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01-14-2010, 11:29 AM | #1 |
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The more things change they stay the same/am I getting old?
Just purchased 2 new Continental "Zippy" tires for my scooter. A "non-stock" item locally, so as a "special order", I have to live with them.
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01-14-2010, 12:20 PM | #2 |
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I waas made in New Jersey. Someday I wonder if my birth certificate will be change to China. After all, I AM cheap.
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01-14-2010, 02:43 PM | #3 |
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I recently had to renew my passport (note: renew, as in: I have had one for 40+ years). So, I sent all the "stuff" away (pics, cash, documentation, old passport), and I get a letter back in the mail: your birth certificate is: no good!. So, I call these passport folks up and ask them about this "bad" birth certificate "stuff". They inform me I have to apply for a "new" one? So, I get that phone number, and give those folks a call, and yes, it seems that my birth certificate went "bad" (when I wasn't looking)? Ok, I says, what do I need to apply for one that is "good"? Turns out I need the "bad" birth certificate, my health care, and a notarized copy of my drivers license (+$35). Ok, mam, I says, but can you tell me one thing, if I used the "bad" birth certificate to get all that other stuff (health care and drivers license), how is that stuff "good"? Needless to say she couldn't tell me.
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01-14-2010, 02:47 PM | #4 |
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Sounds like they needed another $35.
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01-14-2010, 03:56 PM | #5 | |
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01-15-2010, 12:08 PM | #6 |
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Back to the tires.........
Mounted them up today. Rubber is soft, maybe softer than a comparable Michelin. Sidewall is stiffer than a Michelin (by about 20%), and stiffer than a Dunlop (by about 40%), a "bear" to install. Tread depth is good. Mighty "tight" on the rims, tire rated @ 48psi, I'm sure it took 60psi to "blow" the beads on, even with liberal application of dish soap. These are "P" rated tires (94mph). http://www.scooterworks.com/Tire_Con..._P3438C566.cfm |
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01-15-2010, 12:11 PM | #7 |
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Well then, it sounds like a high speed test is in order.
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01-15-2010, 05:59 PM | #8 |
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i mount quite a few car tires the scarcest tire was a dunlop trials tire tubeless on spoked rims. we had to put 90 lbs in it. i normally run 6 to 7 since im fat and yes i had my arms covering my head and ducking with my foot stretched out mashing the air :roll:
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01-15-2010, 06:07 PM | #9 |
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Heck of an image there, Phil!
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