1 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: White wall tires on: Today at 10:55:51 |
Started by Peter Fonda | Post by ThumperPaul | |
Here's a wacky idea. Is it considered "going darkside", when it's a WIDE whitewall? I think of DARKSIDE as when someone puts a car tire on a bike. Seems ridiculous to me. |
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2 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: White wall tires on: Today at 10:43:35 |
Started by Peter Fonda | Post by ThumperPaul | |
Dave wisely steered me to a 140/90-15 for my old S40. And it was terrific. Nope: 130/90-15 is very close to the original 140/80-15 size. You have a good number of choices for the 130/90-15 - very few choices (1) in the 140/80-15 size. WOOPS TYPO. I meant 130/90-15. |
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3 | General Category / The Cafe / Re: New medication (fun) on: Yesterday at 09:46:10 |
Started by zevenenergie | Post by JOG | |
Seen this? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4EhSq6LsdXY I scrolled, and spent a lot of time. Just a few minutes in there are a few interesting clips. One in particular. In what appears to be congressional testimony the absolute Schitshow that the government censorship was in Covid is proven. |
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4 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: White wall tires on: Yesterday at 06:35:33 |
Started by Peter Fonda | Post by Peter Fonda | |
I don’t think it would ride very nice tho if it meant for cars or truck lol Still curious if anyone has had any experience with the portawalls ? Someone has had to try them lol |
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5 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: Headlight upgrade on: 06/20/25 at 19:35:37 |
Started by Peter Fonda | Post by Peter Fonda | |
Ya if anyone has pics that would be helpful |
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6 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: Replacing foam filter with K&N or similar on: 06/20/25 at 06:15:41 |
Started by DaveFromCanada | Post by DaveFromCanada | |
I finally got around to taking the air filter off and cleaning it up. It is now much darker in colour after I cleaned it, compared to the duller grey it was before. This weekend is supposed to be good weather, I will try it out! My next project is to assemble the trailer hitch mount, so I can take it somewhere quieter (less traffic). |
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7 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: Headlight upgrade on: 06/19/25 at 21:22:44 |
Started by Peter Fonda | Post by Ruttly | |
I think maybe Dave’s bike has a large headlight upgrade , that looks good too ! |
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8 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: 9 Years In Storage on: 06/19/25 at 17:30:54 |
Started by digitaltrucker | Post by digitaltrucker | |
Thunder Products sure is a satisfying company to deal with. I've got a Dial-A-Jet on my Savage that isn't working (again, a decade in storage). I called 'em up this morning to get their advice. A nice lady answered immediately and put me on with the tech guy. Well, turns out short of spraying it with carb cleaner and praying for a miracle there's nothing I can do on my end. He offered to refurbish it like new for $30 if I sent it to them. Well, a new one costs $80 and an Intellijet upgrade is $200 so I just shelled out for the Intellijet. Still, that service is impressive. Awesome company! |
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9 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: White wall tires on: 06/19/25 at 07:30:46 |
Started by Peter Fonda | Post by Axman88 | |
Here's a wacky idea. If folks were able to get a 150/90-15 to fit, which is nominally 5.9" wide and 25.6" in diameter, then an old timey, 5.00-15, which is 5.1" wide and 24.4" diameter should fit on your LS650 easy as pie. https://lucasclassictires.com/tires/500-15-bf-goodrich-2-whitewall/ And, the listing says that it's designed for a 3" wide rim, so fitting on the Suzuki 2.75" rim isn't much of a stretch. ( I'd verify this spec. with the manufacturer) The icing on the cake is that car tires are known to give crazy long tread life. This might be the last tire you ever need to buy, and more economical in the long run than even a Shinko. Is it considered "going darkside", when it's a WIDE whitewall? |
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10 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / bead breaker on: 06/18/25 at 21:09:11 |
Started by verslagen1 | Post by verslagen1 | |
haven't seen this before so here you go... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uyuZhj3fnw how to break a tire bead using a floor jack and a ratchet strap. |
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