I am about to darkside on my speedmaster. The 185/65 is a half inch shorter than the 180/70 that I have been running. Bike has 100,000 miles on it and just think that could have been on only 2 tires.
I have been running darkside on my R3T since last summer and have 20,000 on a 205/60 16 Toyo. If motorcycle tires were free, I would not change back. The time and money wasted by replacing it every 8,000 to 12,000 miles would not be worth it.
In the first 40,000 miles of the rocket's life, I went through 4 rear tires. So the I am not just saving $100 on a tire. More like $500 on 5 tires I wouldn't have to buy.
Lots of people talk of how bad car tires are for motorcycles but how many of them have ridden on one.
