Russian Church Onion Domes?
Read the sidewall. Of course, it may help if you actually had a set of Toyo 205/40 ZR 17s.
Why do people keep saying look on the tire?That is NOT the right pressure.Most bikes are 38 psi front and back and 40 psi in the rear if your carrying 2 people.But look in the owners manual to be sure.Some bikes it's listed on the swingarm.
Check this site: kupola.rb1.ru/ It is in Russian but you will one photo which explains everything. 1.First step is to make a metal construction inside of the dome. On the photo you will see a shape this construction. The same construction you can see on picture here: zlatosfera.ru/info/proektirovanie. (also in Russian but you need only picture) 2. Metal construction is covered with metal sheets (in old times they were made of copper. nowadays they use steel). These sheets can be flat or voluminous. In the second case you will receive domes like on St.Basil's Cathedral. Traditional proportions are the next: Diameter of base:height1:1,618 Diameter of base: diameter of widest area of dome1:1,382.
An onion dome (Russian: луковичная глава, lúkovichnaya glava) is a dome whose shape resembles the onion, after which they are named. Such domes are often larger in diameter than the drum upon which they are set, and their height usually exceeds their width. These bulbous structures taper smoothly to a point. It is the predominant form for church domes in Russia (Russian: луковичная глава, lúkovichnaya glava; mostly on Russian Orthodox churches) and Bavaria, Germany (German: Zwiebelturm ( onion tower), plural: Zwiebeltürme, mostly on catholic churches), but can also be found regularly across Austria, Eastern Europe, Mughal India, the Middle East and Central Asia. Other types of Orthodox cupolas are helmet domes (for example, those of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod and Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir), Ukrainian pear domes (Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev), and Baroque bud domes (St. Andrew's Church in Kiev).
Snow- a conventional dome has problems supporting the weight of the snow that falls in a typical Russian winter. So the onion dome was developed in the middle ages as they were more likely to stand with a few feet of snow on them.
