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Obsessing About Tires by Clement SalvadoriRider Report Wednesday November 9, 2005 Rim protectors, tires are sometimes referred to in a light-hearted way, but our author reminds us to never, never underestimate the need for good rubber. I've been riding a lot of years, gone through a lot of tires, fallen down a few times. If somebody asks me what the most important advance in motorcycle technology has been in the last 50 years, I say tires. Though brakes are a close second. Back in the late 1950s, when I began riding, many bikes had good handling and adequate power, but they all had lousy tires. For me, tires are the most important components of any motorcycle. My life depends on those tires. I look after my tires, obsessively monitoring the pressure, and judging the wear. Any rider who does not check the tire pressure at least once a week is, in my mind, not bright. I remember an accident on a freeway some years back, near the office where I worked, where a Gold Wing in the center lane, two up, rush hour, went out of control, crashed, and both rider and passenger were killed from being hit by other vehicles. The highway patrol looked at the wrecked bike and figured that the rear tire had gone flat, gone off the rim, and you can imagine the rest. When was the last time the rider had checked his tire pressure? We'll never know. Read the rest of Clem's story here. Posted by C.L. Smith @ 3:02 PM |
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