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 the |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |