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#455887 hrdbrgn (User) Restore America Platinum Boarder Posts: 1187 Re:THE DARK SIDE !!!!!!!!! 1 Year, 3 Months ago   SMOKINJOE wrote: [quote]DARN ,, I took your advice and went with the 150's up front and reversed them. you told me that they would fill the fenders and wow did they ever . love the way they feel. i will probable rotate them every 3-5 thousand, http://roadstarclinic.com/images/fbfiles/images/phpGC Rotate what?   Logged     Democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on whats for dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #455977 Darn (User) Don't forget, Never forget. Platinum Boarder Posts: 8061 Re:THE DARK SIDE !!!!!!!!! 1 Year, 3 Months ago   I wasn't sure about that either...   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #456056 SMOKINJOE (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 367 Re:THE DARK SIDE !!!!!!!!! 1 Year, 3 Months ago   reverse their direction of travel. the tire has a directional arrow stamped on the side so that when you install it on the rear that you have it rotating in the correct direction for torque. but since i have it on the front and reversed it is more for breaking. if i see the wear pattern more on one side of the tire then the other i will probably switch the direction.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #456057 SouthernDarkness (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 243 Re:THE DARK SIDE !!!!!!!!! 1 Year, 3 Months ago   the siping in the tire is ineffective when installed backwards. yes, you can do it. it is not correct and most credible shops will not install a tire backwards for liability reasons.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #456059 HEAVY METAL (User) MAY YOU RIDE WITH THE STARS Gold Boarder Posts: 967 Re:THE DARK SIDE !!!!!!!!! 1 Year, 3 Months ago   Can you just pull the tire and rim off the bike and flip it then put it back on,or do you have to break it down and rebalance it again?   Logged     HEAVY METAL WARRENTON,MISSOURI   The administrator has disabled public write access. #456062 SouthernDarkness (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 243 Re:THE DARK SIDE !!!!!!!!! 1 Year, 3 Months ago   its best to pull the tire, flip it, balance it. some wheels have arrows also. so if you flip the wheel around and not the tire. then the new owner or the next time it is in the shop, the tech will be confused more than they already are.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #456066 hrdbrgn (User) Restore America Platinum Boarder Posts: 1187 Re:THE DARK SIDE !!!!!!!!! 1 Year, 3 Months ago   In theory I understand the thinking in mounting a rear in reverse direction for the front. I have a rear mounted up front in the proper direction and have come to the conclusion that it stops every bit ad well as the front tire that was on it previously and I feel much better about it when cornering and in wet conditions. I feel tread patterns were designed to give grip and direct water and in my thoughts reversing that alters what it was designed to do. This might be pure Blabber but just my opinion. Then again....I've never heard one person w reversed tires complain about it either! .   Logged     Democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on whats for dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #456101 Questcap (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 4394 Re:THE DARK SIDE !!!!!!!!! 1 Year, 3 Months ago   And then comes my "stoopid" question... why, when you go to a CT on the rear, do you need to put a reverse rear bike tire on the front?!?!?!?   Logged     Sig Pic deleted - larger than 450 pixels and 50 kb   The administrator has disabled public write access. #456105 hrdbrgn (User) Restore America Platinum Boarder Posts: 1187 Re:THE DARK SIDE !!!!!!!!! 1 Year, 3 Months ago   I don't think anybody says you " need " to. Its just what they did do. .   Logged     Democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on whats for dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #456109 Questcap (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 4394 Re:THE DARK SIDE !!!!!!!!! 1 Year, 3 Months ago   Oh, well... that certainly explains that. Thanks! Geez, I just put a CT on the back of my bike... I think I'll go ahead and put a rear tire on the front of my bike... and for good measure, I think I'll reverse its direction!!! Not trying to be a jerk, but this is really starting to strike me as hilarious! Honest, I'm just trying to learn something here... and I can't fathom the sense of it on my own. I was hoping there was some kind of empirical reason for the rear tire on the front. Anybody?   Logged     Last Edit: 2012/02/02 22:01 By Questcap.   Sig Pic deleted - larger than 450 pixels and 50 kb   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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