Best cheap tyres

The tyres on the VFR are a bit shagadelic (esp the back), and there's an MOT
in the offing. What are the cheapest tyres I can get that will fit?
Remoulds? Part-worn? They won't get leaned over much, and don't need to be
too grippy, as I'm inured to crashing and ride really slowly in the wet.

 

platypus says...

150 quid buys a pair of Avon AV45/46, which last forever and grip.

 

Mark Olson says...

The Maxxis Barracuda is about the best small bike tyre I have ever used,
but I don't hear such good reports about the radials. They don't grip as
well as 020s, and last only half as long. So for the same money I'd
rather have a known quantity like the Avons.

 

Well, not according to Bonners.

 

What are these Shinko things like?

 

Coo, lots of cheap stuff.

I've had a lot of tyres from Protyre, Gloucester branch more recently as I
was working up there.

It's got Diablos on atm. I was considering Diablo Stradas or Azaro IIIs.

 

Super.

 

platypus says...

I don't bother with them, false economy and all that. I know the Maxxis
will do nicely on small bikes and they're dirt cheap, so why spend a
couple of quid less to visit ditches every day.

Cheap and unheard of brands of tyres really aren't worth the bother
unless you have a 30mph scooter. As it is, you have a 100bhp 750 on
which your daughter sometimes rides pillion. Have some regard for her
safety if not your own, buy a proper pair of tyres and leave the
pikeyness to someone else.

 

Nor Sharples where I got mine. In a hurry I got them to change the tyres too
(ride in, ride out) 220 quid. Not cheap, but fucking convenient.


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OMF# 19

 

If the 46 is anything like the 50, it'll wiggle its arse like you
won't believe up to 30mph.

The Venom III's no better - the Wing waggled so much with that on, I
could see it do it as Christofire left he BH car park a while back.

They do seem to last though, and the 50 behaves itself much better now
its's squared off a bit.
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Choose two.

 

Eh?

 

What about Whoosh City, California?

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, platypus belched forth and ejected the following:

Great.

 

Try googling on "The rise and fall of Reginald Perrin".

A bit of 1970s TV from the UK; a middle aged executive going through a
breakdown of sorts. There were sympathetic cunts at work (Tony and
someone else) who said "Great" and "Super" when someone in authority
suggested anything. The image of a Hippo was the mental image that
Reginald got when his MIL was mentioned.

"I didn't get where I am today by..." was a line from his boss, CJ.

Happy now?

 

I had a Maxxis Barracuda on my old GT750 tourer, and the Z650 has a
Cheng Shin on the back. Both score highly in the performance/grip/cash
equation. In fact, I reckon the Cheng Shin is better than the old Avon
Roadrunners, Dunlop TT100s or Pirelli Phantoms that we would have
selected as the tyre of choice back in the 1970s.

*Cough*

 

THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:19:40 +0100,

Sigh... TT100's. I scraped ny first peg on them, I did. RD250B,
1976... orange it was.

<Weeps nostalgicly>

 

A brief look on ebay shows some Diablo Corsas for £139/pr:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-PIRELLI-D...ryZ21669QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I CBA to keep looking past the 1st result, but I'm sure there will be
some standard diablos there somewhere.

 

Well, I was thinking of going for Speedmasters, but they don't seem to do
them in the right size. What about these Tomahawk remoulds in the different
colours, they're quite cheap, aren't they? I might be able to get a pair in
red to match the bike, or a blue front and red rear to fool people into
thinking I'm travelling at c-fractional speeds. Would mis-matched tyre
colours be a problem for the MOT?