Mine rubbed till it quit on the plastic. I had no preload so the wheel would move way up to hit. Go with the Hankook if it's a worry.talking about the plastic wheel well
Mine rubbed till it quit on the plastic. I had no preload so the wheel would move way up to hit. Go with the Hankook if it's a worry.talking about the plastic wheel well
to skipcurt: hope it works out for you; lots of experience on this forum;When I order a new tire for the Wing, It will be the new Michelin Premier A/S to replace the Alpin.
yes---i would never put on a tire that would require me grinding on frame to make it fit, if its that tight it is not safe. The Hankook should get you a good 15,000 miles and a very high performance sticky tire. I inflate to 28 psi for better life, over inflating causes center of tire to wear quicker.Same size? 205/50-17? Also, is that the Evo 2?
yes it isIs this the Hankook that is being used? Hankook
Just found this post. That's just what mine looked like. wear in the plastic. I took a belt sander to the tire and finally removed enough rubber at the very side.Well, I was organizing my garage from the many projects that I have going on around the house and I was moving the bike by hand. I was on the left (clutch) side so the bike is naturally leaning a bit to the left. Heard a squeak and felt a little resistance. Didn't really like the way it felt so I did a little feeler gauge test with some milk jug plastic. Sure enough while it's on the kickstand there is no gap between the tire and the swingarm. Got to work removing everything to take off the rear wheel to investigate. Deflated the tire and wrestled that puppy out of there and this is what I see. Pretty fair amount of rubbing mostly tire to plastic and a little on the swingarm. The red straight line in the pics is where we sanded down the extra rubber from the molding. The red circles are where it was rubbing.
I don't think I'll be using this particular darkside tire going forward. Need something not as wide so guess I'll start reading to find the next most popular darkside tire or....back to PR4's.