Bonneville America Forums Forums Technical Forums General Tech Has anyone tried to darkside an america yet.

I don't know about anyone else, but in 15,000 miles both my tires are used up. Actually on both the America and the Tiger my front and rear tires wear at about the same rate.

Commuting 109 miles a day to work comes out to be well over 25,000 miles per year. So lets say between riding to work and pleasure you put about 30,000 miles on the bike per year. That comes out to be at least two sets of tires and one chain & sprocket kit per year. If you do it all yourself the cost is approximately $800.00 per year ($300 per set of tires & $200 for chain kit).

Your saving per year in gas, assuming your bike gets twice the mileage as your car could be as much as $3000.00, with gas costing an average of $3.90 per gallon.

Bottom line I understand why you want to save some time & money on the rear tire by using a car tire, but I don't think the savings is worth the lose of performance in both handling and fuel. I don't know for sure, but I would think a car tire would reduce your gas mileage at least 2-5%.

Tom