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new tyres !! again !!

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hairygit:
Nah, when Honda made it's finest incarnation of the SOHC750, the F1, mid 70's onwards, at least when I went to school we had to watch out for such gems on the roads when crossing, you had to beware of T Rex's and stegosaurus!>:D

Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP):
Yeah Trig wooden spokes and jokahama tyres I recall.Lasted ok but crap in frost ice snow Rain etc
Cheers
Bitsa

Bryanj:
If you are going back that far can you remember Dunlop ribbed regrade quality---Had one on a T110 years ago

florence:
I find my Avon Speedmasters grip well on country roads and last for ages.  That square section looks all wrong but in reality can be pushed extremely hard.

matthewmosse:
My Suzuki gs125 had the original ribbed tyres (cannot remember - were they bridgestones? ) back in my early bke riding days. it had spent 18 years sat in a shed and the tyres still had some life in them so I ran them til they were dead. Pretty horrid doesn't begin to descibe the ride, especially with drum brakes front and rear, yet I thrashed that little bike to Hereford and back for most of a year, and used to reguarly touch the pegs down outside collage. I treated myself to some Pirrellis once my funds recovered enough from buying the bike - my first bike had given the wallett a pretty bad wallet bruising with it's piston holing habbit.
I like Avon speedmasters on a cb500, never been one to give a hoot about looks but milage and grip were both good and they 'felt right' I found some bike / tyre combos really feel bad on white lines - think some bridgestones on my bmw used to make it feel like it was flexing or climbing in and out of deep ruts att the time, it got better if they were pumped up ass high as allowable but new tyres inproved matters greatly. Conti tours used to both handle and last well, but the made the compound softer and my dad wore a rear tyre out in 3k miles last time he fitted a set and the front wasn't far behind , he contacted themand they said customer demand was for softer tyres. it put him off using the bike as the tyres aint cheap. His bmw has been gathering dust since.

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