Yes, stock oem, Dunlop Sportmax's
Nothing I run is as good or as fast
as what is available, plus I am stupid,
see I am going for one of those
"most improved" awards, sandbagging
but unintentionally, evidentally
Joe :)
Clay, Dale wrote:
>Good info, Joe. Don't you use Dunlops?
>
>Dale C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Amo [mailto:jkamo@rap.midco.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 5:34 PM
> To: rtmack
> Cc: landspeedracer; John Szalay;
>land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Tech Questions
>
> RT, this isnt the answer you requested but....
> is their a particular reason you are going to
> pursue shaving tires, when a ZR rated tire
> has been shown to work great in the 225mph
> range, perhaps you are shooting beyond this speed??
> We use OEM ZR rated tire on our 222+ mph
> runs, original stock tire, 22,000 miles + on it,
>
> and one of the fastest ever on two wheels who
> has run shaved and ZR wants me to find him another
> ZR like mine, after his 20 years plus of running for speed
> and inspecting tires, he is convinced that the ZR rated
>tires
> are the way to go.
>
> In addition one of our motorcycle vets spoke with with
> an engineer at one of the top bike tire makers about what
> they would recommend for sustained land speed running
> and they offered that the best tire for our uses
> is a bone stock OEM zr tire like is on the Hayabusa, as it
> would have better integrity for our purposes than the tire
>they
> spec for 500 GP roadracing
>
> Joe :)
>
> rtmack wrote:
>
> >List:
> >I really liked Keith's direction on this thread-- and there
>are a whole passle of
> >things I don't know about LSR-- but I've been slow to
>respond because I've been
> >just plain busy. So here is my first question:
> >
> >Can anybody give me a step-by-step procedure on how to
>"shave" a (originally
> >treaded) motorcycle tire for LSR-- with the objects of
>keeping sufficient rubber
> >over the cords, and keeping perfect roundness? I would
>prefer info from someone
> >who has real experience with the actual task. (I suspect I
>can guess at good
> >ways to approach the problem as well as anyone).
> >
> >I'm planning on beginning with roadracing radials, if that
>makes any difference.
> >Thanks in advance.
> >Russ Mack
> >
> >>>At 07:17 PM 2/26/02 -0600, Keith Turk wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Just out of curiousity everyone here know everything
>there is to know
> >>>>
> >>about
> >>
> >>>>the subject of Land Speed Racing? I ask the question
>to illicit a
> >>>>negative response obviously...... So if you don't know
>everything why not
> >>>>ask the questions you can form in your own mind....
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