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Stephen

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:40 am
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So I thought about it a while and decided to take Moto's advice about
tyre contact patch stuff...

It took 650 psi in each tyre but I finally got the 30x10" tyres on my '89
Dodge Raider to approximate the shape of my motorcycle tyres... I now have
the PERFECT contact patch on all four corners of the Dodge...

By the way... Anybody got a small step ladder I can use? I haven't been
able to get into the Dodge yet to try out my new contact patches...

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:04 am
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Stephen! wrote:

 >   By the way...  Anybody got a small step ladder I can use?  I haven't been 
 > able to get into the Dodge yet to try out my new contact patches...

.... be sure to let us know how she
leans into the corners ...
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:08 am
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:07:16 GMT, "Stephen!" <No RemoveThis @spam.com> wrote:

 > It took 650 psi in each tyre but I finally got the 30x10" tyres on my '89
 >Dodge Raider to approximate the shape of my motorcycle tyres... I now have
 >the PERFECT contact patch on all four corners of the Dodge...

But does it countersteer?
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:40 pm
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:07:16 GMT, "Stephen!" <No.TakeThisOut@spam.com> wrote:

  >
 >
 > So I thought about it a while and decided to take Moto's advice about
 >tyre contact patch stuff...
 >
 > It took 650 psi in each tyre but I finally got the 30x10" tyres on my '89
 >Dodge Raider to approximate the shape of my motorcycle tyres... I now have
 >the PERFECT contact patch on all four corners of the Dodge...
 >
 > By the way... Anybody got a small step ladder I can use? I haven't been
 >able to get into the Dodge yet to try out my new contact patches...


Nah Nah Nah. You got his advice all wrong. Now what I did was
adjusted the air pressure in my motorcycle tires to make their profile
match my car tires. With the air pressure at a modest 11 psi my
contact patch is huge. It must be a handling improvement cuz I grind
the floorboards on every corner now!

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:40 pm
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Calgary <dlbcaldeletethis DeleteThis @telus.net> wrote in
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 >
 > Nah Nah Nah. You got his advice all wrong. Now what I did was
 > adjusted the air pressure in my motorcycle tires to make their profile
 > match my car tires. With the air pressure at a modest 11 psi my
 > contact patch is huge. It must be a handling improvement cuz I grind
 > the floorboards on every corner now!


Damn... I guess yer right... I got it all bass-ackward...

So now that my K11LT is down to 12 in the front and 14 in the back do you
think I'll get better mileage?


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