The more things change they stay the same/am I getting old?

Reveeen · 01-14-2010, 11:29 AM

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.

Made in Taiwan!

FastDoc · 01-14-2010, 12:20 PM

I waas made in New Jersey. Someday I wonder if my birth certificate will be change to China. After all, I AM cheap.

Reveeen · 01-14-2010, 02:43 PM

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.

All I ask is you kiss me first.

katoranger · 01-14-2010, 02:47 PM

Sounds like they needed another $35.

FastDoc · 01-14-2010, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katoranger

Sounds like they needed another $35.

Copy that. :?

Reveeen · 01-15-2010, 12:08 PM

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

Weldangrind · 01-15-2010, 12:11 PM

Well then, it sounds like a high speed test is in order.

phil · 01-15-2010, 05:59 PM

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:

FastDoc · 01-15-2010, 06:07 PM

Heck of an image there, Phil!

01-14-2010, 11:29 AM	#1
Reveeen Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: orbital platform Posts: 741	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. Made in Taiwan!
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01-14-2010, 12:20 PM	#2
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	I waas made in New Jersey. Someday I wonder if my birth certificate will be change to China. After all, I AM cheap. __________________ Happy to serve.
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01-14-2010, 02:47 PM	#4
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Sounds like they needed another $35. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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01-15-2010, 12:11 PM	#7
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Well then, it sounds like a high speed test is in order. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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01-15-2010, 05:59 PM	#8
phil Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: wise va Posts: 636	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: __________________ halls auto l coolster, modcycles, yanmar & zongshen, dealer fired roketa,lifan and jet moto and apollo quit me who's next
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01-14-2010, 02:43 PM	#3
Reveeen Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: orbital platform Posts: 741	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. All I ask is you kiss me first.
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01-15-2010, 12:08 PM	#6
Reveeen Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: orbital platform Posts: 741	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, 06:07 PM	#9
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	Heck of an image there, Phil! __________________ Happy to serve.
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