Well, I just half finished ( the bike had to be towed due to an electrical failure) 1000 miles on road and 200 miles off road trip.The tires performed flawlessly, very confident on road and very gripy off road. The tires are noisy at about 50 mph, before and after I found them silent enough. On the black top they behave like a street tire.
Nov 19, 2016 - Can a snake kill you with a car wheel. According to a New Mexico belief in snake wheels it can! They're not puncturing any tires. I put this one. I've always heard that snakes will bite a tire and break off a fang in the tire. Then when the tire is being repaired the tech can rub his hand.
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Not a single scare. Through bad and good tarmac and pouring rain. No behaviour changes.This tire is definitely a keeper for me.If not for the failure, I would have completed the 400 miles off road part without problems.And I'm talking about this kind of off road. Well, I just half finished ( the bike had to be towed due to an electrical failure) 1000 miles on road and 200 miles off road trip.The tires performed flawlessly, very confident on road and very gripy off road. The tires are noisy at about 50 mph, before and after I found them silent enough. On the black top they behave like a street tire.
Not a single scare. Through bad and good tarmac and pouring rain. No behaviour changes.This tire is definitely a keeper for me.If not for the failure, I would have completed the 400 miles off road part without problems.And I'm talking about this kind of off road. I am not sure muddy is a good description of the Dempster. If no rain recently, the normal hazards are loose gravel and the loose gravel hump where they are grading. Pick the right part of the road and all is packed and good.
However, with a recent rain or rain showers, the calcium chloride turns parts of the road to more like grease than mud. I am not sure any tire is good in that stuff. If you stay away from anything shiny, most of that can be avoided. The locals all advise if rain starts, than you should stop and wait as it drains quickly. Then proceed slowly. I didn't do either and got bit on my TR 650.2016 R1200GS.
If you've been shopping for a new car recently, you may have noticed something missing from many newer models: a spare tire. How can that be? What's a driver to do when they get a flat if they don't have a spare?But it's true:, nearly one-third of new 2017 model year vehicles don't come equipped with a spare tire. And even though the number of cars without spares has decreased in the last few years many drivers still don't seem to realize it's a problem — until they get a flat. Case in point: AAA says it received more than in 2016 who had flats and were surprised to discover they didn't have spares. The car has run-flat tires instead.
It saves the automaker money. The car weighs less without a spare. Automakers can claim a slightly higher fuel economy rating. Special design considerationsRun-Flats and Fuel EfficiencyIf you've purchased a new BMW in the past few years, chances are it doesn't have a spare tire. That's because, which feature a stiff or internal reinforcement. Other automakers use run-flats, too, but BMW has become known for leading the charge.
Are designed to drive up to 50 miles (80.4 kilometers) after being punctured — below a top speed of 50 mph (80.47 kph) — until drivers can reach a safe location. They have to replaced once they're damaged, and they are more expensive and harder to find than regular tires.It's hard to argue that supplying run-flat tires saves automaker moneys, but what about when they put traditional tires on those cars and still don't provide a spare? That could be nothing more than the automaker wanting to save a buck. Here's why: It costs about $100 to buy your own spare at a tire shop or at the dealership, and the proper jack and wrench will cost a bit more. Considering the automakers get these supplies at a lower cost, it's unlikely they're saving any more than $100 per vehicle.Hyundai is often pinpointed as one of the automakers leading this trend, but it says it is a matter of weight savings, not cost savings.
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Hyundai includes a instead of spares in many of its cars. Michele Tinson, a Hyundai representative, explained the car company's strategy via email.' The main benefit of equipping a vehicle with a tire mending kit over a temporary spare tire is the nearly 25-pound weight savings; cost was never a significant decision factor for Hyundai,' Tinson says. 'Automotive engineers are constantly finding ways to improve a vehicle's efficiency, and weight reduction is a major factor in helping vehicles achieve better fuel economy.' In other words, reducing the car's total weight. Tire Rack, which tests and sells tires, discovered that weight savings can improve a car's fuel consumption. That, too, is tempting for the automaker, because fuel economy ratings play heavily into a vehicle model's marketing strategy, as well as the brand's overall fuel consumption averages.
Space ConsiderationsThe increasing popularity of and EVs is another factor for automakers to eliminate spare tires. There are specific challenges in designing cars that require in addition to a gas engine or electric motor. Generally, the battery ends up under the rear seat or in the trunk, which encroaches upon the vehicle's storage space.' Our engineers made the decision to locate the hybrid/plug-in/electric battery systems in the spare tire well in order to maximize the passenger and cargo volume of our alternative powertrain vehicles,' Tinson says. Firstsignal/Getty ImagesThis isn't a huge problem for larger cars, but most are small.
A compact plug-in hybrid sedan or hatchback — with no cargo space — is a tough sell, and automakers need to compromise somehow. Bye-bye, spare.For what it's worth, Hyundai said that, due to customer feedback, the company has recently reconsidered its strategy for non-hybrid/EV models. The Accent and Elantra, for example, used to come with tire mending kits but now come with spares.Until more manufacturers follow suit,. If you're shopping for a car soon, find out which manufacturers are the worst culprits, and keep that in mind while you're at the dealership.
And if you've bought a new car recently, take a peek in the trunk before you find yourself stranded.