Hi Guys,
Yeah I'm kinda new & more than kinda enthusiastic, says so on my coffee card
"I Suffer from Enthusiasm" at Coffee Club with $400 in *extra* coffees ea 3 months !
VL Calais (turbo) pics are my car when at Trigg Beach cafe in Western Australia circa 2005
the whole set has been on my web area link since then & others as here:-
Set of twin tyre pictures & related
I also wrote that critique on the tyres some 20yrs ago posted by The Jackeria
and the youtube video is also mine which I did at Osborne Park
I still have a few wheels, new & s/h tyres - all V rated 16" profiles
such as 110/85, 125/85, 125/90. They are all very tough tyres and I sometimes
sell the s/h ones singly for motorcyclists who use them for a sidecar. They last
for ages and generally run at around 32psi instead of the slightly lower pressures
I mentioned in the article for my car... The s/h singles have >50% tread & go for $50 ea,
some went to an old Citreon 2CV where the guy modified the suspension luckily had
16" skinny wheels - only 4 tyres for that car - I think its now electric around hills of Perth.
Am also in the market for new looking JJD decals (the snap in black plastic hub inserts)
though can now print my own cheaply with a Balco/Dick Smith 3D printer but, they don't
have the logo in a different colour, think I can get around that & with a different logo.
Might be prepared to buy odd wheels as I still collect & so as to use up tyres too...
Also looking for the flat aluminium plate insert for the flat dished profile wheels as shown
in the Colin Bond advert, though on that picture for some reason none of the flat inserts
are installed and the hub is showing - would have looked nice, minor oversight.
It turns out that being rough installing or removing them can break the spring clip
or it corrodes as its steel in direct contact with aluminium - not a good materials
property decision...
Will be trialing a set of two wheels on the back of a Toyota which is
badged as a Holden Apollo But beware, the PCD is not Holdens its the same as a
Mitsubishi which also seems to match Ford bolt pattern. A friend has a pair on the
back of a Mitsubishi Express Van. Torquey thing - takes off in 2nd easy with grunt &
twins don't squeal so acceleration is good vs another manual - they have Yokohama
compound which has better grip than Avon's but minor effect is a bit of standing memory
for 5 mins when cold & at below 25psi...
Had a set for a Jaguar few years ago with slots for the 5 bolt so it could match many
cars with wider PCD but sold a pallet load of wheels to a guy in Florida USA who complained
he had to pay extra freight that was local to his area & blamed me for it. He got really
snotty ended up using them on trailers & trikes ie Two twins on front, motorbike engine
with single rear wheel.
There's a guy around Mundaring some 11yrs ago that had a trike with 2 of my twins on
the back with a Subaru 4 cyl in middle with conventional motor bike tyre front, looked awesome !
(Lost the pics though during a bad move)
See my facebook page where I drove the Calais with uprated compressor, PWM meter
& turbine speed sensor up to Anna Plains cattle station circa 2008 distance some 2500kms.
We ended up shredding one of the rear tyres, had no spare & drove from Shay Gap to Port Hedland
via Mt Magnet with one left wheel tyre flapping around so couldnt go over 60Km/Hr much to the
relief of my 10yr old son who was sitting above it in the passenger seat reporting the metal
around the seat was getting warmer from the flapping I expect. We did something like
300Kms with that, took ages but that single tyre didnt object despite the fact it was also
quite old with minimum tread due for replacement.
Oddly the shredded tyre had signs of a cut as if someone vandalised it but, we were far from
most at an empty camping ground with only a motorhome 3Kms up the road owned by a retired
gold prospector near Shay Gap, good thing I enjoy collecting license plate numbers..
Re the tyres/wheels
Price/Value is the key issue & when these systems first came out they were way too expensive,
I got a load at a cheap price when the co collapsed & sold them on to few people especially
doctors who were on call as specialists who needed to drive if flat - both had Mercs & loved them...
