CanberraR3
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adelaideVMC
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Spoken like a cashed up boomer or someone else with too much easy money ...
Life down here in the trenches, where we need all the Freedom we can get, ain’t easy ...
Jay
E pluribus unum
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We make it work by going to the Darkside
Ralsmith
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I can afford the tires just don’t being mounted with no lube........
Ishrub
That's my name ....built like a truck
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1min 37 secs in he says he gets one run out of a set of tyres and probably has rim locks like rally cross cars!
They look like he has them pumped up rock hard too (probably as much to get some steering control as a load issue but as we know high pressures take a far greater load), AND the ELEPHANT in the thread was he has wheels with a bead that MATCHES the tyres - who would a thunk that might count, keeping the air in and tyres on the rim.
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Ishrub
That's my name ....built like a truck
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Didn't you buy a stainless water overflow bottle when you had a perfectly good plastic factory one?
It is called options and values - everyone's are different. Some people do not even ride bikes.
Ishrub
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The other big issue in this thread is that it is in a R3Touring forum and started by a R3T rider but the vast bulk of replies are from Standard, Classic and Roadster owners and riders. Roadsters have very different handling characteristics to Tourings due to major frame, forks, wheel size and width etc differences.
I have read comparisons comments in reviews etc but not ridden my R3T yet to compare.
If any one wants a set of R3 Touring wheels going cheap.
If your adventurous here is your chance to go Double Dark Side and get a vintage car tire or an Avon sidecar front as well!
For Sale - Au$500 (US$355) Touring 2008 Front AND Rear wheels undamaged. NOT ABS.
I have read comparisons comments in reviews etc but not ridden my R3T yet to compare.
If any one wants a set of R3 Touring wheels going cheap.
If your adventurous here is your chance to go Double Dark Side and get a vintage car tire or an Avon sidecar front as well!
For Sale - Au$500 (US$355) Touring 2008 Front AND Rear wheels undamaged. NOT ABS.
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adelaideVMC
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No, I did not. I had a crap factory plastic bottle and bartered / swapped possessions for a quality hand made s/less steel aussie replacement.Didn't you buy a stainless water overflow bottle when you had a perfectly good plastic factory one?
It is called options and values - everyone's are different. Some people do not even ride bikes.
Which has nothing to do with tyres being stupidly unaffordable for people at the bottom of the Real World .... unlike Canberrans.
adelaideVMC
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... Which is also how I got the R3, btw ...
Ishrub
That's my name ....built like a truck
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Like I said, 'values' differ and not in a strictly monetary sense.
But hey, I am PNG born, then Brisbane, Naracoorte, Adelaide, the world, Darwin, then Canberra person but my only land or property is in the NT still. Your current location or residence does not define a person.
Besides plenty of rich people in Adelaide and poor ones in Canberra like everywhere else. Character judgements based on Dark side 'discussions' are not advisable as it always exposes strong views usually opposing and usually unaligned to any other personality, WEALTH or character trait.
