Snow and Ice

[biker1]

Thanks Spyryder for input.
I telephoned the guys at snobootz and while searching online I found another product made by them called GO CLAWS. Both products looked good.
I was talking to Tony Bright, the guy who has invented these products and he said that I need 7/8 of an inch clearance to use teh GO CLAW or his SNOBOOTZ and I have measured 1/4 of an inch only between the tyre and the belt.
If anyone has the ability to increase the distance to 7/8 of an inch, I would really like to know. I would then purchase this GO CLAW to give it a try. You can drive on regular terrain as well as snow and ice.
Sounds just like what we may need for the SPYDER.
Comments anyone ??

 

[SethO]

Thanks Spyryder for input.
I telephoned the guys at snobootz and while searching online I found another product made by them called GO CLAWS. Both products looked good.
I was talking to Tony Bright, the guy who has invented these products and he said that I need 7/8 of an inch clearance to use teh GO CLAW or his SNOBOOTZ and I have measured 1/4 of an inch only between the tyre and the belt.
If anyone has the ability to increase the distance to 7/8 of an inch, I would really like to know. I would then purchase this GO CLAW to give it a try. You can drive on regular terrain as well as snow and ice.
Sounds just like what we may need for the SPYDER.
Comments anyone ??

I don't think you can increase this belt issue.

I did get hung up and so pissed off that i am now ordering

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...16SR5FWF&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes

I should have looked at the size differnce on this and instead of the 205 posted I should have went with the 215.

Throwing more money at this project, BRP you reading this? a check perhaps?

Large?

My name on it?

5-8 figures..?

you can't find this kind of R&D except for here.. on spyderlovers.com.

 

[Firefly]

Maybe these Snobootz would be a better alternative:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKYikfkhe6o

Max speed 30 mph?

Might as well walk.

 

[spyryder]

Max speed 30 mph?

Might as well walk.

:hun:
It was just a suggestion....beats being stuck right?

 

[Raptor]

Well this will get you through the bad weather.

Wow! This is one amazing vehicle. This will get ya where you need to go fer sure! I've never operated a vehicle of this type; I wonder how it drives...

Seth. sorry to hear that tire didn't work, man. That winterforce tire looks promising, though. Let's hope you have better luck with this one. ANd if the rear will fit, the 185/60r-14 will fit the front so you can run this tire all around.

 

[SethO]

Wow! This is one amazing vehicle. This will get ya where you need to go fer sure! I've never operated a vehicle of this type; I wonder how it drives...

Seth. sorry to hear that tire didn't work, man. That winterforce tire looks promising, though. Let's hope you have better luck with this one. ANd if the rear will fit, the 185/60r-14 will fit the front so you can run this tire all around.

ok, they should be here today and I will have to see if I can get it on by wednesday, I want to also try one with studs in it, firefly should be helping me out with that.

 

[Bob Denman]

Well this will get you through the bad weather.

I wonder if that's the 800 or 1000cc Vee-Twin in that Comander?

 

[SethO]

got the right tire on there and it works great, at LEAST 50% more grip. Just had a trip to work, did not trip the VSS. I will run it thru the paces this weekend, I think I should have time on sunday to make a winter riding video.

I will hopefully have time to get this one to firefly and try a studded one this year.

 

[Raptor]

got the right tire on there and it works great, at LEAST 50% more grip. Just had a trip to work, did not trip the VSS. I will run it thru the paces this weekend, I think I should have time on sunday to make a winter riding video.

I will hopefully have time to get this one to firefly and try a studded one this year.

That is FANTASTIC! :clap: I'm glad for you man. You have some grit to ride in that harsh environment. What were your thoughts on trying the 185/60R-14s for the fronts? I have "heard" that guys have put them on and didn't have to modify the fenders at all; others have said that they had to mod the fenders just a bit.

Given the extra meat those tires seem to have you may have to mod the fenders just a tad. But as it stands it's great to hear you have some grip out there! We are all learning from you bro...

