Subject: RE: Giuseppe the Righteous Guzzi
Author: Chuck Sherman
Date: Apr 4, 2005, 7:16 PM
Post ID: 1718648509
darrell and kevin -
I'd love to ride over to your place one of these weekends,
Darrell...It's a nice ride from my neck of the woods to yours.
Kevin -
I was planning on mounting the tire backwards on the rear, too. Pusher
tires don't last for snot on a hack bike - I'm used to that. Have
spoons so's I can get the tire on-off-on pretty easy. Gotta have the
look of the WW's - it's a jones from when I had a '56 Chrysler. WW's
are da bomb - I'd put them on my Mach 1 but no one makes them in a
245/45/17. Be a trip to lay down a 12 second pass on wide whites...
Kevin Graf wrote:
Hey Darrell, Yeah, I had the cheapo's on there. Maxxis WWW. Looked cool, didn't last worth crap. Only a few hundred miles and the tread was half gone. Others on the list have had decent reviews, Of course it's understood that you get what you pay for....Never quite know why one tire last longer than another, could be riding style:-), might be just got a bum tire..Might be that I had to mount the thing backwards... If anyone knows any company that does make a front & rear, please post. I have not looked to see if Dunlop does. I'm doubtful. Personally, I will kick out the few extra bucks for a Dunlop this time. I hate dealing with tires. The longer I go with out dealing with one the better. Kev -----Original Message----- From: Darrell Dick [mailto:ddic-@juno.com] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 2:09 PM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: Re: Giuseppe the Righteous Guzzi Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Need a Laptop? Get a Sony Vaio Laptop Free! http://click.topica.com/caadlVAb1dfltb63b4qa/ProductTestPanel ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Chuck, It sounds like your Eldo is cleaning up nicely. It is amazing sometimes what a little elbow grease can do. Hopefully I'll get a chance to see it in person some time. Are you gonna make it to the Eurocycles open house? I'll most likely be there if I don't figure out how to wangle a trip to LA for the Laverda North American Rally. Hopefully the Eldo feels a little stronger than your Dnepr with a chair. If not sumpthin' is prolly wrong! ;-) The stock tire sizes are 4.00 - 18 front and rear (I think). You can run up to a 120/90-18 both front and rear, but a lot of guys (me included) prefer the steering feel of the a skinnier 100/90-18 at least up front. The chunkier tires probably look a little better. I don't think there is a lot of choices in sizes when it comes to wide whites. Kev Graf was running WW's on his Ambo before he bent it. I think the only 18" sizes they offered were front tires, and the front tread didn't hold up well on the back of the bike. Chime in here, Kev. Darrell Dick Imlay City, MI On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:22:48 +0000 Chuck Sherman <chucks-@aol.com> writes:
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