Recent content by Rob O

FWIW, with the usual YMMV caveat, I just sold my R1T with ~21k miles on it. I swapped the stock Pirellis to TerrainContacts when the Rivian had 400-500 miles on it, so over 20k miles with these tires. I did everything from road trips to off road to around town. Not only were these very...

Rivians on Rivians!

Mine is parked next to proof I didn’t buy the Rivian to save the planet ... 6 turbos and over 1500 hp of fuel burning goodness (including the Raptor, which is technically outside the garage). 😝

:fist bump: :clap: Lived outside London for several years, around the time Triumph was making its resurgence actually (sort of 2009-2015). Classic Triumphs, Nortons, "Tritons", BSA, etc were everywhere. :movember: Fell in love with the brand then and vowed to get one when at some point after we...

Yes! It’s a ‘77 Tiger 750 (TR7RV). My son picked it up a couple years ago from an older gentleman who’d been caring for it the past couple decades. Mostly original “preserved” rider. I was taking it to get new tubes and tires installed.

Air suspension, with the ability to lower it, makes hauling bikes a breeze. My Raptor is stupid high, and with a canopy it’s a PITA to load a bicycle in back let alone a motorcycle.

The following was in my news feed this morning. Thought it was kinda funny, but also a pretty good analogue for why we’re so divided in this country anymore: Same data, completely opposite headlines.

Local tire and wheel shop. They’ve done a ton of Rivians (which are a dime a dozen here). They give the requisite “may not be load rated per factory spec”, but will mount them because they’re rated high enough.

I logged a little over 14k miles on these before switching to my winter set up around Thanksgiving. Below is a link to my 11k mile update. I updated again when switching over (at 14k-ish) but can’t find the thread. Short version is, still even wear, right at 2.0 mi/kWh (which includes a few...

Hello fellow Bendite!

I have Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 SUV on my R1T, and they’re fantastic. We’ve had about 2 feet of snow over the past 7-10 days, then an ice event from freezing rain / freezing fog the past 24 hours. Roads are a combination of packed ice and deep heavy slush right now (rain falling, then freezing...

Great write up and observations. Many of the “challlenges” and shortcomings you experienced — from real world range and charging infrastructure shortcomings to lack of storage cubbies — highlight why I’ve decided to go back to a Raptor. Love my R1T, but a frequent road trip machine it isn’t (at...

Multiple posts on this if you search. Use my UID and you’ll find a few.

Those (Vossen forged S17-01s) are what I use for the winter set up on my RS5 (paint matched). They look great on the R1S as well ... although I wouldn’t go 24s personally.

Averaging 2.0-ish lifetime. Too many variables go into that number though, and I’ve only ever ran these tires (mounted just after delivery) ... so who knows what I’d be getting otherwise. That said, these likely aren’t the tires for people who hypermile and always seek max range, who are...