Tony,
I'm curious about the OD of the tires. Did you lose any prop clearance
when going from the original to the Airtrac 800? How much did you lose
when going to the 700?
Are the inflation pressures the same for the original vs the 800
Airtrac?
I wonder how much rough field capability one would lose when sizing down
to the 700?
Always curious,
Pete
A239
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Subject: Re: On the subject of tyres
>>>>The original tyre had only marginal clearance from my landing gear
and
used to rub when cornering so I changed to the Air Trac tyres Europa now
supply. The Air Tracs seem to have stiffer sidewalls and give slightly
better directional control than the original tyres IMHO.
I'll second that. We found that the Airtrac 800 x 6 also rubbed a bit so
went for the 700 x 6 in the end which has good clearance from the swing
arm.
You need to retain the Europa inner tube as the airtrac inner tube wont
fit the Europa wheel casting. Anyone want an airtrac 700/800 x 6 inner
tube?
Both of the airtracs are better on the ground than the original tyre.
Tony
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