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Yokohama Teflons

#1 PostAuthor: Garry.L » Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:28 pm

Doing a bit of a refresh on a little KH400A4 which is amazingly original and only covered a gen 3K miles from new and even still has it's original factory tyres fitted....

Remember these?. :lol:
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#2 PostAuthor: KwackerNut » Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:00 pm

Were these the tyres we referred to as 'Nagasaki No Grips' Garry ?
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#3 PostAuthor: PAULJAC47 » Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:36 pm

Ah the good old Crashmaster,gonna be re using them chap? :wink:
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#4 PostAuthor: zapo » Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:56 pm

Wow, I,m surprised they haven't cracked and died of old age..... or have they?

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#5 PostAuthor: Garry.L » Sun Nov 12, 2017 6:02 pm

PAULJAC47 wrote:Ah the good old Crashmaster,gonna be re using them chap? :wink:


TBH Paul when I first got the bike my first thought was to bin them but on closer examination there is hardly any wear or cracking and they look more like a couple of years old rather than 40!.

Might leave them on and buy a Matching period Tassled Leather Jacket, Flares and a cut off Wrangler. :lol:
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#6 PostAuthor: PAULJAC47 » Sun Nov 12, 2017 6:22 pm

Right on Man!
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#7 PostAuthor: Taffus » Sun Nov 12, 2017 9:15 pm

we used to call them "nippon slip ons..."
Amazingly now Japanese tyres are highly rated, especially in the car world, that said I prefer either Bridgestone or Michelin depending on the bike

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#8 PostAuthor: zapo » Mon Nov 13, 2017 9:40 am

it tells you on the side of the tyre when it was made.
Look for a string of letters and numbers that start with 'DOT..........'
The DOT....... might be on both sides of the tyre but the date of manufacture will only be on one side, at the end of the string.
The last four numbers are the week and year of manufacture.


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