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s7paul:
Avon SM's were OK for commuter bikes but I'd never put them on a bigger bike.  The profile of the rear looks too square to me (so when you lean over you're riding on the corner).  I always used Roadrunners on my first 500 back in the late 70s.  My current 500 wears Bridgestone BT-45's, and I've been very happy with them.

ka-ja:
Hi,
     Avon SM's and the ribbed speedmaster front tyres were as good as it got if you go far enough back as the choice of tyres were very limited, they worked well in the 60's when quite a few bikes were capable of 100mph, although I must admit that my 400/4 weighs a good amount more than an average 1960's 650cc, maybe that doesn't help with tyres.
   

matthewmosse:
I ran my 550 and bmw r80rt tourer on avon ribbed front and sm mk2 rear after getting a few 'nos' tyres cheap via a mate about 5 years ago. Handling was really good, like on rails on the bmw and pretty good on the cb550k3. I reacon the bmw is a heavy bike by most peoples standards, especially in rt speck with full luggage and 2 up.  Going solo but with the luggage full I even did Breacon road (cardiff to Machynlleth) in the snow. Even with little tread on the center of the rear and a few inches of slush across the entire road that bike held the roads like glue. I rate those tyres very highly though I found tyre life inproved if the tyres were stored a while rather than fitted streight from the tyre depot after ordering.

deltarider:

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