Thats all for now
Yeah I'm kinda new & more than kinda enthusiastic, says so on my coffee card
"I Suffer from Enthusiasm" at Coffee Club with $400 in *extra* coffees ea 3 months !
VL Calais (turbo) pics are my car when at Trigg Beach cafe in Western Australia circa 2005
the whole set has been on my web area link since then & others as here:-
Set of twin tyre pictures & related
I also wrote that critique on the tyres some 20yrs ago posted by The Jackeria
and the youtube video is also mine which I did at Osborne Park
I still have a few wheels, new & s/h tyres - all V rated 16" profiles
such as 110/85, 125/85, 125/90. They are all very tough tyres and I sometimes
sell the s/h ones singly for motorcyclists who use them for a sidecar. They last
for ages and generally run at around 32psi instead of the slightly lower pressures
I mentioned in the article for my car... The s/h singles have >50% tread & go for $50 ea,
some went to an old Citreon 2CV where the guy modified the suspension luckily had
16" skinny wheels - only 4 tyres for that car - I think its now electric around hills of Perth.
Am also in the market for new looking JJD decals (the snap in black plastic hub inserts)
though can now print my own cheaply with a Balco/Dick Smith 3D printer but, they don't
have the logo in a different colour, think I can get around that & with a different logo.
Might be prepared to buy odd wheels as I still collect & so as to use up tyres too...
Also looking for the flat aluminium plate insert for the flat dished profile wheels as shown
in the Colin Bond advert, though on that picture for some reason none of the flat inserts
are installed and the hub is showing - would have looked nice, minor oversight.
It turns out that being rough installing or removing them can break the spring clip
or it corrodes as its steel in direct contact with aluminium - not a good materials
property decision...
Will be trialing a set of two wheels on the back of a Toyota which is
badged as a Holden Apollo But beware, the PCD is not Holdens its the same as a
Mitsubishi which also seems to match Ford bolt pattern. A friend has a pair on the
back of a Mitsubishi Express Van. Torquey thing - takes off in 2nd easy with grunt &
twins don't squeal so acceleration is good vs another manual - they have Yokohama
compound which has better grip than Avon's but minor effect is a bit of standing memory
for 5 mins when cold & at below 25psi...
Had a set for a Jaguar few years ago with slots for the 5 bolt so it could match many
cars with wider PCD but sold a pallet load of wheels to a guy in Florida USA who complained
he had to pay extra freight that was local to his area & blamed me for it. He got really
snotty ended up using them on trailers & trikes ie Two twins on front, motorbike engine
with single rear wheel.
There's a guy around Mundaring some 11yrs ago that had a trike with 2 of my twins on
the back with a Subaru 4 cyl in middle with conventional motor bike tyre front, looked awesome !
(Lost the pics though during a bad move)
See my facebook page where I drove the Calais with uprated compressor, PWM meter
& turbine speed sensor up to Anna Plains cattle station circa 2008 distance some 2500kms.
We ended up shredding one of the rear tyres, had no spare & drove from Shay Gap to Port Hedland
via Mt Magnet with one left wheel tyre flapping around so couldnt go over 60Km/Hr much to the
relief of my 10yr old son who was sitting above it in the passenger seat reporting the metal
around the seat was getting warmer from the flapping I expect. We did something like
300Kms with that, took ages but that single tyre didnt object despite the fact it was also
quite old with minimum tread due for replacement.
Oddly the shredded tyre had signs of a cut as if someone vandalised it but, we were far from
most at an empty camping ground with only a motorhome 3Kms up the road owned by a retired
gold prospector near Shay Gap, good thing I enjoy collecting license plate numbers..
Re the tyres/wheels
Price/Value is the key issue & when these systems first came out they were way too expensive,
I got a load at a cheap price when the co collapsed & sold them on to few people especially
doctors who were on call as specialists who needed to drive if flat - both had Mercs & loved them...
Thats all for now