Midrsv Posted May 14, 2008 Share #1 Posted May 14, 2008 Just had the new tire put on this evening to replace the crappy Bridgestones after 5300 miles. What a difference. The bike feels 200 lbs lighter. I had the shop fill the tires with nitrogen. Don't know if it was worth the 10 bucks or not. Time will tell. DT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggletooth Posted May 14, 2008 Share #2 Posted May 14, 2008 (edited) I've had my Venoms since last summer and they do a great job, even where I was skeptical. In the rain. Much better than I expected on wet roads. Over the winter storage they each lost about 15 lbs of pressure. They looked fine and I drove it to the station to air them up. I thought the bike was falling apart on the way there. Once I got them aired up it was back to business as usual. Amazing what a difference a few pounds of pressure can make in a tire. As for the nitrogen, in my opinion, waste of money. Sure, they claim the tire runs cooler, maybe. The nitrogen really does nothing to help the tire or extend it's life. They say as far as running cooler it maintains the load rating of the tire. Take a good look the the load ratings on the Avon Venoms. You are going the have to do some serious buffet table action to crowd the limits on these donuts. They can take it with room to spare. Air me up, for free...........or 50 cents or whatever it's up to these days. Edited May 14, 2008 by Snaggletooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsta Posted May 14, 2008 Share #3 Posted May 14, 2008 Holy crap!! $10 for 22% more nitrogen. Air's got the other 78% or something' like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spear Posted May 14, 2008 Share #4 Posted May 14, 2008 Holy crap!! $10 for 22% more nitrogen. Air's got the other 78% or something' like that. You said it Monsta. Waste of money. And you're right - 78% it is already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrcain32 Posted May 14, 2008 Share #5 Posted May 14, 2008 Don't know if it was worth the 10 bucks or not. If it makes you happy then it's worth 10 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Saddletramp Posted May 14, 2008 Share #6 Posted May 14, 2008 Research done by others have came to the conclusion that for average uses the nitrogen is a luxury and definitely not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 05RSMVTEXAN Posted May 15, 2008 Share #7 Posted May 15, 2008 If I wanted to switch over to the Avon Venoms, which sizes will I need to replace the OEM tires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted May 15, 2008 Share #8 Posted May 15, 2008 I stayed with the stock sizes on Avons,no leveling links and that alone made a world of difference. Some go to the smaller front tire but personally with the Avons and stock size it made a world of difference in handling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midrsv Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share #9 Posted May 16, 2008 I went back with the stock sizes. I had previously tried the smaller front on my '04 and I didn't like it on the highway. I'll have to let you know in a few months how the nitrogen works. For 10 bucks it's no great loss. I've pissed a lot more away on other things that didn't work. DT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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