Looks handy Bluey, damn sight more portable than mine. Although mine was handy during the 40,000 kms I ran car radials on the back of the bagger. They were bloody hard to break the bead on.
And I'm sure you didn't ride the Rocket slowly. Took me about 1000 kms to get used to the feel, the need to hold countersteering all the way through the bend, then the way it popped back upright when you slacked off the countersteering at the bend exit. Never had any of them last more than 15,000 kms, but never had wet grip anywhere near as good either. Had a front Avon Cobra slide out about a metre before gripping again on the long tight left hander going up Obi while the Michelin Primacy gripped all the way through. Took about 1000 kms to get used the cornering feel when I went back to using bike tyres again too.
Ha Ha it possibly doesn't read that enticing...major benefit was not pulling into the servo and rechecking the rear tyre to see if its going to see the next servo! A std bike had 150hp and 163lb-ft or 221nm.....i thought it was a good idea to replace exhaust , get the head cleaned up with a mild bump in comp, removed the primary butterfly's in the throttle bodies, serious airbox mods, a power commander running it all with a tune to suit. Never got it on the dyno but it was certainly stronger than when i started. They had a tq limiter std not allowing full tq till 3rd gear and that got binned as well. Was a tyre eater and hence the car tyre !
Did you have any problems with the bearings in the rear hub with that extra grunt?
Lushy tuned Lofty's, was an animal apparently, Lofty sold it to keep his licence.
Lofty lives in his 5th wheeler at Mackay, nth Qld, he is manager of the AMA super store store up there, he helped set it up to open.
