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09-12-2008, 01:52 PM | #1 |
New tires for my GY-5
Finally have the pics of the new tires on my GY-5, Avon Roadrider 90/90/21 front 120/80/18 rear.
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09-12-2008, 02:35 PM | #2 |
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Wow those look good!! Amazingly similar to the Barracudas that I have on mine. I do have a 120/90-18 on the rear however.
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09-12-2008, 03:07 PM | #3 |
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Here in the UK I can only find V rated Roadriders (AM26), at a V rated price of approx $250 for a pair. A little posh for a Chinese trail bike? Using Conti Escapes myself at $140 a pair.
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09-12-2008, 03:42 PM | #4 |
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Those tires are awesome!
I'd be really interested to know how they have affected the ride and the handling compared to the stock knobby tires. |
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09-12-2008, 04:06 PM | #5 |
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Im with everyone, those tires make the bike look so good. The look great. Im defently getting some of those this weekend!
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09-12-2008, 05:12 PM | #6 |
They make it ride a world better, It's cloudy and trying to rain off and on today (of course). But was able to ride for aprox. 30 min. It felt like a different bike. I really wish I could have went wider on the front, but wasn't possible with the rim. And these are the V-rated tires by the way, $227 after tax for the pair, they put em on for free though.
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09-12-2008, 06:38 PM | #7 |
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They look really nice, I'm planning on getting some street tires, but I'm a little cheap I guess, I'm looking at the cst barracudas... Fatboy, could you maybe make a thread with some pictures of your tires?
Edit, Never mind, I found the pictures in your gallery.... What is your opinion on the barracudas, how did they affect your ride, how do you like them. The more I look at the Avon tires on your bike the more I'm leaning towards them...
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09-15-2008, 08:28 AM | #8 | |
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handling +1 rain +1 tire mileage +1 slight top speed increase +1 looks +1 cost per tire change ($120/~12,000) +1 trail/mud riding -1 Jason
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09-15-2008, 11:30 PM | #9 |
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Thanks for the input Jason
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I got them from my local motorcycle shop that is a Qlink dealer, they ordered them from Tucker/Rocky. You are better off ordering them from these people http://www.americanmototire.com/cata...cPath=33_61_75 I paid more, but they put them on for free.
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09-21-2008, 11:15 PM | #12 |
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Ahh sounds good, yeah I just ordered a pair from them, actually just before I got the link from you... I hope they come though, because I ordered a set of barracudas from them, which were listed in stock on their site only to get my money refunded since they were out of stock... Oh well, I think these ones should work good...
I checked at a local shop, I would have paid the same price for the front tire alone as I just did for both tires...
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09-22-2008, 12:11 AM | #13 |
Yea, the shop qouted me that tucker/rocky catalog price, $105 for the front and $121 for the back, but then said they would do it for $227 after tax and put them on. I still probably should have just ordered them and put them on myself, since the rear axle nut was locked up and I ended up cutting it off with a die grinder in thier shop because I didn't trust them to do it.
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09-22-2008, 12:52 AM | #14 |
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I think I was looking at over $140 per tire locally... I don't know if they would have mounted them though...
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09-22-2008, 09:51 AM | #15 |
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Just curious, but the tread on the front tire is running opposite the back tire.
Is the front tire on backwards?
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