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Flowery Branch Ga | Mine was done before 10,000 also. I was told more than once it is the crown in the road. One person even guessed correctly that I ride the yellow line the magority of the time. I went DS. I have almost 2,000 miles in most all conditions on it now. Different, but not in a bad way. Kind of like switching bikes. I kept proper air pressure in the tires. Some seem to wear faster than others.
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Iron Butt
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Central New York | I have ridden a darkside bike before and it's not for me. It wasn't too bad, but still, I could feel that I was trying to put a square peg in a round hole. I just think it is stupid to spend 20 grand on a bike and turn around and short change the ride and comfort to save a few pennies. I am close enough now that I can definitely say I'll get 15k out of my E3s, and I think that is exceptional, I'm comfortable with anything over 10k. The only heartburn I have with E3s is the noise in the twisties. For that reason I may consider either stones or avons. The jury is still out on that. I don't have a problem with the '74' weight rating of 850 lbs. The only way I could exceed that is doing 'wheelies', and that isn't me. |
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Cruiser
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Bluff Park, Alabama - God's Country! 2011 PW VV | Well I got a set of E3s locally for a little over 300(incl tax). I may consider DS at another time. Thanks for everyone's input. Best price I found was bike bandit. 275 + 10 for shipping. |
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Cruiser
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Bluff Park, Alabama - God's Country! 2011 PW VV | Got the bike back and the new E3s are AWESOME! I did not realize how bad the tires were. It's like a whole new bike! |
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Iron Butt
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| ghostssx - 2011-11-01 9:04 PM
Got the bike back and the new E3s are AWESOME! I did not realize how bad the tires were. It's like a whole new bike!
Exactly!
New tires always feel and perform better than old tires! Even within the same make/model.
It baffles me how folks are switching brands altogether, and proclaiming how much better they are than the E3's.... well of course, you're comparing a new tire to an old worn out one.
Discover how much better a new set of E3's are compared to your old worn out bridgestones or avons!!!!!
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Cruiser
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Albuquerque NM | There's a lot of wisdom in comparing new tires to new tires, it would be interesting to get two bikes on a run one with a new mt and the other with a new ct for a side by side comparison of the two. |
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Iron Butt
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | I definately feel an improvement in ride and handling when I put on a new set of E3's. I notice the same difference for the van, truck, motorcross bike, and mountain bike too. New tires will always perform better than worn out ones. I agree with Turk, you cannot replace an old E3 with a new CT and make a valid judgement on performance differences.
A trustworthy test would consist of two identically equipped bikes (right off the production line) and install a CT on one of them. Test riders ride both bikes for equal amount of time on a given course. Then a new CT is put on the bike that has the stock tire and vice versa. The same riders ride the same course again for the same amount of time on both bikes.
This method eliminates all variables making the results much more accurate.
Now all we need is two Visions that have been paid for, but not picked up yet from the dealer. Who wants to lend theirs to science? |
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Cruiser
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Oregon. | Sorry, for some reason I'm just not motivated to loan my bike out like that. Lord knows why.....lol. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Turk - 2011-11-02 8:49 AM
ghostssx - 2011-11-01 9:04 PM
Got the bike back and the new E3s are AWESOME! I did not realize how bad the tires were. It's like a whole new bike!
Exactly!
New tires always feel and perform better than old tires! Even within the same make/model.
It baffles me how folks are switching brands altogether, and proclaiming how much better they are than the E3's.... well of course, you're comparing a new tire to an old worn out one.
Discover how much better a new set of E3's are compared to your old worn out bridgestones or avons!!!!!
I guess this is the reasoning that has had me staying with the E3, there's never been any compelling comments or data to convince me otherwise. Too much work to learn I should stay put, believe I've learned that lesson many times in other things for a cost I didn't like paying. |
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Tourer
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Bay of Gigs, WA | Democrats. Turning left alla time. LOL |
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Cruiser
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Stockton, California | So far I have 15k on my first set. I still have at least 1k or more to go. (front tire shows less wear)Just did an 1100 mile ride and they performed flawlessly. I ride mostly on the freeway to work but have done may twisties, ride two up and loaded down. I am suprised at how well they have lasted. I expected to get about 10k out of them. As to riding on the left I do not do that much. I ride to work in the dark on the freeway (2 lanes). So I ride in the right side of the left lane to give me extra time to react if a critter shoots out. I don't know if that makes a difference. |
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Iron Butt
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New York State | Always change both at 10,000 miles the front look s like they could last a little longer and the rear gets bald. |
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Rear Tire - PICS!
