Not a fan of darksiding for number of reasons, but hey, free country, right? There was a topic somewhere in a darkside group or involving darkside group, one of the members crashed on Cherohala and was either dead or in bad shape, the rest had to go back and couple more crashed on the way down with pretty dire consequence, I know in the end it was at least one fatality and couple helicopter flights, and of course it was all about the tire choice, one side foaming at the mouths, claiming that it was the cause of the accident, other throwing all the "million rides did million miles"... I stay out, my opinion is "let them" but I'm 100% certain that long curvy road like Cherohala or Blue Ridge at moderate pace and on a heavy bike with car tire can cause issues... Not to mention the negative feedback of a square tire, I personally don't like the feeling, also don't care what anyone else does, so I could have been the darksiding and not giving a F
Anyway, S9 is on a back burner, bought CRF230L and that's our new scooter LOL, also winter is coming so I got 2 snowmobiles to prep. Now that would be a fun ride on 2 wheels, 150hp 2 stroke with a gnarly CVT!