Floribama Riders

Coming off exit 60 I lean the bike over and bam!  The rear slips about a foot really focusing my attention in a hurry.  I'm on the DR which generally corners rail-like even on knobbies if you ride it like a dirt bike.  The MT-21 on the back has about 2500 miles on it and it looks more like something made for a very small car than a motorcycle tire.  I'm thinking that leaned over the contact patch is maybe one knob at a time - no wonder it's trying to throw me off.

A while back I ordered a set of Cheng Shin 858s that have been sitting in my garage waiting for the Pirelli to wear out.  Trying to throw me down on pavement pretty much meets my definition of wore out, so tonight while the girls were getting ready for VBS I set about changing the rear tire.

It was the normal sweating and grunting but the Harbor Freight bead breaker and some lube to help slide the tire on made it not too bad - in fact Selena remarked that this one went a lot faster than the last.

I'm very interested to see how the 858 performs.  So far I've had the stock Trailwings - which are great on pavement but not so good on gravel and downright ugly for me on the trail,  Maxxis 6006s - which besides being a huge pain in the ass to mount and a little noisy are a really nice 50/50 tire, the MT-21 on the rear matched with the 6006 up front - good tire on and off road if kinda pricey and short lived.  If the 858s work well they will be a real bargain as I only paid $52 for the set delivered.

Namor