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Avon Spirits

Rough and twisty around here.

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rbentnail wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 11:18 pm The definitive answer is no, there is no difference in front tire wear with a car tire or without
Canadian FJR wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 9:21 am I respectfully disagree.
My front definitely wears faster when running a car tire on the back.

Might not be an issue for constant Interstate running but for back road riding it pushes the front more.


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Well, got my rim last week. Picking up a General Gmax 2day......
Do I really need to put something here?? Why don't you guys just think of something witty instead...........
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G-Max AS 03 or 05?
I’m on my second 03.


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Canadian FJR wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:45 pm G-Max AS 03 or 05?
I’m on my second 03.


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22,000 km running it to Alaska and back then likely another
8,000 when I got home.

We found the roads up there extremely hard on tires. I expected to get around 40,000 km out of it.

Also feel the pressures were too high. Ran 40, now run 34.

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What’s the go to CT currently?



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I liked the Riken Raptor.
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Me too but they seem to be a scarce item up here.
Same as the Gmax AS-03
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rbentnail wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 5:18 pm I liked the Riken Raptor.
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Canadian FJR wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:44 am Me too but they seem to be a scarce item up here.
Same as the Gmax AS-03
If I didn't have to deal with the paperwork I'd send you my used, still very good Raptor for shipping cost. You got a USA address?
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I actually have a buddy on tour down your way now.
I’ll see if I can track him down.

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Is this the Riken folks are running?

https://m.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp? ... 05WR7RZRAS

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Canadian FJR wrote: ↑Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:02 pm Is this the Riken folks are running?

https://m.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp? ... 05WR7RZRAS

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Yep, that's what I used.
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CraigRegs wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 3:17 pm
rbentnail wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 5:18 pm I liked the Riken Raptor.
+1
Is that the one you rode down to the air at SFO?
It's too deep, this is a bike not a canoe.
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Bugnatr wrote:
CraigRegs wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 3:17 pm
rbentnail wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 5:18 pm I liked the Riken Raptor.
+1
Is that the one you rode down to the air at SFO?
It had a few more k in it, I think. 35k when I swapped it out.
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These bad boys are close to $300.00 by the time it lands at the house. I need to keep searching.


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Geez! I know about the exchange rate but man, you're getting raped! I can still get it for US$105 delivered.
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