Review of my new tire

[RobTheTyrant]

I recently installed an Avon Road Rider in a 140/70-17 and LOVE it.  It's a little bit heavier feeling than the old 130 bridgestone I had but all in all I have no complaints.  While it's a little bit heavier feeling, it's not even close to as sluggish and weighted as my brohers FZ6 through switch-backs and being a slightly taller tire lets my bike run at a lower RPM at 70 MPH.  Where i used to run at 6 grand I'm now closer to 5500 RPM.  It is a Bias ply tire but at least that way I didn't have to change out a perfectly good front tire.  I doubt I'll ever be able to get rid of my new chicken strips with the way this tire is profiled but I do know that through a hard closing radious corner I can just push the bike into a little harder lean and have no problems what so ever.  It seems like a pretty sticky compound(at least thats what it feels like to me).  I'd give it a very solid 8.5 out of 10

[coll0412]

Never used an Avon tire, but  a 140/70-17 should a very similar  profile to stock, and you can most definitely get all the way to the edge.

[RobTheTyrant]

thats what you'd think... but the difference in height is .542", mate that up to a 140 being pinched a little more than a 130 and it's taller still making the profile taller.  or it could just be the way the tire is built, but i know that getting all the way down is going to require alot further lean than my old tire.

[coll0412]

Hmmm...that intresting then, I wonder if the 140 is listed for a 3.5in rim or not. Different tires have different profiles, as long as feels good on the turns that all that matters

[anthonyd5189]

So you have a 140 on stock rims, just asking becase Im going to be in the market for new tires soon and I want to know my options

[gsJack]

Hmmm...that intresting then, I wonder if the 140 is listed for a 3.5in rim or not. Different tires have different profiles, as long as feels good on the turns that all that matters

Actually the Roadriders and Demons are both sized for a 3.75" rim so they have an equally good fit on both 3.5 and 4.0" rims.  Approved fitments for both are 3.5-4.5" rims.  Previously the 140/70 tires were sized for a 4.0" rim and were still generally approved for 3.5-4.0" but were not as good a fit on the 3.5" as the new Roadriders and Demons are.

[RobTheTyrant]

yeah, it feels AWESOME!  no more wobbleing between the flat spot in the middle and the round edges of the old 130.  I havn't been on a demon yet but i do know that the roadrider is a VERY fun tire.