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Offline John Nimphius

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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2007, 10:23:21 PM »
It's hard to argue posting proposed rule changes for comment is a bad idea.  It provides access to the broadest cross section of knowledge. It alows you to utilizse the good points and not use the inappropriate.  However, I suspect many folks may a little more thin skinned than those trading their views here and possibly reluctant to expose themselves in that way.

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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2007, 10:51:48 PM »
Have you ever argued with one of the tech guys? 
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2007, 11:41:00 PM »
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2007, 07:26:24 PM »
Quote from: Nortonist 592 on January 14, 2007, 10:51:48 PM
Have you ever argued with one of the tech guys? 

Yes, and I do my homework first to make sure they really hate it.
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2007, 10:18:17 PM »
 :-D Works great on forklifts :wink: Maybe they will start a new class. What would the minimum be? 5.687 mph :evil:
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2007, 11:17:14 PM »
wheres that leave roadracing slicks are they legal. It would seem they would be. of course that leaves you with only 17 inch wheels.
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2007, 11:35:45 PM »
Quote from: Loose Goose-Terry on January 15, 2007, 10:18:17 PM
:-D Works great on forklifts :wink: Maybe they will start a new class. What would the minimum be? 5.687 mph :evil:
Actually that sounds more like it should be a maximum.
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2007, 11:37:42 PM »
Quote from: panchop on January 15, 2007, 11:17:14 PM
wheres that leave roadracing slicks are they legal. It would seem they would be. of course that leaves you with only 17 inch wheels.
Don't you find them in 18 and 19 inch sizes ?
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2007, 11:47:04 PM »
haven't seen them in anything but 17 and 16.5 in some time. Could be I'm not looking in the right place.
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #24 on: January 16, 2007, 12:13:09 AM »
My Norton runs 19" front and rear.  Finding 19" rears has become nearly impossible.  Fronts are fairly readily available but the speed rating is nearly always H.  If my Norton were a 200 mph bike I would have to go to 17".  Finding speed rated slicks in 19" would be like finding a rule maker who knew what he was doing.  18" slicks are still available but I think you would be calling England to place the order.
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #25 on: January 16, 2007, 01:01:09 AM »
I scarfed a lot of used hard compound tires from the guys that ran Daytona in March. They were profiled on one side more than the other but a little bit of work and they were excellent.
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #26 on: January 16, 2007, 07:55:47 AM »
Avon has a 19" tire that is V rated.  Dunlop still makes a 18"  KR vintage road race slick and has a distributor in Florida.  I believe both are tube type which would be a good thing ( no speed rating reduction for tube) if the Norton is running spoked wheels. 
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #27 on: January 16, 2007, 10:41:29 AM »
The company to contact for Vintage roadracing tires in Florida is....R.C. Barker Eng. at  rcbeng@gru.net..................................
They are the Dist. for Dunlap Vintage racing tires.....with some higher speed-ratings.........
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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #28 on: January 16, 2007, 10:44:25 AM »
You see, leave it to a racer to figure it out.
One of the things the rulers need to learn is what resources are really available before the entrants are saddled with a rule.
The entrants are just one of the great resources but they hafta be asked.
Not all of them will tell the world for various reasons that are not always speed secrets.
If they are made comfortable with the procedure, the good information will be a lot more forthcoming.
Treat them all the same and they will treat you with respect , otherwise they will work around or walk over you.
That is kinda how I figure it anyways, and it ain't jest bikes.

OBTW: That last instant answer was from Holland.
Can he be trusted ?  LOL

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Re: No Drag Slicks allowed?
« Reply #29 on: January 16, 2007, 12:31:01 PM »
Quote from: RP on January 16, 2007, 07:55:47 AM
Avon has a 19" tire that is V rated.  Dunlop still makes a 18"  KR vintage road race slick and has a distributor in Florida.  I believe both are tube type which would be a good thing ( no speed rating reduction for tube) if the Norton is running spoked wheels. 

Metzler also makes a 19" V rated tire, which I use.


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