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Re: st-digest V2000 #354
- Subject: Re: st-digest V2000 #354
- From: Jan and Don Draper <ddraper@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:45:44 -0700
Jim,
Thanks for the reply. My wife Jan and I (Don) share a mail account
for the time being. I've updated the name to be less confusing.
These tires are for the street mostly. I have an RS, not an ST.
I think, from the test rides I took, that the stock RS suspension is
quite a bit stiffer.
I'm thinking of running back-to-back test loops with 32 front/36 rear
and then 36 front/42 rear and reporting back to the list on my impressions.
- -Don
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "st-digest" <owner-st-digest@xxxxxxxxxx>
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| Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:34:24 +0100 (BST)
| From: jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: BT020 tire pressure
|
| Jan Draper <ddraper@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
|
| > These days I'm running 32 lbs front 36 lbs rear. Earlier I ran
| > 34 lbs front 38 lbs rear (cold pressures).
| [...]
| > The owner's manual recommends 36 lbs front/42 lbs rear for
| > one up or two up. I'd be willing to try those pressures bu
| > haven't because-
|
| > (1) I've never heard such high pressures recommended for radial
| > motorcyle tires anywhere else, ever. For instance Reg Pridmore,
| > in his class school, recommends no more than 32/34 lbs.
|
| Is that for track or street? All the tyres for my T3 Daytona and
| the Sprint ST have had recommended pressures of 36/41 or 36/42 - that
| includes Metzelers, Bridgestones and Avons.
|
| > (2) Such stiff tires would make for a punishing ride. I suppose I
| > could help that somewhat by adjusting the suspension. But on my
| > Nighthawk I notices that stiffer tires meant sorer wrists.
|
| With standard ST suspension I think you could ride with solid wooden
| tyres ;-)
|
| > (3) The worst wear is in the center of the rear tire. On my cars,
| > higher pressure accelerates wear in the center and saves the
| > edges. Would it be different for a bike?
|
| I wouldn't have thought so.
|
| Jim
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