Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site rduxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!rduxb!daw1 From: daw1@rduxb.UUCP (WILLIAMS) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: Dirt bike riders in Oregon and Washington. Message-ID: <559@rduxb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 14:49:23 EDT Article-I.D.: rduxb.559 Posted: Fri Jul 12 14:49:23 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 12:54:11 EDT References: <1147@tekgvs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Reading, PA Lines: 29 > I have been reading alot about street bikes in net.cycle where are all > the dirt bike fans. > Here I am! Seems like I'm the only other dirtbike nut on the net. I ride a Yamaha IT490 and enjoy every minute when I get out to ride. I ride mostly in northeast PA where mining has left a lot of areas that provide challenging terrain for riding. But since it is ruined land, nobody cares if you rip the hell out of it. Thus one is free to blast about without any land owners giving a damn. I have a recurring problem - flat tires. I can usually get home on a flat (the sidewalls are so stiff it's easy to ride on a flat) if my can of instant spare tire doesn't do the job. Just last Saturday while riding home on a flat I recalled an article in an off-road magazine about a truck (from a SWAT team or something) that had foam-filled tires for the purpose of flat tire resistance under gunfire. This sounds like just the ticket for me. Does anybody know of a scheme for doing this? Thanx in advance! More on berm-busting later. Doug Williams AT&T Bell Labs Reading, PA mhuxt!rduxb!daw1 7/12/85 2:45pm