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  1. The main improvement in using bottled gas is dryness. Race teams can buy air dryers from stock car retailers. Like a dehumidifier with a built-in compressor. Less humidity equals less expansion with increase in temperature. Stock car teams also use tire valve caps that can be preset to bleed off excess pressure. The caps must be removed and cleaned after each race, so its not much good on the street. My 2004 Triumph Daytona came with Pirelli Corsas. They felt mushy at 30psi cold (street), but grip felt much more predictable at max lean angle at 40psi cold (street), which was still below max pressure marked on the tire. I don't know if these Pirelli have a certain "pointy" profile that requires more pressure to work, or if more pressure just makes all tires more pointy and thus more grippy at max angle. I did not take any tire temps or hot pressures. Maybe more pressure just added a needed "spring" rate to a too-soft suspension? I've been riding 35 years and I'm still learning that I can't ride worth #$%&. At least I got on Speed TV this weekend, as a "wanker". >>>"That's it for this week. Thanks for watching Corbin's Ride On... you wankers!" ?Brian Jackson, host of Corbin's Ride On, Tapaco Lodge, Deals Gap, NC, Triumph Dragon RatRaid, September 25, 2004 http://www.rideontv.com/episodeinfo.html http://DealsGapDragon.com
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