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From: The Older Gentleman on 7 Nov 2009 04:00
little man upon the stair <macmiled(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> BT45's are a rain tire, in my estimation, and they are too squirmy
> because of the
> deep rain channels that allow the tread blocks to move around.

Utter nonsense. Unlike you, I use them regularly. On my third set on the
K.

And they're dual compound tyres: hard rubber on the centreline for
straight motorway running, and softer rubber on the sides (which don't
get used as much) for cornering.

And their rain channels are no deeper than any other


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From: The Older Gentleman on 7 Nov 2009 04:02
Biker Dude <jacobsenpaule(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> I wanted to make sure that some of the small areas of corrosion were
> removed along with the traces of embedded rubber. Don't want any
> chance of a leak from the bead area.

<Nods in agreement>

Makles sense.

In any case, chromed rims are fairly highly polished and smooth, and
tyres don't generally slip on those.


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From: little man upon the stair on 7 Nov 2009 08:22
On Nov 7, 12:11 am, Biker Dude <jacobsenpa...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> It did get me curious about tires, tire ratings, etc., I looked up
> some info such as speed ratings, sizing.  In a metric world it seems
> that tire diameters are measured in inches.  Weird.

We started out with the English system, so we have wheels defined in
inches and speed ratings defined in miles per hour, and I have no
problem whatever with that.

It's hard enough to understand the language of engineering using the
English system, without complicating it with a system where it's easy
to be in error by a factor of 10, 100, or 1000.

Remember the American Mars probes that failed because of a problem
with a conflict between the English system and the metric system?


The metric system is a French conspiracy to undermine the Americans
and British with confusing units. It looks logical at first, and then
you discover absurdities in the basic units.

Like, anybody can understand inflation pressure in pounds per square
inch,
they deal with canned items that typically contain about a pound of
whatever.

You can get a general idea that an ounce is 1/16th of a pound, but
nobody ever talks about tire inflation pressure in terms of ounces per
square inch...

But the pascal, as I recall, is the basic pressure unit of the metric
conspiracy
and it's approximately equal to the weight of an annoying French fly
sitting on a postage stamp in a vacuum.

Is that insane, or what?

From: little man upon the stair on 7 Nov 2009 08:25
On Nov 7, 1:00 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:
> little man upon the stair <macmi...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > BT45's are a rain tire, in my estimation, and they are too squirmy
> > because of the deep rain channels that allow the tread blocks to move around.
>
> Utter nonsense. Unlike you, I use them regularly. On my third set on the
> K.

One set was enough for me. I need more consistent grip.


From: S'mee on 7 Nov 2009 09:35
On Nov 6, 1:18 pm, Biker Dude <jacobsenpa...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> This is fun.  I simply ask the technical questions and the rest of you
> good souls log on and start swearing....
>
> 1st: I just used Slime and if you use the recommended amount then it
> WILL NOT cause an imbalance.
>
> 2nd: The Slime treatment did not seal the leak this time and I will
> replace the tire, look around inside, and replace the valve and report
> back.
>
> Ques: The proper tire is 100/90x19.  I tend to buyer larger tires than
> standard because it simply enlarges the diameter and offers more patch
> to grip the road.  The is for cars.  Should I go one size larger?
> 110/90x19 or any other size?  My intuition tells me to keep the
> original size.....
>
> What say ye, FOAK? <as I duck for cover>


Silly little girl, you use slime BEFORE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM...sheesh.
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