OLd bike new tyres?

[garyboy]

``Avon Safety Mileage`` .. I see you remembered the tyre name, Steve
.. just remembered from the mist .. TT100s .. I had a pair once .. must have been the seventies? no idea what bike? .. anyway .. they were pointed at the apex and sloped at the sides .. like riding on a `V`
I did not like them, at least till they wore in a lot. as they were very twitchy and over responsive and when u leaned over.. gawd .. they really went over.
I had 250's in those days so perhaps that was the problem? .. my mate had a triton with British tyres .. wot a difference .. much better/stable. He used to fly through areas I used to wobble on.

[92kk k100lt 193214]

Back in the seventies we had what was regarded as THE tyre to have: TT100. It was called that for a reason. Lapping the TT at 100 miles an hour.

Nowadays the lap speed is 132 miles an hour. Yes bikes got faster, technology kicked in, but tyres do their bit too, a 32% improvement.

I guess compounds and carcase have advanced hugely.

100 mph, 132mph, if your tyres aren't gripping you are going no where. Rubber compounds have improved hugely since the Square treaded Avon Safety Milage, made in original sixties rubber ( still available , but in modern rubber) or any of the early Bridgestone stuff. You know the hard plastic electric plugs are made of ..... imagine tyres pretty much like that. When a BSA bantam did 55 , and a Bonnie made 43 bhp it wasn't too bad, you wouldn't get to end of the road on a modern bike with old tyres.

You mean Bakelite, that was pretty much what I reckoned Bridgestone tyres were made of back in the day ...

Meanwhile the TT100 was the dog's b******s but that last one I bought - back in 1979 - set me back about £80, so no moaning about the price of TKC's please ...

Regs

Simon

I agree on the tyre prices, this post reminded me of paying I think £150 for a pair of Avon Roadrunners before going on 2 weeks holiday in Ireland on what is now the Wild Atlantic Way. I live at one end of it. Came back needing a new rear tyre. Ouch.

I think we need to bring back the Yokohama and the absolutely brilliant Dunlop K70 Gold Seal. Unbeatable. Great for year round riding. But I wonder how they would work with ABS?

[Simon_100]

I agree on the tyre prices, this post reminded me of paying I think £150 for a pair of Avon Roadrunners before going on 2 weeks holiday in Ireland on what is now the Wild Atlantic Way. I live at one end of it. Came back needing a new rear tyre. Ouch.

I think we need to bring back the Yokohama and the absolutely brilliant Dunlop K70 Gold Seal. Unbeatable. Great for year round riding. But I wonder how they would work with ABS?

I think my idea combination was Avon Speedmaster front and that Dunlop rear - I now learn that the Avon is still around, albeit with modern rubber - praise the Lord!

Note to self - get off your backside and find a classic bike!

Regs

Simon