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Date:         Thu, 9 Sep 1999 02:04:19 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Disappointed with Yokohama Y370 Tires
Comments: To: Steve@SCHWENK-LAW.COM
In-Reply-To:  <37D6CB7A.DC5B30C3@Schwenk-Law.com>
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At 16:47 9/8/99 , you wrote:
>FWIW, the custom syncro Bilsteins totally eliminate
>cross-wind buffeting even with the 195 width tires.
>Perhaps the bilsteins for the 2wd do the same?
>steve


Nope.  So happens I had 205-75R14 Goodyear Wranglers on (passenger-car
tire, really) and a wicked wind-steer.  But new Bilstein all around, it
helped a bit.  Put on 205-70 MXT, it acts like it's planted in the ground
(well, no.  But it's really very stable, and leans *much* less in corners
-- my wife no longer holds on for dear life).


david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"
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