I am entered in the 2021 Euro Tour as I am sure many of you are.
Through lock down I have researched and practiced rally planning and farkled my bike to make the Tour as easy as possible. Now the the commute to and from the start / finish plus the tour it's self I estimate will be in the region of 8000 miles put I am working on 9k for safety. Now that is beyond the life of many tyres or the life of of what remain. I feel that PR4/5 will complete this mileage fine, but I for some stupid reason have entered the 2023 12day tour so tyre life will be an issue.
Whilst surfing the internet I came across a web site by Greg Rice,http://www.gregrice.com/index.htm l were he went into great detail about using a car tyre in place of the motorcycle rear tyre, i believe it is commonly called the DARK SIDE. It appears that there is little difference in handling but a major improvement in mileage. My question is has anyone done this mod in the UK, what problems did you encounter, were the problems out weighed by the extra mileage, increasing to 15 or 20k.
Through lock down I have researched and practiced rally planning and farkled my bike to make the Tour as easy as possible. Now the the commute to and from the start / finish plus the tour it's self I estimate will be in the region of 8000 miles put I am working on 9k for safety. Now that is beyond the life of many tyres or the life of of what remain. I feel that PR4/5 will complete this mileage fine, but I for some stupid reason have entered the 2023 12day tour so tyre life will be an issue.
Whilst surfing the internet I came across a web site by Greg Rice,http://www.gregrice.com/index.htm l were he went into great detail about using a car tyre in place of the motorcycle rear tyre, i believe it is commonly called the DARK SIDE. It appears that there is little difference in handling but a major improvement in mileage. My question is has anyone done this mod in the UK, what problems did you encounter, were the problems out weighed by the extra mileage, increasing to 15 or 20k.