on Dateline NBC

Seriously though - I am surprised how fast the tire went to crap. And the handling just totally bombed out from the morning to when I got back on it, I'm surprised you were able to ride as fast as you did, lol. I wonder at what point the cords actually came through, it could not have been too much from when you stopped to photograph bullwinkle.

[OKStriple]

Yea it felt fine at the beginning. About 1/2 way between when we got on hwy 16 and when we got to the mooses (meece? Mooses? moosi? whatever) or herd of large animals with antlers......is when I first started noticing a change. I started feeling it bigtime in the downhill stretch on Hwy 21 north of 16. But all I was really feeling is that it was squared off.

Now I'm trying to figure out my own tire. I can either really limit my riding and use this one at the Rat Raid, or ride a lot and wear it out just before the rat raid and replace it.
I think I'm going to end up in the middle , with 9000 miles on the tire and it looking and feeling fine - go to the Rat Raid, and end up doing the same thing you did.
Maybe over Thanksgiving I can get out and ride a couple days and get some miles in.

[Neanderthal]

That does kind of put you in no-mans land. I'd plan on replacing them at the first of April regardless, not worth the worry. Of course if you do end up trailering in, you could bring a new set along and hope that a local service station would change them for you. Better yet, purchase a Cycle Hill Tire machine and mount it to your trailer.

[OKStriple]

Maybe I'll just get one of these Tundra's