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Date:         Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:15:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Hankook tire query...update
Comments: To: Bill Bowman <bill@BNNTA.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <006c01c7dc5a$3b6a5460$4601a8c0@BILLS1505>
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At 04:57 PM 8/11/2007, Bill Bowman wrote... >Everything else I've read on the Hankook site and Bus Depots site >seems to suggest that this tire ought to be great for my '87 >Westy. High inflation (up to 65 psi), stiff reinforced sidewalls, a >little taller than my old Michelin MXL 205/70R14. I'm still hoping >that someone out there will measure the outer circumfrence of an >inflated Hankook RA-08 195 series tire.

I don't think you're asking the right question, or that the answer will tell you what you want to know. That measurement will be only loosely related to the effective radius of a tire in operation - inflation pressure and sidewall stiffness will both affect the apparent size of a working tire (the bottom is always slightly flat).

Hankook provides dimension data ( http://www.hankooktireusa.com/product/RA08.pdf ), which includes "revs/mile." Look up the same for your existing tire, and compare those numbers.


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