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+8Grisonut Daves-i-Know Oz1200Guzzi Steak little750 Tolle09 sidrat not-fishing 12 posters |
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not-fishing GRiSO Capo
Posts : 95 Join date : 2014-09-15
| Subject: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:34 am | |
| Commuting is tough on my tires even the multi-compound type like the Metzlers I run. I still end up with a pronounced flat spot after 9,000 miles. So being a cheap son-of-a-gun I broke out the one handed surefoam rasp, put the GRiSO up on the center stand, started the GRiSO, put it in first and proceeded to flatten out the "shoulders". [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Fifteen minutes later the shoulders are gone and my Metzlers are good for another 2-3,000 miles. Just being | |
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sidrat GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1657 Join date : 2014-09-22
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:50 am | |
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Tolle09 Don Abbondio
Posts : 240 Join date : 2014-10-07 Age : 61
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:45 am | |
| 'kinell I'd be made up getting anywhere near 9k out of a back tyre, never mind shaving its bollox | |
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little750 GRiSO Capo
Posts : 218 Join date : 2014-05-07 Age : 69
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:39 am | |
| 9000 miles that's at least two tyres for me. | |
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Steak Godfather
Posts : 3154 Join date : 2013-05-28 Age : 59
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:00 pm | |
| Increased tire life by shaving rubber off? What is this upside down world we live in???--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]2012 MOTO GUZZI GRiSO 1200SE2013 MOTO GUZZI STELVIO 1200NTX - Orange Blossom Special | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:25 pm | |
| Tharts nor how yu make poorridge! I shave my tyre the lazy arse way, just ride around lots more corners. Then when the sides are all gone, do a massive burnout. |
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not-fishing GRiSO Capo
Posts : 95 Join date : 2014-09-15
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:40 pm | |
| Not many curves on my last trip [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]When you live in a state that is 840 miles long you get used to looooong straights. | |
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Oz1200Guzzi Don Abbondio
Posts : 6085 Join date : 2014-03-13 Age : 69
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:44 pm | |
| rev limiter in top gear would be a possibility on that straight - should be able to see wallopers too! | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Tue Sep 15, 2015 4:38 pm | |
| Move house .................... to a state with more mountains, or buy a hardly rideable. |
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Daves-i-Know Grignapoco
Posts : 173 Join date : 2015-07-24 Age : 60
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:08 pm | |
| Hey,not-fishing, where is that stretch of road? I'm going to get down to ride that way someyear
and I would love to know where the 'salt flats' of California are! | |
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Steak Godfather
Posts : 3154 Join date : 2013-05-28 Age : 59
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Wed Sep 16, 2015 3:04 pm | |
| - not-fishing wrote:
- Not many curves on my last trip
When you live in a state that is 840 miles long you get used to looooong straights. Poppycock!!! There are metric shit tons of curves just around Folsom and Auburn let alone Tahoe, and all the stuff up Highway 49... Stay off of I-5 for chrissakes! --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]2012 MOTO GUZZI GRiSO 1200SE2013 MOTO GUZZI STELVIO 1200NTX - Orange Blossom Special | |
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Grisonut GRiSO
Posts : 1406 Join date : 2014-01-02
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:36 pm | |
| Getting 2 to 3 more thousand miles on your tire by taking away more material? Riiiiiiiiiiiight, I'm sold on that! | |
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bahamazoo GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1329 Join date : 2015-08-09 Age : 60
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:47 pm | |
| only 840 miles... thats less than half way up the Queensland coast!
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Wed Sep 16, 2015 11:13 pm | |
| 840 miles will also get you to the South Australian border, heading west from Brisbane. Heading east from Perth to the other South Australian border is over 1100 miles, the longest single straight along the Nullabor Plain is 90 miles. Null & Bor are apt descriptions, His Roperness just experienced that. |
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bahamazoo GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1329 Join date : 2015-08-09 Age : 60
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:49 am | |
| Mind you, 700 miles will get you around Tassie... | |
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Blue Nibbio
Posts : 855 Join date : 2014-08-18 Age : 60
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:11 am | |
| I trim me eyebrows,nasal hair, and ear hair [Cos I am 51 and stuff grows in all directions],,.........not getting a calling to do me tyres yet though. | |
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Oz1200Guzzi Don Abbondio
Posts : 6085 Join date : 2014-03-13 Age : 69
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:49 pm | |
| I'm with you Ian. When my tyre (s) are worn, I put new shoes on the old girl. | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:53 pm | |
| New Shoes? Now how could the misses complain about that? |
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Tolle09 Don Abbondio
Posts : 240 Join date : 2014-10-07 Age : 61
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:55 am | |
| Didn't realise that the Romans built roads in the States and Oz | |
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not-fishing GRiSO Capo
Posts : 95 Join date : 2014-09-15
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Wed Sep 23, 2015 3:18 pm | |
| - Daves-i-Know wrote:
- Hey,not-fishing, where is that stretch of road? I'm going to get down to ride that way someyear
and I would love to know where the 'salt flats' of California are! Not in California, actually it is in Nevada. I went to a little Guzzi Rally there and was the only GRiSO. Of course if you visit the Desert around 29 Stumps where my boy was stationed you can find lots of long straight roads. Just make sure you bring plenty of water and watch your gas. It's a long way between fill-ups out there. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] | |
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waterbottle GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1785 Join date : 2015-02-02 Age : 63
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beetle GRiSO Capo
Posts : 10184 Join date : 2013-09-30
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Thu Sep 24, 2015 2:21 pm | |
| - waterbottle wrote:
I've taken to weaving my navel lint into dental floss, now that has to be good for the environs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ..[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.].In GRiSO we trust! . | |
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Oz1200Guzzi Don Abbondio
Posts : 6085 Join date : 2014-03-13 Age : 69
| Subject: Re: Being environmentally frugal on tires - shaving Thu Sep 24, 2015 2:55 pm | |
| Too much Captain Morgan Ron? | |
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