phipck
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That’s awesome :-D
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It could be warping if it’s fibreglass like you say. Heat and cold cycles can twist fibreglass I believe
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Wow, I never really thought about twisting like that from being on an incline! I thought the suspension would give it all the flex it would need
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Indeed it does
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That’s exactly the point, yours is visually no different and very few at a glance would know any different. But when aiming to achieve what you have, how do some people fail before the first hurdle and still show off as though we are or they believe we are all fooled!
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Veeeeery interesting!
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I wonder about the state of mind these car owners have. Like the MR2 Ferrari posted recently, I wonder if they are trying to convince people it’s genuine or whether they are trying to convince themselves that people think it’s genuine? Either way the lack of subtlety is their biggest downfall as all marques tend to be modest with their emblem. Ferrari have the badge at the front, shields on the side and chrome prancing horse on the rear, Batman had the bat embedded in the shape of the car and the emblem centre of the wheels. Never stickers on the windows. I like subtlety.
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No problem, it’s quite fun investigating these things
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Found some info for you, much of what I found was in German so best start with wiki
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killinger_and_Freund_Motorcycle
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Might as well lay rails!
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Interesting point
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They are Michelin Crossclimate and are load and speed rated as appropriate for the car. The previous owner had a different make on each corner with one being an entirely different size than the others too! Which is why I changed them soon after buying the car.
i hadDunlop winter sport 3ds on the Xsara before this car and had to up the psi 3-5 psi to maintain even wear but they felt like quite a soft compound. The Cross climates feel sturdier but this car is much heavier than the Xsara was
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Interesting, I had upped the psi from the recommended 33/30 front/rear when I replaced the tyres because of my concerns, I’ve run about 36/32 psi from new but you are using around 40+psi and I dare say the recommended are around the same as mine at 32psi or 2.3 bar.
I see some more experimentation going on. Clearly my tyres are fine with higher pressure, I may try pushing toward 40psi front and see how that feels.
From observation aside from the wear the car is still wriggly on the tyres at this slightly higher pressure, if you give the car a good rock, the tyre seems to move way more freely than I would expect and this in my mind means the suspension isn’t as active and in tune as the tyres are more wobbly than oem. However expectation isn’t always the same as reality hence asking
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I’m sure I’ve asked this previously but cannot remember the advice nor find it on this forum, so:
having different tyres on the car from what originally came with the car and with the geometry in good shape I have noticed that the recommended pressures for the scenic leave very flat looking tyres that float about/ feel sloppy while driving. The wear is on the inner and outer edge uniformly suggesting to me that the pressure is low despite being at the manufactured recommended amount. Would it be reasonable to assume that the psi for these different tyres should then be higher to ensure even wear or am I introducing other issues into the mix?
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Some of you might find this interesting and it clears up a lot of the misconception and is fascinating on its own.
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Within 15 seconds of the first 4 cars crashing the race was red flagged. I don’t know the layout of the track for locations of red flags or visibility in the rainy conditions but I dare say those following into the bend red flag or not probably didn’t have any chance, they were just in for the ride!
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I believe it was super dry and hot conditions so all donned slicks only for a sudden torrential downpour to flood this tricky part of the track.
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One piece of contention is that although the media is whirling with Bugatti pushing this Chiron past 300, the media isn’t telling the whole story as it’s a lightly modified version of the Chiron not available to the public. Bugatti haven’t hidden the facts but the media have naively run away with things a little. As a feat of mastering speed they are not first, they are joining a club of a few 300mph modified production cars.
There is yet to be a genuine production car straight off the shelf so to speak to perform this task, albeit a somewhat less than useful thing for a production car to be capable of!
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It’s astounding nobody was seriously hurt! Testament to the safety standards enforced on participants
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I can’t even figure out the donor car!
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This is the first time I e seen a full launch video so clearly of the SpaceX equipment doing its thing successfully. I’m just going to take 10 min to contemplate how we can do something so incredibly complicated while elsewhere still failing so badly at simple tasks!
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Capricorn cyclo-works
and I thank you :-D
it looks to be a rare custom bike wheel from a company that’s shut down now. It is part functional and the gears work but I dare say it was never fully safety tested and only installed on show bikes.
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Looks like a very extravagant wheel trim, like spinners from years back. I’d guess it rotates and the gears turn but it doesn’t look powered in any way
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absolutely, it’s simply heavyweight paramotoring. Paragliding is a well established thing, popping a fan on the back is also a well established thing. A small cart with fan is less popular but still a thing and this is just taking it to extremes. But as with most things an increase in mass results in a decrease in agility
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Glad you’re back safe and sound. Shame there were some downs but as you say you feel refreshed in yourself and in your relationship I would put that down as a successful trip!