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  1. eklimek

    Directional tread patterns - myth or fact

    Hillsy, thanks for clarifying. I was not there. It has assumed a greater significance. "According to David Lee Roth, this was listed in the technical portion of the contract not because the band wanted to make capricious demands of the venue, but rather as a test of whether the venue had...
  2. eklimek

    Directional tread patterns - myth or fact

    My error. Smarties vs M&Ms. It is a "telltale". It's like putting a hair on the carpet. If its still there after maid service, what does it mean? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell-tale A tell-tale or telltale is an indicator, signal, or sign that conveys the status of a situation, mechanism, or...
  3. eklimek

    Directional tread patterns - myth or fact

    I remain unsure of the actual relevance of mounting unidirectional tires. It does seem consumers review mounting of directional tires as a check on the tire installers attention to quality. They typically have little visual indication if the tire is properly balanced or otherwise mounted. This...
  4. eklimek

    Directional tread patterns - myth or fact

    Thanks for the reference. I scanned the work and found the following. "The only reason that grooves exist in a tread is to aid traction in the presence of contaminants like water, snow, mud, ice, etc. If it weren’t for road surface contaminants, a tread pattern would be unnecessary and no one...
  5. eklimek

    Directional tread patterns - myth or fact

    Not to derail the thread but it was brought up elsewhere and dealt with extensively. Darkside tech: using car tires on a motorcycle rim http://goldwingdocs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=15560
  6. eklimek

    Directional tread patterns - myth or fact

    AprillliaBill Good that you didn't let her take it home. I wonder if the tech messed up more than the direction of rotation? It would be a good coverup to dismiss faulty installation and blame it in contrary rotation.
  7. eklimek

    Directional tread patterns - myth or fact

    deviant Thanks. In your experience as an engineer in the tire company, do you have any information to suggest that tire internal construction has a unidirectional significance? I was not able to find any information to support that possibility. I think treads are attached to the carcass...
  8. eklimek

    Directional tread patterns - myth or fact

    japsche No, I did this because I suspect directional tires are a sales pitch with no advantage over nondirectional tires and do not have a solid rationale for their use. As noted above there is no measurable disadvantage to mounting ( an automobile tire) in reverse direction...
  9. eklimek

    Directional tread patterns - myth or fact

    Mounting directional tread tires. In brief, upon discovering a tire mounted in reverse to prescribed rotation what should one do? This raises the salient question what does directional tread actually do? Note, this is not a thread about off road, agriculatrual or asymmetric tire construction...
  10. eklimek

    Vincent Sidecar Nuts

    Incredible. I just drooled all over my shirt. "Epimetheus", the being in whom thought follows production, represents nature in the sense of materialism, according to which thought comes later than thoughtless bodies and their thoughtless motions. Wikipedia
  11. eklimek

    CB360's-from build to blog - 2013, MDS (Mo Dumb Shit)

    Took me three days to read this and another three to take it in. I'll never get it all. I am not worthy.
  12. eklimek

    Techie stuff / set up data

    http://www.sidecar.com/Files/SC%20Manual.pdf Stumbled across this. Hope it adds to the thread.
  13. eklimek

    Motorcycle Bench

    But we need to decorate.
  14. eklimek

    Motorcycle Bench

    Ramps, we don't need no ramps....
  15. eklimek

    Motorcycle Bench

    A very long term project gets a rolling stand with the, in this case, the fromt end damage accessible.
  16. eklimek

    Motorcycle Bench

    You make them to suit the project. A longer term project for the winter gets it's own stand.
  17. eklimek

    Winter riding and winter oil

    The setting - I wanted to drive a short distance (about 3 miles) and park close to the swimming pool (indoor) in the evenings. Need to get out in the evening and it's winter. The options - The CL350 seemed like the perfect bike to revive. (The Goldwing is a bit heavy in the snow.) So, fresh...
  18. eklimek

    So I bought $40 worth of coke today....

    I bought a ton (2,000 lb) of coal to stretch the 55 gallon barrel of coke in the blacksmith shop. As you probably know coke is hard to light by itself. Moving (as opposed to doing) the ton means moving 40 x 50 lb bags so that my dog can catch mice. So why do dogs love drinking the slack...
  19. eklimek

    Homemade JIS Japanese Industrial Standard Screwdriver bit from Philips

    http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=46359.msg510669#msg510669
  20. eklimek

    Restomodding a 74 CL360

    http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=46359.msg510669#msg510669
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