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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: AM26 R Tire Reply #16 - 09/11/19 at 07:27:57 Raw text, no tone or inflection,. I've seen people get in real, drama filled arguments after texting. Just because someone was unable to read in a friendly tone of voice.. Embarrassing.. I'm cool I knew you were just having a bit of fun.
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Re: AM26 R Tire
Reply #17 - 09/11/19 at 08:33:35

You're right,...
I don't ride in rain much,.. and when I do it's by accident.
In my limited experience, motorcycles have very little grip in rain no matter what tires you use.
It's the two wheel thing.
A couple of square inches road contact front and rear then add water and you've got a recipe for extreme caution or disaster...
How much rain are going to redirect via a raingroove on a 2 inch contact patch of tire?...
Not much...

If I suspect rain,.. I take the car... Grin

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Reply #18 - 09/11/19 at 08:58:03

How satisfied with wet handling have you been?

Those AM26 Avons are GREAT handling tires . On the front they seem to last forever . I was hope-ing they would last longer on the rear. The original Sport Demon (rear) only lasted 5,000 miles and wasn't any better handling than the 8,000 mile AM26. fact is : I'm not sure the Sport Demon was as good as the AM26 ???

This new Nankang is untried as of yet but I'm going two towns over to get a hair cut on it today ... Roll Eyes

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: AM26 R Tire Reply #19 - 09/11/19 at 10:40:38 Thanks MM. PHHHT, Dave.
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Reply #20 - 09/11/19 at 15:19:31

OK , guys

The Nankang is NOT A RAIN TIRE . I ran into some light rain and wet roads on the way home.
Ya know how before a lot of rain washes to oils off but the surface oils just get wet and floats the oils a little. Well that was the case today .
I guess any tire would have been slipping and sliding around so maybe I shouldn't "Black-Ball" the Nankang so quick , but things sure were slippery on the way home. Embarrassed

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: AM26 R Tire Reply #21 - 09/11/19 at 15:24:36 My metzler 880 rear delivered almost 8,000 miles, but it was spooky AF on wet roads. I found a wide sweeper and hit it a few times and had the rear out, playing With the gas,,, spooky..
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: AM26 R Tire Reply #22 - 09/11/19 at 19:33:49 You know , as long as the front tire stays planted good the rear don't have to behave so much. Today they both were sliding around a bit. I've got a Am26 on the front but we never did get enough rain to wash the oil off good.
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2244 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: AM26 R Tire Reply #23 - 09/11/19 at 20:20:30 I don't have many curves to ride around here and try not to ride in the rain, but so far I have to say the Shinkos grip well in both dry and wet weather. I really do not know how may miles I have on my current rear 712 but it is holding up nicely. The front which is a 230 must have over 12K miles on it and it is also still looking good.
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Re: AM26 R Tire
Reply #24 - 09/12/19 at 04:54:40

There are a lot of tires available that have a solid center strip, and that does have a downside as it makes it hard to judge how much rubber is left.

This tire looked like it would last for a 4 day trip with MM....I likely would be riding less than 1,000 miles. Unfortunately it was down to the casing rubber in 1.5 days and 500 miles.

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I tried to post a link using imgur - and now my work computer is being blocked by the forum. I had to type everything below the imgur link using my phone.

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Reply #25 - 09/12/19 at 09:29:57

Hay , I was all set for getting a Skinko 712 and while looking for the best $$ with shipping I came across the Nankang , so here I am giving it a try ? I remember OldFeller having a Nankang car tire on his that he just couldn't wear out , so on a spur of the moment thing . Well , "ya don't know till ya check it out " Grin

The V-7 being the "WE" bike , it might take a L O N G T I M E to wear it out. Wink

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: AM26 R Tire Reply #26 - 09/12/19 at 22:18:37 This thing is Not Holding Air. Even with 6 ozs of green slime in it it still goes down over night ??? I going to order a 712 , and give this tire to the first 17" rim that needs a tube that comes along. I don't remember who I got it from ... but pay-pal will ...
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badwolf Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' my Lil' Bagger - 153k miles so far Posts: 807 Palm Beach County, FL Gender:	Re: AM26 R Tire Reply #27 - 09/13/19 at 04:21:26 Mike, Check the writing on the sidewall, if it says ''tube type'' it won't hold air without one. It's the way and materials it's made from. Old school !
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18314 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: AM26 R Tire Reply #28 - 09/13/19 at 04:47:49 Soapy water.....see where the tire is blowing bubbles. Might as well wash the bike while you have the soapy water in the bucket!
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: AM26 R Tire Reply #29 - 09/13/19 at 08:17:00 The add I bought it from said " Tubeless" but I didn't read the tire YET ? I've got a 712 on the way , but still it takes about 2 hours to take it off and put a new one on.
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