Subject: Re: Tires
Author: Jim Beeler
Date: Nov 5, 2001, 6:58 PM
Post ID: 1708806275
I don't flame anyone and appreciate all inputs (even if others don't). I
used to run Cheng Shin's back in the '70's on it. I worked for the original
importer of them and then later sold them in my shop. I'm sure they have
changed a lot since. Then, they lasted a really long time but I found the
grip lacking and in wet weather they were downright scary... Are they any
better now?
At the risk of getting flamed.....I run the Cheng Shin replica of theDunlop
K70. It was popular in the 70's when I first started riding Guzzi's andThey
comes in the 4.00X18 size. JC Whitney sells them for around $45 apiece.
are 6-ply and very tough. I ride my Ambo everywhere, and have never had awell.
problem. I live in Las Vegas, and they hold up to the desert heat very
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.