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Originally Posted by 79pmooney
I wish they were bigger (or this was 30 years ago). Rims are a lot harder to find so I cherish the larger tires that do a better job of insulating them from pothole edges, etc. They'd look great on my freshly painted Mooney. (Also, 30 years ago, dent pullers were SOP at bike shops. I had one I made. Pre GP4 and the like, pulling out dents was no big deal. GP4 on, much better aluminum alloy but much less amenable to being bent twice.)
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