Why are the U.S. and China trading blows about something as mundane as car tyres at a time when the world is trying to avoid slipping back into trade protectionism? It's not purely about the $1 billion worth of tyres China sells to the U.S. every year. It... ...full story at Countdown to Beijing
from Countdown to Beijing on Tue, Sep 15 2009
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250cc Chinese quad doing donuts »
YouTube video Current tyre's are 18-9.5-8, but you might notice in the video that the tyres are changed to different sizes at times. I really dont need any more crap comments posted about china quads being bad, from my experience my own quad is really reliable, takes... |
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