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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 05:22 PM
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Why me? This damn thing is egg shaped!

 
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 05:31 PM
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That's does not look good, is the tire seated properly? I've certainly seen defective tires over the years.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Turret_plug
Why me? This damn thing is egg shaped!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...&v=elZEyhoAikA
That is exactly why I don't have a 21" front yet. They make the only WWW available and I don't want it...Avon and Metzler are supposed to have one coming out...
 
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 05:39 PM
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By watching the white wall, it looks seated ... That sucks!
 
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by themouth!!!
That is exactly why I don't have a 21" front yet. They make the only WWW available and I don't want it...Avon and Metzler are supposed to have one coming out...
No ****! My Vee Rubber 21 front is just fine, smooth as glass...... The rear, not so much! Luckily, the vendor stands behind his sales..... And he's going to mount a few he has in the shop and find me a good one then ship it for free, I only need to pay the shipping back to him for the defective one. He's even gonna send me a check to have the new one mounted.

He also expressed he could send me a set of avons at cost, with free shipping, but it's on my dime to have them mounted...... I'm thinking I might go that way!
 
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Turret_plug
No ****! My Vee Rubber 21 front is just fine, smooth as glass...... The rear, not so much! Luckily, the vendor stands behind his sales..... And he's going to mount a few he has in the shop and find me a good one then ship it for free, I only need to pay the shipping back to him for the defective one. He's even gonna send me a check to have the new one mounted.

He also expressed he could send me a set of avons at cost, with free shipping, but it's on my dime to have them mounted...... I'm thinking I might go that way!
Not WWW though?
 
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 07:17 PM
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He also expressed he could send me a set of avons at cost, with free shipping, but it's on my dime to have them mounted...... I'm thinking I might go that way!
I totally dig my Avons. I would recommend.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 08:10 PM
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He has about 10 vee's in his shop...... One of them guys gotta be good? He said if he can't find a good one, then I'll have to decide if I want the avon blackwalls, which I really don't want
 
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I'd hold out for a good vee www. A matching set is always nice
 
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by northeimcustom
I'd hold out for a good vee www. A matching set is always nice
That's my prayer! There has to be a good one I circulation somewhere...... I'm thinking a belt busted inside that thing, it holds air fine, I thought it was out of balance, turns out I was right...... It was WAY out of balance, and shape!
 
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