You need that structural rigidity for cornering and when you get a flat at speed. I feel like when I post I'm telling people what they already know? I feel everyone is mechanically inclined and most is just commonsense.
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 11, 2012, at 10:34 AM, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > They are much lower profile though > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > From: Jeff Dennis <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:53:52 -0500 > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Pilot Road 2s -- I'm just askin' > > I know on sport bikes radial side walls are much stiffer. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 11, 2012, at 4:44 AM, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've read somewhere that the bead on the radial tire rims are different due >> to radials not having the inherent side wall stiffness of bias-ply. YMMV >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> From: Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected] >> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:27:04 -0500 >> To: <[email protected]> >> ReplyTo: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Pilot Road 2s -- I'm just askin' >> >> I don't know the PRECISE rationale behind "Bias ply only" specification, but >> I know that you aren't supposed to mix bias and radial ply tires. >> >> If I had to hazard a guess, I would say that by specing ONLY bias ply tires, >> it kept people from incidentally putting one and one on the bike. Then too >> radial ply motorcycle tires were not very common or advanced in the days >> when the manual was written, so... >> >> -Kurt >> >> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:38 PM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: >> And...does anybody know the engineering rationale behind the >> recommendation to use only bias-ply? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
