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Motorcycle tire changers mainly provide a simple bead loosening system and rim clamps powered manually. Certain motorcycle tire changers can accommodate wheel diameters as small as 10 inches (250 mm) and wheels at least 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (38 mm) wide. [4] In addition, small atv wheels and tires are used on motorcycle tire changers.
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In 2022, American Tire Distributors sold their Canadian operations (National Tire Distributors) to Groupe Touchette. [15] In October 2024, ATD filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time, listing assets and liabilities between $1 billion and $10 billion. The company plans to sell itself to new owners in efforts to eliminate debt.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey S. Firestone (1868–1938) in 1900 initially to supply solid rubber side-wire tires [2] for fire apparatus, [3] and later, pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era.
The combined company acquired additional tire brands: Savannah Tire, Trax Tires, Upton Tire, Epperly Tire, among others. [10] In June 2017, Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers, which had become the 10th-largest fast lube chain in the United States, [11] was acquired by San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital. [12]
To take a common example, 195/55R16 would mean that the nominal width of the tire is approximately 195 mm at the widest point, the height of the side-wall of the tire is 55% of the width (107 mm in this example) and that the tire fits 16-inch-diameter (410 mm) rims. The code gives a direct calculation of the theoretical diameter of the tire.
This was an IFR departure, with instructions to report 2,000 feet (610 m) on top of overcast. The Los Angeles weather at the time was 1,200 feet (370 m) overcast, 4 miles (6.4 km) visibility, in haze and smoke.
Billy Boat siping a sprint car tire. Fine slits are cut into the tire with a narrow blade, not near the size of a groove. [8] Racing tires are siped to increase speed. [8] The increased traction allows better contact to the racing surface for increased braking, acceleration, and turning. [8]