Got a ticket today...
 

...for showing thread on the rear tire of my Virago. So who knows anything about cruiser tires? I sure as shit don't. All I know is my size is 130 90 16. And I'm poor. And don't give a hoot how well it whisks water away. Dry grip grip grip grip. Any suggestions? Even any cruiser people on here?

Try http://www.ronayers.com/

Where was this Mike?

I like the metzler ME880's. I have a new set on my Valk and they handle much better then the original dunlops.

I've never heard anyone getting a citation for that, how'd the situation go down?

BTW, check out Dunlop D205, I ran those for years, they're cheap and provide excellent mileage and grip.

+1 for the Metzeler ME880 Marathon's. Just put them on my Valkyrie as well and they're lots better than the OEM Dunlops I had on there.
Ken

Aw Mike...you got a tix! :( Didya get any tires yet?

Mike and his tickets:lol:

u got a ticket for having tread or for NOT having tread??

Saxon - I have court for those two performance awards Wednesday night in Belvidere. Let's get a beer afterwards!

I was pulled over for not being inspected, and my Harley-riding officer friend cited me a $54 unsafe tire ticket as opposed to the $160 failure to inspect when he noticed thread showing on the rear of my beastly Virago. He, being the owner of Road King, must not have been impressed by my well-engineered, 25 year old, reasonably-priced and highly reliable Japanese V-Twin. Either way it was a cheap ticket and I suppose it could have been worse. Whatever.

As per the tire, I'm ordering a super budget D404 rear. They are around 60 bucks, haha. Yes, everyone, I am more than familiar with the theory of price/quality relativity, but facing all these tickets and insurance surcharges is majorly cramping my economic prospects. The good news, however, is that the GSXR should be roadworthy by the weekend, and I also ordered up a Power 2CT for her front end so she'll be stickin' like glue and not hemorrhaging oil.

Just make sure that Pilot Power 2CT wasn't made in FRANCE...

Did I miss a recall? What's wrong with the French ones? Do they just surrender under the pressure?

Danke.

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

im not sure you can get the frenchie ones even if you wanted to but if you have it already, definately check it out.

a “Made in France” label
DOT 6UCW 980T or DOT 6UCW 979T
Pilot Power: week numbers 2704 to 0406 inclusive
Pilot Power 2CT: week numbers 4505 to 1807 inclusive
These tyres will no longer be sold by dealers.