Duck Pond Redneckery
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Look at the last 4 digits of the dot. That's week and year of manufacture.
you're living on the edge @Duck , you're living on the edge.
Duck
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Duck
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There simply no DOT number on those tires.
Unless it's on the blackwall sides facing inward but I don't see why they'd do that because all the other information is on the whitewall side.
Shreck
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They were made before there was a DOT.
Duck
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They're FREEDOM tires.
389 Hood
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A Honda CB 400. One of the biggest cc motors of it's day. I had the CB 500-4.
Duck
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Electric Chicken
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You need to be careful. Those things are torque monsters.
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I wouldn't know. I don't think I've ever stepped on the gas beyond 1/4 throttle.
Uncle Birchy
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ComEd used to pay $50 for old ones one of their Energy Conservation Campaigns
Around here a couple of Brothas troll around in junky pickups on garbage day and will load up anything metal
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Duck
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This is how the front wheel is held on. Left side of the picture is the front.
I wiped off the grease after I loosened them.
What the Clymer manual says:
The DOT date on the front tire is 2005.
So the front wheel has been installed incorrectly for about 15 years. Not just torqued the wrong way but the caps were on backwards.
I got the bike from my dad. He said the front tire was last replaced in Arizona when they were fixing radiator and fiberglass damage after he hit a coyote. He had them replace the tires at the same time because they were bald.
I wiped off the grease after I loosened them.
What the Clymer manual says:
The DOT date on the front tire is 2005.
So the front wheel has been installed incorrectly for about 15 years. Not just torqued the wrong way but the caps were on backwards.
I got the bike from my dad. He said the front tire was last replaced in Arizona when they were fixing radiator and fiberglass damage after he hit a coyote. He had them replace the tires at the same time because they were bald.
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Duck
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Mounting this car tire on the motorcycle rim was such a pain in the ass the tire guy gave up on it.
The bead didn't want to seat & pop into place.
Plenty of lube and pressure.
I brought it home, put more lube on the rim and tire.
With 145 psi in it, one side popped into place but the other side didn't pop until I gave it a bath.
I turned the water heater up to 140 degrees and connected the garden hose to the washing machine hookup. Waited til it got hot and filled the plastic tub.
About ten minutes later the bead finally popped.
Now it's back on the bike.
It feels weird when I do hard swervies at low speed but seems like a normal tire when I start swerving at higher speeds above 40 mph.
I ran it up to 85 mph and there's no shaking so I guess I don't need to balance it.
The bead didn't want to seat & pop into place.
Plenty of lube and pressure.
I brought it home, put more lube on the rim and tire.
With 145 psi in it, one side popped into place but the other side didn't pop until I gave it a bath.
I turned the water heater up to 140 degrees and connected the garden hose to the washing machine hookup. Waited til it got hot and filled the plastic tub.
About ten minutes later the bead finally popped.
Now it's back on the bike.
It feels weird when I do hard swervies at low speed but seems like a normal tire when I start swerving at higher speeds above 40 mph.
I ran it up to 85 mph and there's no shaking so I guess I don't need to balance it.
Duck
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The tire says 35 psi so I set it at 35 and at 55 mph, normal swerves that are enough to change the path of travel are like normal.
It used to have a fork shimmy at 30-35 if I let go of the handlebars. That's gone because the front tire is new too. But if I initiate a fork shimmy on purpose just by shaking the handlebars left and right at 55 mph it gets really awkward. I can see that getting out of control.
I dunno... I'm gonna bump the pressure up to 40 and run it a couple hundred miles and decide if I want to go back to a regular motorcycle tire.
It used to have a fork shimmy at 30-35 if I let go of the handlebars. That's gone because the front tire is new too. But if I initiate a fork shimmy on purpose just by shaking the handlebars left and right at 55 mph it gets really awkward. I can see that getting out of control.
I dunno... I'm gonna bump the pressure up to 40 and run it a couple hundred miles and decide if I want to go back to a regular motorcycle tire.
mndriver
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Welcome to the darkside
Duck
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Do you also have a bike with a car tire on it?
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