On Sunday, October 2, 2005, at 10:13 PM, atrav wrote:
> With a low profile tubeless motorcycle tire, like a 50 series tire,
> how much will the diameter
> increase at say 100 mph? Could it be as much as a half inch on the
> radius?
>
> I'm having some clearance issues...
>
> -Aron-
I don't have an easy was to measure (bodywork and inner fender hides
the clearance-issue location) but the tire grows enough that a fastener
that is mounted through the inner fender on my bike -- cut a
circumferential groove in the tire. We though clearance issues had
been considered thoroughly -- but nope! Went to a smaller tire,
removed the fastener to a different location, changed from nut-and-bolt
to nylon tie-wrap, noted the need for further exploration in the "book
of things to do this winter".
Worse still -- the darn safety inspector caught the newly-inscribed
groove. Why not let me run the tire?, I asked -- hardly any of the
(exposed) cord had been cut. Take that as a good reason to carry a
spare tire or two in the trailer.
Jon Wennerberg
Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
Marquette, Michigan
(that's 'way up north)
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