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hairygit:
Yes, Maxxis tyres are very good on my good lady's 650 shitehawk sorry nighthawk, good feel and grip in all weather, and resonably good mileage, and very reasonable prices. If Avon stopped making the roadrider tyres, Maxxis would also be my choice for my 750F1 as well
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Chris400F:
Recommended Roadrider sizes (from the Avon website) are 90/90-18 (51V) front and 100/90-18 (56V) rear, which is what I have on my 400.
I think the looks of these are not dissimilar to the TT100s and Avon Roadrunners that many people fitted back in the 70s in place of the original Jap rubber.
Also be aware that some manufacturers recommend different tyre pressures from the original tyres.
Pressures according to Honda are 26 psi front and 28 psi rear; Avon recommend 26 psi front and 30psi rear.
Bullit:
Just wondering how are the modern tyres with tubes fitted in them?
If I put tubes in my minibike tubeless tyres they take on a funny shape
beemsquar:
I would like to know this too bullit as I think I'm going to try and fit the tyres myself to save money.
This might be a stupid question, but how would you work out the tube size? To the rim or the tire?
if I have an imperial front rim and a metric front tyre for example?
What did you do Chris?
Good to know Maxxis are good hairy, might be a simpler option if the above turn out to be too difficult to get.
Chris400F:
I got my tyres and tubes from Tyre Tec (http://www.tyretectrading.co.uk/).
At the time they seemed the best deal when buying the tyres and tubes together as there was a single delivery charge.
Tubes come in a limited number of sizes. Mine are by Continental, as that was what Tyre Tec sell (they also do 'budget' ones).
Front is size D18, which is suitable for the following 18inch rim tyres: 3.00-18, 3.25-18, 3.60-18, 80/90-18, 90/90-18 and 90/80-18.
Rear is size E18, which is suitable for the following 18inch rim tyres: 3.25-18, 3.50-18, 3.75-18. 4.10-18, 100/90-18, 110/90-18, 100/80-18, 110/80-18.
I haven't noticed anything strange about the shape with tubes in the 'tubeless' tyres.
What I should probably have done (learning from mistakes here) was to replace the rim tapes too, so I am going to have a go at doing that.
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