dunhamg
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So that's why he never posted a ride report.I offered my bike for Dale to take for a familiarization ride on 447 on LDRider. Dale said that he would do so, but ended up driving to Gerlachfest to meet his carpooling needs. No gear, so no ride was taken. I doubt Dale is still subscribed to this thread. Art M. did take it for a very short ride. You could PM him. (Vectervp1) I tried to get Greg M. to try it as well, but he's a *****.I think it was on the LDRider list that Warchild mentioned taking someone's bike for a ride at Gerlach. Now I haven't seen anything since, was it someone's bike from here that he was taking? If you are reading this Dale, what were your thoughts after riding it?
Grady
It's really not that different from a moto tire Grady. Do you really wheelie the FJR that much? You can scrape pegs with the CT just like you do with a moto tire. The steering is heavy, compared to a moto tire, but you get used to this quickly and it's really not an issue. The CT feels different when crossing lines/seams running with the road as you are feeling each edge, going on, then going off, rather than a single small tire print going across it once.
What are your reasons for considering the CT for your FJR?
Well, I usually ride a couple 1/4 mile wheelies through 3rd gear when I hit the pavement and then again at the first turn two miles later. Now before you get too upset at my hooligan antics on this bike, I only do that when I don't see any other cars which amounts to about 98% of the time. Not a lot of traffic on the roads out here. So I can tell the difference from a new tire to a well used tire, which does end up a bit flat spotted due to not spending enough time scraping the pegs which doesn't happen all that often anymore with an extended Wilbers shock to give a little more clearance. That's why I asked about how the car tire would do, I am guessing probably not too much worse than a seriously flat-spotted bike tire.
Anyway, I was looking at it to get a few more miles than the 4-5K that I usually see. The gravel roads I ride don't do anything to help out the mileage I'm sure.
If I could find a front tire to match maybe a set of Blizztec's would get me a few more days of riding here in Iowa.
Grady