Hi,

hey tussock could you let us know where you get them from? Do they post out? 

I got odd size rear wheel so seem to hit up for it

Thanks

robots

Moto Haven on the Neapean H/W near St Kilda. $205 fitted and balanced (I took the wheel only in though)

Has anyone ridden night dragon in heavy persistent rain. Have 2013 fatbob stinger 18inch wheels 120r engine. Found the Dunlop D407s good in the dry. However aquaplane more in the puddles than the standard blocky tire the fatbobs come with. I'd be happy with 9 to 10,000kms. I seem to get caught in the rain a lot. Last time was 2 up with these tires was very interesting to say the least.

If the Night dragon is good in the wet I will buy one put in the shed for winter. I recon Dunlop will be done by winter anyway.

My Suzuki LC has one on the back.
Its a few weeks old, but I use this bike to go to work.
Big bike and rode it 25 ks home in pouring rain last Friday night in Sydney.
I'm a cautious rider in the wet, the ass of the bike can slip out a bit but with the Pirelli I found it nice and stable.

Thanks Wimbo I recon I'm sold on the Pirelli now. Cheers mate.

Got 12000ks on my dragons, pretty much what wilbo said! Don't go storing tyres as they get old/hard which makes them shit in the wet, fit it and use it!

I ride my bike everyday, rain hail shine, and I find the dragons much more stable and predictable in the wet, don't get me wrong I can still get the bike crossed up, and when it is I smile now no shit myself!

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Will do Terroristone. Thanks everyone for your input. Feel safe going for the Night Dragons now as everyone seems to like them. Helps when it comes from guys riding all weather conditions. I don't mind if tire lets go if your pushing it. But aquaplaning when taking it easy and doing everything right sux.

Hi,

They a soft tyre, you could store it for a couple months in cool room, shed, house etc

Nice tyre on bends

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Robots

NEVER EVER buy a tyre and then just store it waiting for it to get hard....

I had a mate that used to do that - NOTE I said "had" - he lost it on a corner and was found 2 weeks later.

Hi,

Yeah store it on the bike in the shed

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Robots

How's the dragon holding up robots , I will be keen to hear its progress. Theo said he only got 4000 out of his. I get 10,000 out of mine. Big difference

I have 3,500km on my set at the moment and they are wearing nicely....I should be able to get between 7,000 - 10,000 out of them all going well; but I do tend to ride the bike bloody hard.

They have to be the stickyest tyres I have run in years! I now scrape the pipes and rails before the tyres look ready to let go on corners.

Hi,

i at just over 4000kms chriso, yeah theo goes through them alright, can see why with how he enjoys his time on the wide glide

got one in the shed and measured tread depth,  i reckon just over half way down, might get somewhere between 6000-7000kms

i been riding it a little bit harder since i was reprimanded at Yakandandah for using 6th gear, i honestly thought i wasnt get outta there alive!!

GF got parcel today, thanks alot, got picnic day on monday so hope to change it over

thanks

robots

Burnouts.....bugger me, the rear just always hooks up and I have to hang on for dear life.

I really need to fit the airshifter I have in the shed.

yep its all in ya wrist wether 2 hook or not 2 hook up an im an asshole wen being norm al fuk near lost her ta day o well it was that bloody wrist again ,was goin around corner somewere cant even bloody remember ,was leamin quite a bit then jus opened throttle was ready an all but musta been 2 much on edge an she decided 2 try an giv me da flick ,but clutch hand saves me from embarrasement again and your control of these moments is all down 2 ya body muscle memory basicly youve saved it before u even thought about it its just reaction that comes automaticly like playin guitar ya hand gets 2 know were it goes by itself ,and so same  applies wen ya ridin if you had 2 think about it,o must do this now u would already be 2 late in a lot of situations like ya leg comin down savin ya ass as bike slides on oil or other situations ,an ya go fuk that was close but the incident had already happened b 4 u had time 2 even now it had and your still goin along your merry way ,now tyres can help keep ya up in that moment and ive proven this myself time an time again, and usin pirelli dragon tyres on my fatbob transformed a good handlin bike 2 a very good handlin bike especially 4 the style of bike ,o i dont think my tyres will last more than 4000ks purely my fault but then yrs ago wen puntin big sports bikes could chew a set up in fortnight coz we were using softs ,if u rode sensibly on dragons easy 10,000 SHINGLES

I tried a wide open drag style start yesterday with clutch-less shifts and while she was a lot faster i have a massive dead spot when I open the throttle back up after each shift. Its due to the turbo boost hitting the Carb and causing a lean flat spot - its just the nature of the beast that I ride. If I ran an EFI system then there would be no problems, but that's not what the old girl is set-up for.

What I really need is a small timer of about 100ms that I can use to interrupt the Ignition signal so that I do not even need to throttle off during shifts - that would solve the problem! BUT it would then be too tempting to start hooning too much, so I may not do it...lol

Tuss, give Anthony at Maztech a call!

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Pirelli Night Dragon went on the bike today. Guess it was not going to go hard in the shed cos it sat there less than a day. Accidently did a burnout with my new Dunlop 407 couple of weeks ago. that tire did about 3,000km. No loss it was shit. Made good smoke though. Took me longer to clean all the rubber under guard out that it did to total tire. Was fun and made some of us happy.

Hi,

You put on yourself?

Thanks
Robots

Yep. Mate put tire on the rim. I took wheel on and off bike.