a little helpful tip

[BFORTNER]

i purchased a used set of wheels and tires off of ebay, great price and when i received them they had about half there life left
but when i finished the mock up of my stool and took er out for a "spin" (this is an intended pun as you will see) every thing was bitchen until i went to test out the brakes, well it slowed down just fine until i really got on the lever and locked it up, holy lord i almost went on my head, the a$$ end jerked violently to the right:eek2: and ended up 90 degrees to my original direction, i regained my composure and gave it some gas and thought to my self "ok i must have hit some oil or something" so a little ways down the street i decided to test out the brakes again, DOHHHagain this time a complete 180 and then up on 2 wheels with a foot slap to the ground:dizzy: , i admit to a bystander it probably looked hilarious but for me it was a sore foot and a damaged ego. come to find out the 2 rear tires are different compounds:eek2: :rofl: ?!?!?!?!

so when you buy some used tires make sure they are the same compound.

just a little helpful tip from your buddy Brett

[Snakester]

Hey Brett, I bought 14 used tires some years back ...I thought at a great price...Boy was I wrong...I think that I used 6 of them...Gave the rest away...The best thing anyone can do on these Bar Stool Racers is spend the money and get new tires...All that match...When sitting 3' in the air you need to take every possible precaution!!!:lush: :lush: :lush:

[moto1fast]

I agree with snakester! I was going to try and save a little cash by buying used tires for my dual wheel BSR. I got to thinking several things before I bought them. # 1 being used will they all be worn the same amount? Probably not! If one side is worn more than the other what will happen? Yep, pull to one side! # 2 your problem.Same Compound and you know now what that will cause. LOL:laughing: # 3 A lot of people do not think about this one! Did they all run the same tire pressure from the very start? Again probably not due to kart racers running different pressures on the left and right side and front and rear. Take 2 new tires and inflate one to 40lbs and the other to 50lbs. Know are they the same dia. NO! If you run these tires for just a little while and put the same pressure in them thay will NOT be the same Size any more!! I decided to buy new and would suggest that to everyone!:thumb: