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If you're measuring sidewall height like you currently are, then the diameter would be consistent. Otherwise, that'd imply the sidewall height would vary. But anyway, the 70/90 is harsher but it's mostly due to it being a very stiff tubeless tire. It rides great overall though. You are right about 70/90 being less protective against the rim though How common are bent rims on suspension wheels for regular street use? Because I feel like even with the 70/90 at 30psi, the suspension would make rim bending extremely rare especially on the street. I've hit a median curb accidentally at around 15mph, 30psi on my patton at night because I couldn't see it, and i went over it perfectly with no bent rim. Personally I haven't had any possible rim bend scenarios during 5k miles of street

Okay I measured it and 70/90 is ~50mm sidewall, 18x3 cst 1488 is ~64.5mm. Diameter though is a very little difference where it's 19in for 70/90-14 and I remeasured 19.5 in for cst 1488. It was difficult to measure as the tire profile was curved lol. 19.5" diameter measurement makes much more sense because I did hear online somewhere that 18x3 or 16x3 is effectively 100% aspect ratio, but I initially mismeasured the 1488 tire so I thought it was wrong at first. so basically, 18x3 would really be 70/100. Diameter of that is 19.5" or so. All-in-all, it is indeed smaller so you are correct with that. Though 70/90 is still closer than 80/90 is. 70/90 is 2.6% shorter than 18x3 (70/100). But 80/90 is 1% taller and 9.7% wider, so the delta of 10.7% is a much bigger difference than 70/90's 2.6%. Either is fine really, but 70/90 would be a better alternative if clearances are pretty tight (Caliper looks off, but the camera can't capture it accurately because the tire is curved)

Alright so width is 72mm. And diameter is the same 19 inches

Okay just got my 70/90-14 pilot street 2. It indeed is 19 inch, so it's an exact replacement to 18x3 as I suspected! @Funky

Yeah. I just checked the post (should've done so earlier). The post mentioned that it's closer to 18x2.5, but that's inaccurate. "18x2.5" tends to measure by largest width. Both my CST 1488 and zx 1685 (16x3) measure exactly 2.75" without tread, but much closer to 3" measuring with the tread. So even based on that post's measurements, 70/90 is indeed equivalent to 18x3. Not sure of diameter, but it would also be the same but I will check on that later today. Here's a cool reference about 18x3 tires from this forum, but the main takeaway is 18x3 tires can be as narrow as 2.6" (apparently) and that it's measured by largest width. 70/90 is much less common so im sure that's why 80/90 is recommended more. Some wheels aren't that great with 80/90, which makes sense because it's much wider than 18x3. The lynx for example has little tire clearance with 80/90, which is why 70/90 would fit best because it's designed more for 18x3 tires

I still don't understand. The total outer diameter of 70/90-14 is 19", no matter the sidewall depth difference. Plus the rim lip height i believe would vary between wheels, so measuring from that would be inaccurate no? I'm talking in totality of the outer diameter, which should be a more accurate I measured 18x3" CST 1488 to be exactly 19". And it's exactly 2.75" (70mm) wide. Am I missing something? That's exactly 70/90, no matter the measured height starting from the top of the rim. 80/90 would be 19.7" diameter and 3.14" (80mm) wide, which is a bigger difference. Plus the diameter would be even larger as the width is bigger. Ideally he should've measured the entire diameter rather than sidewall height. I will report later today if 70/90-14 is smaller or the same. I'm getting a 70/90 pilot street for my Lynx and will compare it to my V11's cst 1488. But I'm very confident its the same dimensions as those tire size numbers are accurate for a reason. We'll see if im wrong though lol

Don't be rude about it man. I did read it; you didn't specifically say not counting the hidden part. But even so, imo i wouldn't say it's too small unless you think 18x3 is also already small for you. 70/90 is the closest size to 18x3 compared to 80/90. 80/90 is a bigger difference to 18x3 than 70/90

Just to note, but these heights are wrong. Check here: https://tiresize.com/comparison/ 70/90 is 64mm in sidewall height, 483mm total diameter. The other tire size numbers are also wrong. Plus, calculating manually would be 70 * .90 == 63mm I measured by 18x3 CST 1488 tire, and it's exactly 19 inches in diameter, which is around 483mm total diameter. It wouldn't be too small but actually the exact measurement of 18x3

Shouldn't 18x3 actually be closer to 70/90-14? I have measured my 16x3 h666 and cst 1488 18x3 and they were closer to 70mm than 80

I'm able to flex my patton's motor. I'd say it's either they aren't flexing it hard enough, or there is a build tolerance difference between people's fastace suspensions

I'm pretty sure the flex comes from the suspension stanchions. The motor is connected directly to the end of them and they are a moving part, plus it's long, so moving the motor left and right would naturally bend the stanchions. nothing would help with the flex.

I'd definitely double check if the controller board doesn't have any water ingression. The green stuff came from electrolysis from water contact. I think only older batches doesn't have silicone sealant to prevent water from going through the charge ports into the controller, not sure which batch though.

You're scapegoating illegal immigrants and overstating the negatives. This problem is more complex than you think. Yes, you don't know what you're talking about.

If you genuinely think a large part of the problem of wealth inequality comes from a large part of illegal immigration, or even think illegal immigration is a huge problem, you're retarded and dont know what youre talking about. Especially if you think we are forced to listen to spanish because there's an option to choose Spanish on the phone lmaoo

Bro this isn't the forum to talk your bullshit lmao. No one cares. No one is reading your essay