Rear tire squish --

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 8:02pm
OK ... its a slow day .. and if you can't make sense of any of the back-and-forth going on in the Ryan Hughes Twitter thread, then maybe you will think the is cool.

I was impressed with the amount of tire contact Weimer's bike had here ... it has to be more than a foot of contact ...


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jndmx 1/26/2012 10:47am
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It looks more to me like the tire is partially hidden in a rut going up the face of the jump.
Look at Chad's tire.........same thing.
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RbR 1/26/2012 10:51am
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jndmx wrote:
It looks more to me like the tire is partially hidden in a rut going up the face of the jump.
Look at Chad's tire.........same thing.
I don't think there is a rut, because you can see all of the knobbies on the contact patch ... plus, the track was hard as cement .. except the patch that swallowed Musquin.

BTW -- I wanted to give credit to the original poster of the photo to photobucket
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Shomer fucking shabbos!
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jndmx 1/26/2012 10:53am
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RbR wrote:
I don't think there is a rut, because you can see all of the knobbies on the contact patch ... plus, the track was hard as...
I don't think there is a rut, because you can see all of the knobbies on the contact patch ... plus, the track was hard as cement .. except the patch that swallowed Musquin.

BTW -- I wanted to give credit to the original poster of the photo to photobucket
You may be right.......I just put on my new glasses.

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honda341 1/26/2012 10:55am
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If they are using a foam inner tube like the michelin system that is available it will cause this.
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bondsmx 1/26/2012 11:32am
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everytime i see people talking about tire squish, i always think of this picture of me from the lake elsinore GP..(2004) i lost my HD a few years back but luckily i still had this pic on photobucket..

i got both tires squished, not to mention my pegs are almost hitting the road.. probably didn't help that i was pretty heavy in these days...







hopefully the pic works, im not the best at posting pics.
TriRacer27 1/26/2012 11:36am
1/26/2012 11:36am
tires are made to do that

That's why you don't over-inflate your tires if you want good traction, and why they say to use a couple psi lower in hard, slick tracks.
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Deployer78 1/26/2012 11:44am
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I always think of this picture when I hear about tire squish. I also just think it is a cool picture!

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Top End 1/26/2012 11:45am
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Does anyone know what the foam tubes are rated to PSI wise? Do they come in different densities or wear out and become softer?
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jndmx 1/26/2012 12:15pm
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bondsmx wrote:
everytime i see people talking about tire squish, i always think of this picture of me from the lake elsinore GP..(2004) i lost my HD a...
everytime i see people talking about tire squish, i always think of this picture of me from the lake elsinore GP..(2004) i lost my HD a few years back but luckily i still had this pic on photobucket..

i got both tires squished, not to mention my pegs are almost hitting the road.. probably didn't help that i was pretty heavy in these days...







hopefully the pic works, im not the best at posting pics.
Holy Suspension Batman!!!!!!!

Dude that is the definition of bottomed out......lol.
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pitbike502 1/26/2012 12:17pm
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that bradshaw wall is ridiculous! we need something like that right out of a corner today!
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Ramrod 1/26/2012 12:29pm
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Deployer78 wrote:
I always think of this picture when I hear about tire squish. I also just think it is a cool picture! [img]https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6083306261_93b5e66ac6_o.jpg[/img]
I always think of this picture when I hear about tire squish. I also just think it is a cool picture!

Wicked picture!

That looks steep, check out how far over the bars he is.
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Deployer78 1/26/2012 12:52pm
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I have always loved that Bradshaw picture. I like how the rim almost looks like it's flexing. Bradshaw's form is awesome too, toes on the pegs and all.
TriRacer27 1/26/2012 1:18pm
1/26/2012 1:18pm
Deployer78 wrote:
I always think of this picture when I hear about tire squish. I also just think it is a cool picture! [img]https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6083306261_93b5e66ac6_o.jpg[/img]
I always think of this picture when I hear about tire squish. I also just think it is a cool picture!

No wonder he figured he may as well try endurocross. It's closer to supercross tracks in those days than current SX tracks.
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holeshot100 1/26/2012 1:23pm
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Front and Rear-LaRoccos leap... That is downsiding it...imagine over or under jumping it.
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beamer 1/26/2012 1:23pm
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I remember seeing a pic of Pastrana a few years ago, he was flat tracking around a corner and the rear tire was flattened right out to the point where it was hard to believe it didnt come off the bead...............
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Excessive tire squish can't be good on the rims/spokes.
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bondsmx wrote:
everytime i see people talking about tire squish, i always think of this picture of me from the lake elsinore GP..(2004) i lost my HD a...
everytime i see people talking about tire squish, i always think of this picture of me from the lake elsinore GP..(2004) i lost my HD a few years back but luckily i still had this pic on photobucket..

i got both tires squished, not to mention my pegs are almost hitting the road.. probably didn't help that i was pretty heavy in these days...







hopefully the pic works, im not the best at posting pics.
I try to tell people that low-boy pegs are a bad idea.

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Camron201 1/26/2012 6:02pm
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A lot of them are using the tubliss tire system.
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exsarg 1/26/2012 6:14pm
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we need the editor from tw to say how amateurish the beast looks
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bondsmx wrote:
everytime i see people talking about tire squish, i always think of this picture of me from the lake elsinore GP..(2004) i lost my HD a...
everytime i see people talking about tire squish, i always think of this picture of me from the lake elsinore GP..(2004) i lost my HD a few years back but luckily i still had this pic on photobucket..

i got both tires squished, not to mention my pegs are almost hitting the road.. probably didn't help that i was pretty heavy in these days...







hopefully the pic works, im not the best at posting pics.
Are you still racing this year Bondo? I remember the old days back at Huron on 80's. Every moto we seemed to find eachother and end up in a heap. Yet, those are still some of my fondest memories.
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Deployer78 wrote:
I always think of this picture when I hear about tire squish. I also just think it is a cool picture! [img]https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6083306261_93b5e66ac6_o.jpg[/img]
I always think of this picture when I hear about tire squish. I also just think it is a cool picture!

and this proves to me, old school sx tracks used to be way steeper!!


they honestly should bring something back that's this intense.. that was is effin gnar!
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loftyair 1/26/2012 10:28pm
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TriRacer27 wrote:
tires are made to do that That's why you don't over-inflate your tires if you want good traction, and why they say to use a couple...
tires are made to do that

That's why you don't over-inflate your tires if you want good traction, and why they say to use a couple psi lower in hard, slick tracks.
Opposite is true. Low pressure in soft dirt, tire doesn't 'dig', but gets traction. Higher pressure in hard dirt to avoid flats and keep rim damage minimized.
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bondsmx wrote:
everytime i see people talking about tire squish, i always think of this picture of me from the lake elsinore GP..(2004) i lost my HD a...
everytime i see people talking about tire squish, i always think of this picture of me from the lake elsinore GP..(2004) i lost my HD a few years back but luckily i still had this pic on photobucket..

i got both tires squished, not to mention my pegs are almost hitting the road.. probably didn't help that i was pretty heavy in these days...







hopefully the pic works, im not the best at posting pics.
Suspension???...we don't need no stinkin suspension!!! Woohoo

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Moto_Geek 1/27/2012 6:03am
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Ok I get it, I will lose some weight this year. Stop posting all these look your to fat to ride.. I get it!

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