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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB500/550 => Topic started by: Nurse Julie on July 10, 2016, 10:22:56 PM
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Hi all
Does anyone know what tyres were fitted as Standard from new on the above model?
Ta xx
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I know what your looking at and I was woundering the same thing ;)
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What are you looking at then Mick?. If its the same thing I'm looking at, I'm a lot closer to it than you are 😁😁😁
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Would the thing your looking at happen to have Dunlop Roadmasters by any chance
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I don't know, I can't see the bloody writing, that's why I'm asking what they should be 😃😃😃
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Ahaaa, I have just seen the make now. Is that what was on as original? Xx
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Your right it is closer to you then me and my dads fairly sure they had them.
Don't worry your safe James took my hard earned cash. ;)
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Good, you have too many anyway !!! :-* :-* :-*
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Said the person with bikes coming out of there ears. ;D
I know how to read the date on tyres but I'm not going to share it with you now. :P
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Yes, bikes all over the place here. Please tell me the date, I promise I won't call you a shrimp again for a while if you do
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Can't tell you on those ones the pics to blury
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Ok Shrimp. I will let you know when I see the bike in the flesh.
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Do you want to know how?
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Yes please
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Trade secret so everyone keep it under your hats ;)
Look for a 4 digit code close to were its stamped DOT
The code shows the week and year so 1509 will be the 15th week 2009
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I see, makes sense
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Does it say 3.60 H19 ? Is that an old tyre size as it seems a bit meaty
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That does seem to say that if so looks over sized
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Yes, that's what I thought. They should be 3.25 front. Hopefully get round to seeing it soon, if no one pushes the buy now button beforehand. Anyway, it's only a bike, plenty more out there to be bought. Thanks for your help Shrimp, sorry, Mick xx
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Rear tyre is 4.10 18 so that looks over sized as well unless Honda did use those sizes that year. ???
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Just been told by my brother who is a tyre fitter by trade pre 2000 tyres often have a 3 digit code so 184 will be 18th week 1994
but now I'm wondering what the code would be for 1978 if they even have a code
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Yes, I see what your saying. I'm not really worried that it's got a non standard size fitted. As long as they are black, round and stick to the tarmac, I'm a happy bunny.
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Youve done it now I need to know if tyres from the 70's had a code?
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;D ;D ;D ;D Don't loose any sleep over it. Let me know when you find out
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To late my eyes sting like crazy but I need to know.
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Does it say 3.60 H19 ? Is that an old tyre size as it seems a bit meaty
I have no idea what Julie and Mr Green are looking at!
Back in the late 70's when I were a lad people removed the original fit Jap crap rubber and replaced it with TT100's or Avon Roadrunners.
If I remember right then 3.60 H 19 would have replaced an original 3.00 x 19 and similarly a 4.10 H 18 would have replaced a 3.50 x 18.
Can't remember why the sizing was different, something to do with the profile I think.
Oh, found this about dating on older tyres (from a US site, hence the spelling of 'tires').
"Tires manufactured during the 1980s had a three-digit code for the date, with the first two digits indicating the week, and the last digit indicating the year (355 would mean the 35th week of 1985) and tires manufactured in the 1990s had a three-digit date code but with a little triangle (Δ) after the code".
Haven't seen anything about tyres from the 70's, not that you would want to be using them anyway!
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I was looking at a bike on Fleabay Tom and the tyres looked a bit chunkier than they should be. I didn't know what would have been on as standard. I have now been to see the bike and they are indeed oversized.
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Thanks for the explanation Mick, I thought they were 506 years old.
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Thanks for the explanation Mick, I thought they were 506 years old.
Being in Wales yours probably are ;D
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Meaning...what exactly?
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No comment I'm not going to dig myself into a hole.
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It wouldn't have to be a very deep hole either
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Haha don't you start.
I let you know I'm almost average
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In Japan
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Thats Ok with me the university I'm working on is swarming with Japs so I feel like a big man ;D