jporter12

I might have to do this just to see what my stock bike puts out lol. Maybe I'll will get some mods in the next few months

How low will that dyno read? J/k man, we know it's got more than my 500!

How much does that FZR weigh again, though?

where the fuck where you asshats last New Year's when I did this ride w/a bunch of BMW heated every fucking thing, folks???? It was 13〫when we headed out, but warmed up to 26〫by the time we headed home...

I will do the New Year's ride again this year, but Mr.Weatherman says it will be overcast and barely 58〫here! I might have to break down and turn on my heated grips.

Doesn't even come close to counting...

Ecstas on both 04 and 07 SIs. This is the first "quiet" tire I've had on the 04. LoPros are loud mothers. I had a couple sets of Pirellis on before. LOUD. Great grip wet and dry and great in the snow. The OEM Michelins Pilots were crap that came on the 07. Damn near bald at 25K. And slippery from day one. Again slapped Kum-his on it and it's all good. People love em or hate em.

How are those bitches doing in the shitty Ohio weather? I was always curious about that. The Camaro doesn't come out when salt is even a threat, as tires are not the traction issue then, so I wouldn't know!

I'm having troubles finding anything decent for it now. I guess I need to find me some 17's or bigger. I'd love to have a set of what ever the new Camaro's have on them that looks similar to the Iroc or Z-28 wheels of the mid 80's!

I run bfg's on my car. It doesnt leave the driveway if it has a small chance of rain so no need for wet traction tires. And interesting fact I learned at alignment 2 class is you can take the said goodyear off your ram and the same goodyear from a tire shop and they are different tires. Car companies have tires made with certain specs in mind as far as ride quality and what not, not mileage. They want it to ride smooth and quite until you leave the lot. They dont give a shit about how many miles you get out of them.

THAT is what the whole Firestone - Ford Explorer issue was all about. Ford Spec'd a lesser tire than should have been used, with the inflation pressures they recommended. Use a weaker tire, lower the inflation, sidewalls are weaker, you can figure out the rest.....

I have a feeling that the tires on that Ram are pretty close to the same, if not exact, seeing the (relatively) low numbers of them out there. I don't think Goodyear would make that number of tires to a lower spec just for Dodge, then sell a better aftermarket version of the same one. A higher volume tire, they do it all the time.

I agree with Todd here, I don't think I'd put the money into another set. On that truck I would go with the Nokian, or fork over the coin ($1000-ish) for the Silent Armor's that are still only rated for 50k (around $400 more for same or less tread life then the Nokians.)

I see some general's from our other supplier, but they don't look as good as the nokians.

Worst

R.E.M.

Song

Ever!!!

Not going to argue! And once you hear it, it sticks... Ugh.....

I have nokians on all my cars. Unbelievable snow traction. Had the at's on my 2 wheel drive blazer and never got stuck in snow once. The ht's on my f150 and the mt's on my yota. For a mud terrain I am impressed with how quite they are and the wet traction. Plus I get them 10% under cost.

WHat are you running on the car? The I3's? I really liked those, but our dist said they aren't carrying them anymore. They're still on Nokian's page though. I wonder if this has anything to od with the HUGE tax that is being put on tires imported from China, as that's where the i3's are made.

On my cages I'm running Goodyear Tripletreads. Can't say a bad thing about them, other than cost. They ARE supposed to last 80k+ miles though.

Ive gotta get new shoes on the truck pretty soon too , been putting it off cuz 20"s are freakin expensive.

Ugh, I feel bad for ya there! Although, now that I look, they've come down in price, by A LOT! The Wrangler SR-A's, which I think were OE on those are around $140 each now. We can get the Nokian Vatiiva H/T's for a few $ less, and they're rated for 65k instead of 50 for the goodyears.

If money is not an issue, the Wrangler Silent Armor's are around $225 each!

Prices are just the tires, no tax, mount and balance, stems, etc....

OP, is that a socket 939, or AM2 mobo?

LOL. Now I don't feel so bad accumulating so much antiquated hardware and old computers. I recently went through and got rid of a lot of stuff that just wasn't going to get used as it was just too dated.

I'm way down on the amount of old crap I have sitting around (other than myself that is!) I have a P3-450 or 500 running in the closet though, as my email server. It does nothing else, as I don't think it could handle it!

I need to get pop email running on windows home serverm then I'd forget all about that old machine! Any ideas? It IS server 2k3 under the hood, and I have done some "undocumented" things, that it's just not supposed to do...

