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  • Rob S.
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    • Dec 2013
    • 9472
    • New York City
    #16
    Originally posted by rphillips
    Rob, you're old enough to remember, don't remember the yrs. nor brand but just a few yrs., some muscle car tires had 2 narrow red rings, not sidewalls just 2 little appx.3/16 in. red rings.
    What I also remember, and have yet to figure out, is the "oval" tires. I think they were Firestone, "Wide O Oval" tires. It said that right on the side wall. I couldn't see it. They looked round to me.
    1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

    2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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      • rphillips
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        #17
        Yep Firestone Wide Ovals were really popular thing back then. The name was pretty ridiculous wasn't it
        1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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          • Rob S.
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            • Dec 2013
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            #18
            Originally posted by rphillips
            Yep Firestone Wide Ovals were really popular thing back then. The name was pretty ridiculous wasn't it
            What did it mean? Where was the oval? The contact patch?

            I've been trying to figure this out for half a century.
            1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

            2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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