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Subject:Re: Disappointed with Yokohama Y370 Tires
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 9 Sep 1999 02:04:19 -0400

At 16:47 9/8/99 , you wrote:
>FWIW, the custom syncro Bilsteins totally eliminate
>cross-wind buffeting even with the 195 width tires.
>Perhaps the bilsteins for the 2wd do the same?
>steve

Nope.  So happens I had 205-75R14 Goodyear Wranglers on (passenger-car
tire, really) and a wicked wind-steer.  But new Bilstein all around, it
helped a bit.  Put on 205-70 MXT, it acts like it's planted in the ground
(well, no.  But it's really very stable, and leans *much* less in corners
-- my wife no longer holds on for dear life).

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"