[Tigers] Blow out

[Dave Munroe]

Heh heh....!


        Spoken like a man with experience.

        --- On Sun, 4/18/10, Dave Munroe <dave at munroe.ca> wrote:


          From: Dave Munroe <dave at munroe.ca>
          Subject: Re: [Tigers] Blow out
          To: "Steve Laifman" <slaifman at socal.rr.com>, "David T Johnson" <djoh797014 at yahoo.com>, "Tiger's Den" <tigers at autox.team.net>
          Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 2:53 PM


          Steve:

          Thanks for the wheel pics.

          I put 15" Minilites on my Tiger, with Yokohama 60's on the front and 50's on the rear. Zero clearance problems. They look nice, and stick like glue to the road.

          However, there is a price to pay for the increased performance. They severely stiffen up the ride, particularly over the bumps and potholes we have to live with here in the east. I have Konis on all four corners, and have worked my way back to full soft on the damping adjustment, and the ride is still extremely uncomfortable on long trips over not-so-smooth roads.

          The large sidewalls on the original 13" wheels provide a much more compliant, "honey-in-the-other-seat-approved" ride.

          I would advise anyone who plans to put new wheels on their car to consider the use to which it will be put. If actually driving it on long trips with a critical co-pilot is in the plans, choose accordingly.

          Dave