Recent content by Ishkatan

Too high a tire pressure makes sense - that shop inflated my Silverwing tires to 58 lbs during routine service - way over the max allowed on the tires. But this was not on gravel but on the highway.

I rented an NC700x for a day of test riding. When I got on the highway I got up to 75 - nice - but while passing a truck I got some lef/right shake of the handlebars/front wheel. Not enough to scare me but enough to worry me and not want to ride with that issue. When I got past the truck, and...

My brother in law has a darkside on his Goldwing and I watched it carefully. When he leans the bike quite a bit about 1/3 of the tread will lift but there is still more rubber on the road than if he had a regular motorcycle tire. The sidewalls flex. The true test will be what he does when it...

If I get an NC700x I am going to put either pegs of floor boards up front - like on a Goldwing. I am spoiled by my Silverwing scooter - I can dance on the floor boards going from bent knees to full forward stretch and everything in between.

I've been riding 2 years / 7000 miles on a used Honda Silverwing maxi-scooter. Considering a NC700x automatic vs. V-strom 650 ABS vs. used FJR 1300AE (Semi Automatic) vs. used Goldwing... The Silverwing is very nice - comfortable, room for 2 helmets under the seat, low center of gravity...

So has anyone looked at Darkside tires for the NC700x? I don't mean to start an argument about using car tires on bike. Just wondering if anyone has actually tried it on the NC700x or researched it and found if anything is available? 8,000 miles on the rear and 15,000 on the front does...