Darksiding Rear Tyre.

[connor]

Am not familiar with the term Darkside. I'm in Europe and have not heard of it here.

Briefly reading through posts here am I correct in assuming that it means fitting a tyre designed for a car to the rear wheel of a motorcycle ?

Regards to all, Connor.

[hootmon]

Correctamundo... Maybe another term you are not used to in Europe!!

[TLRam1]

Conner it's a general term also, ie: when a metric rider buys a Harley, he went over to the Darkside.

[L J VFR]

The darkside:  "Luke, I am your father" 

[lragan]

It can only be a darkside tire if you spell it properly.

Tyre is an ancient city in Lebanon.

[Charles S Otwell]

Lawrence, I'm thinking maybe in Europe they think we're spelling it wrong .

[lragan]

I suppose they were first, weren't they?   

[roboto65]

Well thats how they spell it in England and they also call the Hood the Bonnet and the trunk the Boot LOL Oh then theres calling a truck a Lorrie  Welcome to the Club Conner you have been Razzed  LOL

[guywheatley]

Well, they have a coloured view of spelling across the pond.
And heaven help us if he's putting that tyre on an aluminium wheel.

[guywheatley]

Well thats how they spell it in England and they also call the Hood the Bonnet and the trunk the Boot LOL Oh then theres calling a truck a Lorrie   Welcome to the Club Conner you have been Razzed   LOL

Have you seen which side of the road they drive on??

Welcome to the group Connor. Say .... You're not the Stig are you?

[lragan]

Connor  has posted extensively here before.  He is on Cypress, if I recall correctly, but we haven't heard from him in a while.

[drkngas]

Pneumatic Tyre (Tire)
John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921) was a Scottish veterinarian and the recognized inventor of the first practical pneumatic or inflatable tyre/tire. His patent was for a bicycle tire, granted in 1888. However, Robert William Thomson (1822 - 1873) invented the actual first vulcanised rubber pneumatic tire. Thomson patented his pneumatic tire in 1845, his invention worked well but was to costly to catch on. Dunlop's tire patented in 1888 did, and so he received the most recognition. William Thomson also patented a fountain pen (1849) and a steam traction engine (1867).


http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltires.htm#tyre

[drkngas]

But can he fit his car Tyre on his Rym?

[Charles S Otwell]

Conner if your not that familier with the darkside, here is one of my favorite rider accounts you might check out.

http://www.lifeisaroad.com/stories/2004/10/27/theDarkSide.html

[tmds3]

Conner if your not that familier with the darkside, here is one of my favorite rider accounts you might check out.

http://www.lifeisaroad.com/stories/2004/10/27/theDarkSide.html

Charles-that is a good and interesting read. I like it