Darksiding Rear Tyre.

[hootmon]

I found the information in the top text accurate.. It does take more PSI to get the car tire to mount.. It took 115 psi for mine, and YES it was scary.. Someone else mounted the same tire on a Magna and it took 115 psi for them as well..
The tire does not seem to be any worse off for the high pressure experience, although I am very sure the Tire (Tyre) manufacturer would not recommend the 115 psi experience...

I have had my car tire for a while now.. I've never had a police person ask me about it.. IF they were to give me a ticket I would be very surprised.. Surprised that they would know such an obscure part of the law...

[DavidJRoberts]

I found the information in the top text accurate.. It does take more PSI to get the car tire to mount.. It took 115 psi for mine, and YES it was scary.. Someone else mounted the same tire on a Magna and it took 115 psi for them as well..
The tire does not seem to be any worse off for the high pressure experience, although I am very sure the Tire (Tyre) manufacturer would not recommend the 115 psi experience...

I have had my car tire for a while now.. I've never had a police person ask me about it.. IF they were to give me a ticket I would be very surprised.. Surprised that they would know such an obscure part of the law...

Agreed. I used to be a cyclist and was often pulled over for certain violations (I was 17-20 and always wanted a speeding ticket to hang on my wall, one gotten on a bike!) Anyroad, the policeman would often start talking to me about my bike and the offense would be forgotten. Them were the days. Looking back, glad I didn't get a motorbike then, I would have lasted 2 minutes before my demise. Much more chill and cautious these days.

[Charles S Otwell]

Hey I never said we needed to go back to talking about tyres It was just an observation  ..

[connor]

Hi David, ( Fellow Brit')

"I told 'em Oldham."  Was that the punchline to a battery advertisement ?

Or are my marbles playing up ?

[DavidJRoberts]

Hi David, ( Fellow Brit')

"I told 'em Oldham."  Was that the punchline to a battery advertisement ?

Or are my marbles playing up ?

hehe, right you are. I'm from Oldham so put that in there from time to time. Whereabouts are you? I've been in California for going on 10-year now, Orange County to be more specific. I would never have pictured meself on a bike like the magna with saddlebags and all but I've gotten into the spirit of cruising. Especially with a bike like this that turns grizzly when you keep the rev's high. You need a bit of power on these LA motorways at times.

Best, DR.

[connor]

I'm in Cyprus David. Been here for 22 years now.

I think our climate here is similar to yours. Its just started to warm up here and a bike ride at the moment is great. Not quite the case in the summer though especially when the humidity is up. Summer evenings are quite pleasant though.

I'm now a fine weather rider, must be getting old. When I think about the winter conditions I rode in back in Devon, England I consider myself lucky I'm still alive & kicking. I used to spend a lot of time riding on Dartmoor.

The Magna, love it. Comfortable and more than fast enough for me.

( Knickers..!  I've got that tune in my head now and keep humming..." I told 'em Oldham." )

[Curtis_Valk]

Common folk -- that's me, all right. 
And I think the language I speak and write is called "Texan".  While it has some words in common with English and with American, the pronunciation is so different that communication is difficult, at best, with these foreign tongues...

Why Lawrence, whatever do you mean?  I detect no twang in your dialect nor colloquialism in your choice of wording.  All perfectly understandable to me!    It's those "yanks" who have the accent!!!
Curtis

[Troystg]

+4

It can't work.   

Actually I couldn't keep up with Curtis with his car tire... 

But I hope to try again soon!


So back to the Queens English... 

Do you take a person to the store?

Or

Do you bring a person to the store?

In Louisiana we are southern gentlemen.  We politely bring.  The bruts take by force...   

[Magniac]

One thing you should think about before "darksiding" is insurance. We all know how hard insurance companies look for a way out of paying up. If you were involved in an accident, whether or not it had anything to do with tires, if an adjuster spots a car tire on a motorcycle it just might give him the ammo he needs to deny a claim. Just something to think about.

[guywheatley]

We all know how hard insurance companies look for a way out of paying up. If you were involved in an accident, whether or not it had anything to do with tires, if an adjuster spots a car tire on a motorcycle it just might give him the ammo he needs to deny a claim.

Damn CARPET BAGGERS !!!

[connor]

+4

It can't work.   

Actually I couldn't keep up with Curtis with his car tire... 

But I hope to try again soon!


So back to the Queens English... 

Do you take a person to the store?

Or

Do you bring a person to the store?

In Louisiana we are southern gentlemen.  We politely bring.  The bruts take by force...   

I think in the Southwest of England, where I am originally from, we would....

"Accompany a person to the store."

[Charles S Otwell]

It's not that simple to nail down the English language, you can bring someone with you when you come either by asking politely to come with you or forceable  or take them with you when you go by asking them politely to go with you, or you can take them forceably, if you have the upper hand . .. Mr Webster used about 1/2" of the page to try to define the word (bring), he used 3/4 of a page to try to define the word (take).
And even that varies depending on which Mr Webster you ask  .

[Troystg]

Speaking of Mr. Webster..  

I think one of the BIGGEST reasons the US has survived and prospered is the common language.  Anyone from any point in our country can talk to anyone from any where in our country.  Of course that is taking in the local accent.

Considering the size of our country that is tremendous.

I've got one for y'all.

Why is there a "son of a b_t_h" and not a "daughter of a b_t_h"?

Back to the topic of the thread, I decided that since most (>95%) of my riding is on flat, fairly straight (Louisiana) roads that my next tire will also be a dark sider.  I will give it a go and try to find a fault in it as I currently do with my Mets.  (Which I find suck in the rain).

[Magniac]

Because the daughter of a b*tch is just another b*tch. ;^)

[Troystg]

Actually it is not documented.

I used that as a research topic in college.  Yeas you can see my academic priorities.

But I digress...

Anyway, as far as I could tell it originated in the the South in the US.

In the old days of "Southern Gentlemen" a true gentleman did not fight.  Slap, stab or piss on him and he turned the other cheek.

So to get him to fight the opponent had to.....

Insult his mother. 

Then he had to fight for his mothers honor. 

Hence SON of a B and not daughter of a B.



Have a great hump day!