new tires

Bill said:

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Hey Genuis, did you click on the link I provided? Nortons are still
being made too, but finding a dealer could be more difficult.
http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/

I'm trying to say, that the Japanese didn't put the all the British
motorcycle companies out of business. I'm saying that as usual, you
don't know what you are talking about.

You said that you would buy a Triumph, if you could find one. " Ever
tried to buy a British motorcycle lately? I would but can't since the
Asian's have put just about everybody out of business."

I showed you that Triumphs are still made and I gave you a link as to
where dealers in California are located, so are you going to buy one?
http://www.triumph.co.uk/usa/5.aspx

If anyone's head is up their ass, it would be you. You post a false
statement and when corrected, you want to make it about me.

Life is Good!
Jeff

Try looking at the history, fellow genius?
http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/company/history.asp
They went under in 1976, just like I said, and for the reason I said.
Beezers are history, period, and Triumph probably went down to a 2 man
company before getting refinanced. Looking at their home page 2 out of
the three look an awful lot like Japanese bikes and even the third looks
like a 30 year old design with some fiberglass junk on it.
I'm not the stupid one here, you just can't interpret what has been
going on.
Bill (use monosyllables when talking to Jeff) Baka

It's real simple little bill, you said you couldn't buy a new British
motorcycle, I proved you wrong. All the history has nothing to do with
your original statement. Sure the whole British motorcycle industry,
just about disappeared, but it is back.

Are you going to buy one, you said you would? No, of course not. So,
I guess were talking out of your ass again.

I've made my point.

Life is Good!
Jeff

Bill said:

I'm not the stupid one here,

The stupid ones never do realize they're the stupid ones.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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Performance, Nashbar, Pricepoint, etc., have scads of excellent tires for half
that or less. There's no reason to pay $40.00 for a bicycle tire.

Hmm, love to see a recommendation for a sub-$40 tire which meets the
following requirements:

1) 25mm width
2) rated for 120 psi
3) Good cut resistance
4) OK for use on tandem

Chris Neary
[email hidden]

"Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could
you ask of life? Bicycling combined all the elements I
loved" - Adapted from a quotation by Charles Lindbergh

OK,
I admit I would like a Kevlar bullet proof tire rated for 120 PSI
minimum, but why use them on a tandem?

25mm is about the widest that will fit the dual-pivot brakes

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That is a lot of weight to put on 2 tiny tires. A tandem with
27" x 1 3/8" makes more sense to me, but of course nobody
ever agrees with me about things like that, so....

We'll, if the brakes would allow the use of wider tires, we'd have to lower
the tire pressure (basic pressure vessel physics), losing some (small amount
of) energy to hysterisis loss.

The 25mm's I'm running right now handle quite nicely.

Chris Neary
[email hidden]

Chris & Tracey
1999 Co-Motion Speedster

Rich said:

Bill said:

I'm not the stupid one here,

The stupid ones never do realize they're the stupid ones.

No, I do know about you. If I say grass is green you will tell me that
it is blue because I didn't research it.
Bill

jj said:

Guy at the LBS tried to sell me new tires, saying the folded type with
kevlar bead was better and lighter than the type with metal beads.

True, or false? $45 bucks vs $25 for regular hanging (non-foldable) tires.

(The folded ones were not slicks, but had ///// type tread on either side
of the center line, but the tread was much closer and tigher than the above
representation. He said they had better traction, but I'm dubious.)

You should be dubious of the tread claims. Tread does nothing for a bike
tire except give you a wear indicator (which you don't need; replace the
tire at the first sign of cord showing through). As far as kevlar/wire
bead goes, yes, kevlar-bead tires tend to be lighter. Better? Not
really, but they work OK. If 30g of weight is worth $20 to you, do it.
If not, look around, and you can find slick folding tires for $20 or so.

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