 

[SethO]

That is FANTASTIC! :clap: I'm glad for you man. You have some grit to ride in that harsh environment. What were your thoughts on trying the 185/60R-14s for the fronts? I have "heard" that guys have put them on and didn't have to modify the fenders at all; others have said that they had to mod the fenders just a bit.

Given the extra meat those tires seem to have you may have to mod the fenders just a tad. But as it stands it's great to hear you have some grip out there! We are all learning from you bro...

my fenders have already been mod'ed but not by choice, use and deer hits have made them a little funky so the tires I could change,
just wondering if I would start to loose the very top end or really effect the "spirited" handling? if someone had i set I would try them. I will have to check into some of those.

 

[Raptor]

my fenders have already been mod'ed but not by choice, use and deer hits have made them a little funky so the tires I could change,
just wondering if I would start to loose the very top end or really effect the "spirited" handling? if someone had i set I would try them. I will have to check into some of those.

That is a good point. I guess I was obsessing on the grip aspect! I am certain the aggressive tread would in fact scrub some speed, though it's hard to say how much. I guess it's kind of a trade-off. Maybe the best thing would be to give the current setup a few cycles and if you are still down on grip you could consider it then.

 

[SethO]

well the tire works great!!! made a video but it was right at dark so the quality.

 

[BajaRon]

well the tire works great!!! made a video but it was right at dark so the quality.

Glad to hear you finally got this project working for you! As always, sounds like you went about it the hard way. But hey! Why change your style now!

Now that it works, it was probabaly worth the effort. And, you took the lumps for the rest of us too!

 

[SethO]

Glad to hear you finally got this project working for you! As always, sounds like you went about it the hard way. But hey! Why change your style now!

Now that it works, it was probabaly worth the effort. And, you took the lumps for the rest of us too!

I don't like to half ass things ron, and I do like to make sure I know the limits of what I test, which is about 110 on this tire, road being slippery and the speedo being off.

testing, always testing.

 

[Campverdefela]

well the tire works great!!! made a video but it was right at dark so the quality.

Being an ex Pittsburgher but living in AZ. I felt compelled to follow this thread. I'm glad you got it figured out. It might be in your best interest to buy a set for the fronts in the appropriate size and run all three in winter possibly with the fronts mounted on another set of rims just for winter. As you know many people in your neck of the woods do keep a winter set. I for one loved studded tires in the winter going where most people couldn't with standard snow tires. Congrats again....

 

[SethO]

Being an ex Pittsburgher but living in AZ. I felt compelled to follow this thread. I'm glad you got it figured out. It might be in your best interest to buy a set for the fronts in the appropriate size and run all three in winter possibly with the fronts mounted on another set of rims just for winter. As you know many people in your neck of the woods do keep a winter set. I for one loved studded tires in the winter going where most people couldn't with standard snow tires. Congrats again....

I am really kicking around getting a set of fronts in the r14 size, I will just cut off the fender edges, with the added grip of the back tire the spyder will now slide in the front where before the rear could not push hard enough.

this may be a funny question this far in but has anyone ran the winters in the front size listed in the posts above?

 

[biker1]

Thanks for all the effort in your investigations.
It looks like this is a very suitable alternative for the future, with over half of the year on wet roads and now these new artic conditions which are at week three, this type of tyre with maybe a few sandbags on the back will be the way forward. Currently walking as bike is no good on ice in its current format.

 

[Raptor]

I am really kicking around getting a set of fronts in the r14 size, I will just cut off the fender edges, with the added grip of the back tire the spyder will now slide in the front where before the rear could not push hard enough.

this may be a funny question this far in but has anyone ran the winters in the front size listed in the posts above?

I get the sense that you are trail-blazing here, man! :thumbup: But let's see; maybe someone has done it before...

 

[SethO]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ugGJ7BAc0[/ame]


here is the ride down the road, the ride up is even darker, I don't know why it did not upload in HD, I wonder if I did not see the upload in HD box they have now or something. enjoy.