I will acknowledge that you made a usefull post, finally .

Now, if only we could get yourself to join in on that....

Glow rods are a lot easier to use than fish tape when your not pulling cable through conduit. If you can find someone with a set it will make things much easier.

I've hear those are the shiznit! I've never used them though. In fact, I haven't done much wall fishing at all, thankfully!

Is this just for bikes, or will cars be running as well? I'd love to get some idea of where the Camaro is in it's current form, that is IF I get the trans fixed again. If not, I'll have to talk to ya about it for some other time, no biggie!

Kum-ho

I've got the Yokohama Geolandars on my Yotas. HTs on the Runner and ATs on the Peecup.

Love em so far.

Yoko's are good. Especially the Goelanders. For light trucks (and SUV's) we sell a lot of Nokian Vatiiva's. They do really well for all around, A/T use. The price is good as well. Winter traction is really good, it seems the Finn's know a thing or two about snow and ice driving?

Sprint works well for me, and has for about the past 9 or 10 years. Aprint used to be the only carrier that would work at the shop, through the metal walls. Now, pretty much all work, somewhat in there. The only place my phone drops signal at work is right where I work! If I move to the middle of the shop, I'm ok! Maybe the electrical panel is interfering somehow? EMI maybe?

I'm possibly going to get a new phone with them soon, depending on what kind of dealing they'll do with me on a Hero.

does the nitrous clause apply to simply HAVING it installed?

it's worded poorly. I read "no person who purchases nitrous oxide at retail in this state shall use nitrous oxide in a motor vehicle that the person operates on a public road, street or highway."

does simply having a nitrous kit installed qualify as "use?" I could see trying to ban actually spraying on the street, but prove i did or didn't.

I can be HOLDING a gun and not USE it. Now by that logic, I can hold a gun and never fire it, but be convicted of armed robbery as well...

I'm not sure on the nitrous stuff. I would think that if you had the bottle removed, you could not USE the system, and be within the law. If it passes, that one will probably be fought out by lawyers, for sure.

In comparison to robbery, if you have a gun while attempting, or committing a robery, yes you would be guilty. It SOUNDS like they're intending it to be the same deal with nitrous and street racing, but who knows until it's passed and the lawyers challenge it, unfortunately.

I've picked up 4 sets of Kumohs from tirerack.com

usually about $100 each. Love em. Had zero problems with any.

That get the se or better ratings than higher priced tires.

Prolly work great on the scion.

I like SOME Kumho's. Some of them that I've had on the Camaro are WAYY slick, get next to zero dry traction. I know some of their sport compact sized tires, such as what Jagz is prolly talking about, seem to be purdy goood.

I'm pretty sure these new ones that I mentioned for Cheech will bee good as well, without the shipping.

I was being sarcastic , again

In that case, I wasn't!

some of us like Cheeches....

Huh?

Woohoo! Looks like a balmy 28 degrees being forecasted for Fri with a 10% chance of snow. What worries me is the snow coming in the next couple days being cleared..

OK again....

Can't take a joke today? It's ok, I'm having a not-so-good day, too....

SO.... who's coming?? I gots the cherry vodka on order... can we kill another 2 bottles??

It's been YEARS since I've had that stuff!

Me , 86nate , Putty , Angrish , Modernsynthetics , Buildit , Crf69 , Foxracingguy , 420gsxr1000 , Maxpower .......... I know Ive left out several those were just off the top of my head

Again, who?

That wasn't a serious question. DUH!

Or, we can get something more basic, if you don't need a performance tire.

Check these out, rated for 50k, all season, more performance oriented, could do them at less than $400. They're made by Kelly/Dunlop/Goodyear.

http://www.fiercetires.com/tires/instinct-vr/index.html

This is relevant to my interests. I have a 2008 Scion xB (205/55R16, save you some time ) that the OEM's are getting worn down pretty well. Anyone in Columbus hook a kid up?

Anywhere from about $45 each, all the way up to about $145! There are so many options in that size. The tires that I recommend are in the range of $70 - 90 each, plus mount and balance. It all depends on the type of driving you do, and what you expect from the tires. I'f you're an aggressive driver, it's the ones that I recommend for it. Otherwise, there are some decent tires that are cheaper. Treadwear rating on several of them is in the 60-70k minle range.

What happened to the kitties fighting?>>>>>>

Nice!