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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB350/400 => Topic started by: ianjones2003 on August 30, 2008, 09:14:00 PM
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Any suggestions out there for tyres for a 400f? I need two for the bike I've just bought. I was thinking of Dunlop K82. Any views/experience?
Regards
Ian
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Hi Ian, i use Dunlop tt100's on 1 of my 750's and Dunlop Gold Seals on my other 750, no problems in the dry or wet , got mine from www.vintagetyres.com they were offering free postage don't know if they still are, they should be ok for your 400, cheers Mick.
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Hi Mick
I run TT100s on my Velocette Venom and am very happy with them. I would have gone for them on the 400 but they don't seem to make them in the right sizes. The K82s are the closest I could see.
Regards
Ian
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I'm using Avon Roadrunners on my CB550.
I replaced the rear last year and it cost me
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Roadrunners on both of my 500/4s too. They have modern (-ish) compound with an evocative 70's look and name.
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I'd thought about Roadrunners but there is now a very limited range - see Avon website
http://www.avon-tyres.co.uk/motorcycle/?page=tyres&method=showspecs&id=9
It looks like they have been replaced by Roadriders which seem to have a good reputation but they don't look so "seventies". This is less important to me than grip. I guess any tyre made from modern rubber will be better than anything we had in the seventies.
http://www.avon-tyres.co.uk/motorcycle/?page=tyres&method=showspecs&id=6
I need to decide between Roadriders and the K82s before tomorrow so any more views are welcome. Price is more or less similar - maybe
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A 4.10X18 TT100 is the equivalent of a 3.50X18 K82 I have the 4.10 TT100 on the rear on my 400.
Dave
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Dave
What have you got on the front?
Ian
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Ian, I have a 3.00X18 K82 on the front it looks the same trad as the TT100 rear it sticks well and it
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Thanks for the suggestions and ideas. I've ordered K82s this morning.
Regards
Ian
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Let us know how you get on with them.
Are you fitting them yourself? (memories of the days when we weilded 12" tyre levers etc)
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I'll do that. I always fit my own tyres. Patience and soap help. I must admit that I don't repair tubes any more. Age and wisdom (and enough money) says that a puncture means a new tube. I remember in the (late) sixties and seventies repairing tubes time after time. I think we are more conscious of how fine the line is between life and death as we get older. The 400 hasn't run since 2002 according to the person I bought it off so it's getting new tubes and rim tapes as well as tyres.
Regards
Ian
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Pledge furniture polish, works well and shines the rims up.