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Would you use a 10 year old tyre??
MrDavo:
--- Quote from: Trigger on May 20, 2021, 12:50:06 PM --- I would always give warning that they would cook and boil there heads, before passing out and having a accident ::)
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The Mrs and I went to visit Pompeii, on a Triumph Daytona 1000, I stupidly wore a matt black helmet, and soon found out why the Italians didn't. Knackered after a night camped on top of a nest of bitey ants, on the Autostrada going back up to Rome, I nodded off at around 100mph, and woke up in another lane. :o The shock of that kept me awake to the next services, where I had several espressos!
matthewmosse:
With Avon sm mk2 tyres I used to search out 10 year old part worms, reason being buy new and they were out twice as fast, plus it was far more fun in the wet if I could slide the back end a bit, use them on both my solo BMW80rt and my 500/4 sidecar. Enormous fun. My cb550 riding mate liked to take the piss out of the BMW being ugly, til I gave him a lift on it for 10 miles, me giving it a bit of abuse he realised why I kind of liked it, it could lean right over in corners or roundabouts and my cornering technique of dropping 2 gears in to a hairpin and skidding the back end left skidmarks that wern't on the tarmack😂🤣
Probably not sensible but it was fun and even in snow it gripped better than my cb250 with Pirelli city deamon rears or my ca125 rebel, which both always had new tyres. Only time I came off and did dammage was on that cb250 nighthawk. My gs125 came with original 1982 brigedstone tyres and front drum brake. That wasn't fun, was really glad to fit a newer bikes disk brake front end on that one! The front tyre was the stuff of nightmares too. Still have the wheel and tyre somewhere I think, the bikes one of the few I sold for more than I paid for it.
Green1:
I have had far to many close calls with the 08 rear tyre on my Aprilia Pegaso so I dicided to buy a new one in December.
It arrived a few weeks ago so fitted it last weekend.
Glad I did as it transformed the bike it now goes were I point it and stops when asked. I didn't realize just how bad it had got until I swaped it.
I'v only just started to use the bikes again since my collision and have been using it for the last three days straight on a 130 mile commute in the rain. Today less then 1/2 mile from home the bike spat the front sprocket off and locked the rear wheel. :o :o
Moorey:
I have original Pirelli Phantoms on the bottom of my clogs and they seem just fine, just not very good on grass. ;)
Aaaagh just had a look and they are AVON Road runners, ::)
Yes I do use tyres older than 10 years old.
Spitfire:
After a recent topic on here about tyres I am seriously considering changing the TT100's on my 750F1, they were fitted when I rebuilt the bike in 2007 and with the amount of miles I do they will probably last another ten years but they will probably be as hard as a rock by then.
So I am looking at the Continentals that were recommended on here.
Cheers
Dennis
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