The Tread Thread! Show off your Café's Tyres!

[Gordon]

Show off the tyres on your Café Racer. Also add in details about them and whether you had to make any modifications to the swingarm or chain guard, etc.

Not all that great, but I've bolted on a Duro 100/90-19 inch tyre on the front of my Café. Haven't changed the rear tyre yet. So in essence ;D the front tyre is wider than the rear tyre for now. I'm planning on getting a 110/90-19 for the rear. Will have to cut the OEM chainguard for that.



Merge if topic already exists.

 

[TonUpSoldier]

Re: The Tread Thread! Show off your Café's Tyres!

Here's my front...dont have a good pic of my back...ill get one up soon...

CS 100/90-19,(actually a 3.25, but i think the conversion is 100??anyone?) rear is either a 110 or 120 (4.00) i cant recall off the top my head.

 

[Tim]

Avon RoadRiders. Both 18" size, 100 in front 110 rear. Universal type allowing both front and rear use (reverse rotation depending). They're great tires from what I've read.

 

[TonUpSoldier]

They are GREAT tyres...i have a Roadrunner and a Venom X on a set of rims downstairs...Will wait till these CS's are toast before i pop em on...and DAMNIT those are some sexy rims Tim...

 

[locOleoN]

Whao!!!.. COol vacume!!.. Its that an authenic vintage 73 Hoover power vac? ... or just another modern knock-off??...
I used to love those R2-D2 vacs as a kid!!.. ;D

 

[78kz]

I've got Bridgestone Spitfires front and back. 130 in the rear and a 100 on the front. Been good tires.

 

[jokuelkaffe]

;D

 

[Ease]

Dunlop GT-501's
***WARNING: FILE PHOTOS*** LoL
Back:

Front:

 

[oldog]

Hey Ease...just curious...did you get your checker decals from Carpy?. I am going to order some but pictured them being wider.

These Avons Roadriders are great handling tires!

 

[Gordon]

@jokuelkaffe
The paintless rims look better. But maybe the red ones would look better with what you've planned on your cafe. Or else you could've actually painted the rims red and the spokes and hub black. What tyres are you planning on?!

@oldog & TinTin
Fab tyres and wheels!

 

[Ease]

Hey Ease...just curious...did you get your checker decals from Carpy?. I am going to order some but pictured them being wider.

Good eye, Carpys are wider, that's why I didn't want em (that and the fact that they are stickers - expensive stickers).

I had mine cut out of white vinyl to the exact width I wanted at a sign shop (the same shop that did the custon decals on the tank) that way the black won't fade in the sun like it can with stickers - even if he says it won't.

The cafe racer decals on the side covers, however, are from carpy. ;D Don't mind using stickers where the sun won't be gleaming.

 

[Druro]

Dunlop GT-501's
***WARNING: FILE PHOTOS*** LoL

Ditto for me.

Can't see the tread, but they are there.

 

[coolatula]

My Hodaka Ace 100 Track Day bike will be running these:

Both tires on the Hodaka are Dunlop KR-825 2.75/3.75-18
Marked: "For Racing purposes only"

They are tubeless,but of course since I'm running spoked rims I have to run them with a tube installed. They are very low profile and are listed as "Classic" race tires according to Dunlop.

The rear tire is in pretty good condition,but the front is worn down on the edges and is wearing funny(probably due to the air pressure that was run in them for racing?).

No mods on the swing-arm were needed.

For a street tire I would probably go with the Pirelli Sport Demons that are pictured on the Ninja 250. They are great bias ply tires for the money and come in a HUGE array of sizes to fit odd size rims/vintage bikes.

 

[mysta2]

Loudbike's got Dunlop GT 501s (120 in the rear which required a new rim)

while my duc wears a Continental Road Attack on the back and a Sport Attack on the front (my favorite tread pattern)

I wish these came in smaller sizes that I could fit on my Hondas

 

[TonUpSoldier]

Hey Ease...just curious...did you get your checker decals from Carpy?. I am going to order some but pictured them being wider.

These Avons Roadriders are great handling tires!

MAN i STILL LOVE those spokes sir AWESOME job..

 

[oldog]

Thanks Tonupsoldier. I started a thread awile back in "big arsed projects". It's a few pages back now as I have not updated it lately. I'm working on paint and detailing this winter. Was just going to wait til then to update the thread.
Anyways, them rims/tires are on that cafe project.
http://dotheton.com/index.php?topic=1470.0

 

[ProTeal55]

I got Avon Roadriders on the CB450 and have no issues with them what so ever..

Front is stock size, and the rear is a 190/80/18 (no mods to fit & on stock wheel)...

 

[Hoofhearted]

^^ Love that Honda! Looks right. I also love Dunlop racing triangulars. Being remanufactured now.


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[guitargeek]

That is a sharp lookin' Honda!

Here's my new Metzeler, freshly installed with probably 30 miles on it.

We're supposed to hit 70 degrees here this weekend, I'm looking forward to working on those chicken strips!