Subject: RE: Tires
Author: John Boettcher
Date: Nov 6, 2001, 6:29 AM
Post ID: 1708810379
I agree with Tim all the way. The Cheng Shin # I think is C180 and the
4.00X18 should be closer to $36. I've put over 150k on them in the last
3 1/2 years on Guzzis and they work well in dirt and ok in snow.
The only traction issue I had was on the T-3 four weeks ago when I slid
out making a left turn in some antifreeze that was on the road. Broke my
collarbone good!
Now if you are going to tell me the Metzlers would of gripped in the
antifreeze..........
JB
| Hey Jim, At the risk of getting flamed.....I run the Cheng Shin replica of the Dunlop K70. It was popular in the 70's when I first started riding Guzzi's and comes in the 4.00X18 size. JC Whitney sells them for around $45 apiece. They are 6-ply and very tough. I ride my Ambo everywhere, and have never had a problem. I live in Las Vegas, and they hold up to the desert heat very well. I always liked them because they work well in the dirt, like in graded roads. Actually, they were used for flat track racing in the 70's. Besides all that, I like the period look. Tim Crump AMA#664988 MGNOC #262 FSSNOC #3057 AMF#100239 98 Moto Guzzi V10 (1000) Centauro 69 Moto Guzzi 750 Ambassador 80 Moto Guzzi 500 V50 II "I'll believe in skepticism when I see it" http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/YosemiteDr/guzzitim/GUZZITIM.html
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JB (Weld)
73 Eldo
71 Ambo