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Old 05-29-2006, 08:45 PM
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Are they?
Something like this...
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yes, they can be
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had a wood wheel on my Triumph TR6. It was fine...but it wasn't as smooth and shiney as the one pictured.
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They can me? What that mean? If i take some water, rub it on my hand, it will be slippery?

Oh, and i guess they get scratch and dirty easy?
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They can me? What that mean? If i take some water, rub it on my hand, it will be slippery?

Oh, and i guess they get scratch and dirty easy?
well have you ever handled a piece of highly polished wood in sweaty hands? Its slippery.
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Yeah it can be. My friend has a polished wooden Nardi in his rolla and it slips pretty badly.
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Take the polish off. Splinters help grip.
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The natural moisture of my sweaty palms as I hold
the wheel in the grip of death after I have outbraked
the motorcycles into the turn, passed the Corvettes
on the outside, and accelerated out of the turn,
serve to prevent slippage on a polished Nardi wooden wheel.-Bob

If you want grip, get the plain slip-on fake leather
cover with the notches all the way around the outside.
It seems to give you more leverage, too. -Bob
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I have a Nardi Classico wheel in my 97 and it grips better than the leather MOMO in my 96, sweaty or no. I was surprised.
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i dont think it will slip that bad...if at all...



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