He is not worthy

[PFFOG]

Brad, can you use your powers as a Super-Duper purveyor of letters from the Moto-Magazine word factory, get this guys press pass pulled???

This picture is from a Major Moto rag, and belongs, I believe, to one of the regular columnists. Check out the rear Metzeler Z6, I have seem choppers with 10' forks with tires less squared off than this!!!

[roger albert]

Square AND a Metzeler. If his pressure is low too, that'd be 3 strikes.

[bradzdotcom]

i wonder how long of a burnout you have to do to get it that flat.
that guy's portfolio has lots of other similar post burnout shots of flat-topped tires.
obviously been watching "super bikes" too much and doesn't know that those guys go through a free tire per stunt show.

could you imagine taking a test bike back like that? you might not get out alive.

[Yellow12]

Originally Posted by roger albert

Square AND a Metzeler. If his pressure is low too, that'd be 3 strikes.

HEY!, What's wrong with Metzeler! (Don't mention the crappy balance from the factory )

That thing pictured looks like the kind of tyre you'd see on a forklift....

Ant

[Yellow12]

[bingo]

Something doesn't look right to me in the photo. Are you guys sure that's the tire from the motorcycle? Not defending anyone by the way...

[MaineRoads]

If you think the tire looks bad, you should read the crap he writes.

[roger albert]

Lol

[varmint]

sort of looks like a second tire leaning against the rear wheel. the angle is odd.

nothing else makes sense to me.

[SeabeckS]

That tire shot looks almost exactly like the shape of the Metzler on the back of the '04 S I bought from a fella in Louisville Kentucky last April. He sold me the S for a decent price because he couldn't afford two bikes any more...can you guess what the other bike in his garage was??? I think it Hardly Ever Runs.

And yes, both tires were underinflated at the time of delivery...25 front, 28 rear, no wonder I had to replace the back tire on the way home to Washington State....

Cheers! BJ

[markjenn]

There is something funny going on. A tire doesn't have enough meat in the center to square off to the angle you can see in the picture.

- Mark

[gigantic]

what magazine are you talking about?

[motoyoyo]

The current issue of Motorcyclist, Feb 2009.

Kind of surprised the sticker on the tail of that R1200S made it to print too.

[gigantic]

I need to take another look at that issue, then. a couple good friends of mine are in that issue- the "ThunderDuc" is owned by my good friend Chris Gorel- I've had the pleasure of watching him build that bike over the past couple years. the pictures don't do it justice; for a race bike, it's seriously tight. My friend Johnny LaConte was featured in the Shadow Video Productions piece- I've known those guys for a number of years and have actually work for Shadow Video out here for a couple seasons.

[cyotee01]

Originally Posted by varmint

sort of looks like a second tire leaning against the rear wheel. the angle is odd.

nothing else makes sense to me.

Absolutely....

[gigantic]

I just got home and parsed through the magazine and found the picture, whereupon I realized why I'd passed it over previously. Jack Lewis. His writing makes my head hurt; I feel dizzy and sick just thinking about it. I'd call JL a hack, but that would be an insult to guys who don't write very well. His lame attempts at copying the style of Hunter S Thompson are beyond terrible. How is it that this guy has a job in journalism?

[MaineRoads]

Originally Posted by MaineRoads

you should read the crap he writes.

Well said Gigantic, my thoughts exactly!

[roger albert]

The bar is pretty low for moto-journalism. Few know how to write, and few know what they're writing about to begin with, at list vis-a-vis the tech articles. Precious few are good at both.
HST is pretty overrated in the first place. Someone derivative of him deserves a special place in writer hell.

[gigantic]

Originally Posted by roger albert

The bar is pretty low for moto-journalism. Few know how to write, and few know what they're writing about to begin with, at list vis-a-vis the tech articles. Precious few are good at both.
HST is pretty overrated in the first place. Someone derivative of him deserves a special place in writer hell.

I thought that the bar was set pretty low at the magazine I write for! I'm just good enough as a writer to know that I'm not very good, but Jack Lewis' scribbling make me look pultzer-worthy. There may be hope for me yet... I'd been reluctant to write for a major magazine because I couldn't afford the lousy pay, but with the economy being what it is, lousy pay is better than what I'm making now. I think I'll start polishing up the resume...

[JonyRR]

Hey Lance;
Just think, you could be the 21st century incarnation of Jeff Karr