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From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 8 Jun 2010 10:39 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "?" <breoganmacbrath(a)yahoo.com> saying something like: >I have personally mounted B-52 bomber tires that stand six feet tall. Your sexual proclivities are no concern of mine.
From: ? on 8 Jun 2010 11:01 On Jun 8, 6:20 am, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hmm. Can I suggest you never get taken ill whilst visiting France? The > doctors there are, I gather, quite fond of prescribing suppositories. Please refrain from describing your own hypochondriac visits to frog clinics, m'kay?
From: High Plains Thumper on 8 Jun 2010 22:28 The Older Gentleman wrote: > A.Lee wrote: > > <snip> > >> Have things moved on since, with tubes being compatible with >> tubeless tyres? > > Well, that's what I assume. My own dealer said: "They're all made > tubeless these days..." I prefer the form factor of the GN250 to the GZ250. I'm afraid you are right. I installed a Pirelli 130/90S15 on the back of the LS650 Savage. It is tube rated and close enough to the 140/80H15 size required. At the time, it was the only tube rated amongst the M66 Route tyres. However, it seems that small motorcycle tyres are getting harder to find in the US. I just noticed that http://www.tiresunlimited.com selection has changed. Next time for both Savage and CB100, I'll have to search a little harder. They still have the Michelin Gazelle for the CB100's rear, but Cheng Shin no longer has the correct size for the front. The Pirelli's no longer carry the Savage's sizes. I'll have to opt for a Shinko standard rear for the front (but should work anyway.) -- HPT
From: S'mee on 8 Jun 2010 22:49 On Jun 8, 8:28 pm, High Plains Thumper <h...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > The Older Gentleman wrote: > > A.Lee wrote: > > > <snip> > > >> Have things moved on since, with tubes being compatible with > >> tubeless tyres? > > > Well, that's what I assume. My own dealer said: "They're all made > > tubeless these days..." > > I prefer the form factor of the GN250 to the GZ250. I'm afraid you are > right. > > I installed a Pirelli 130/90S15 on the back of the LS650 Savage. It is > tube rated and close enough to the 140/80H15 size required. At the > time, it was the only tube rated amongst the M66 Route tyres. > > However, it seems that small motorcycle tyres are getting harder to find > in the US. I just noticed thathttp://www.tiresunlimited.comselection > has changed. Next time for both Savage and CB100, I'll have to search a > little harder. They still have the Michelin Gazelle for the CB100's > rear, but Cheng Shin no longer has the correct size for the front. The > Pirelli's no longer carry the Savage's sizes. > > I'll have to opt for a Shinko standard rear for the front (but should > work anyway.) > > -- > HPT Dunlops fit well on the Savage and hold the road nicely...even at a spirited pace.
From: High Plains Thumper on 8 Jun 2010 23:07
Bob Myers wrote: > The Older Gentleman wrote: >> Oscar_Lives wrote: >> >>> You spelled "tire" wrong. >> >> Grouch ;-) > > Well, this whole thread does bring one Very Important Question to > mind - how is it, since "tires/tyres" are presumably a fairly recent > invention (relative to how long it takes to make really complicated > things, like, say, languages), we wound up with two different > spellings in American vs. British English? > > Is there some particular fondness for the "y" on that side of the > pond, for instance? The spelling of "tyre" has to be correct, as tyres mounted on Japanese cars in Japan have it spelled "tyre". Besides, they have better sense to travel on the proper side of the road. -- HPT |