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Best tyre's for Zed??????

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Best tyre's for Zed??????

#1 PostAuthor: graham peters » Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:23 am

:boom :boom :boom Hi folk's std swinging arm and fork's with Lester mag wheel's what size and make of tyre to suit my Z1B i have Pirelli sport demon's front and back on my Z1A which are good but wonder if there are better makes for our bike's? any help wellcome,
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#2 PostAuthor: PaulMceleney » Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:27 am

bridgestones bt45 had my zed for 16 years and these are the best transforms the bike
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#3 PostAuthor: Crofty » Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:59 am

Agreed, Bridgestones on my Z650 transformed the handling
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#4 PostAuthor: KeithZ1R » Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:30 pm

Tyres are a personal thing and personally Metzlers are the ones for me :D
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#5 PostAuthor: scott » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:36 pm

I'm with Keith on this one...Metzelers.....again a personal choice
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#6 PostAuthor: KWACKERZ1 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:00 pm

Latest tyres are continental road attacks all the classic endurance rounds last year were won on them.
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#7 PostAuthor: Pigford » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:04 pm

TT100's :P
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#8 PostAuthor: jonhunt » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:11 pm

Avon road riders seem good to me. Except I know of a few where cracks have appeared in the side wall.
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#9 PostAuthor: Tonto » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:29 pm

BT45's work well on my Zed (and my Kettle)
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#10 PostAuthor: ADRIAN H » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:32 pm

metzelers for me :D
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#11 PostAuthor: Z1parR » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:54 pm

Brand new pair of BT45s on my Z1R , they've been brand new for a while now :oops:
May as well have bought Cheng Shin for it as i never ride it :wink:
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#12 PostAuthor: phil le brocq » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:26 pm

I and most of the members of our classic racing club use the BT45 and I've never heard a word against them.

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#13 PostAuthor: DogsbolloxofZ1B » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:27 pm

Red Arrows for me :D
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#14 PostAuthor: Dodgy Z1B » Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:19 pm

BT45s best thing fitted to mine great grip in wet and dry went to north west 200 couple of years ago and it pissed down all weekend so gave them a good test around the irish country roads and they were very confidence building. Left a few more modern machines way behind :-) mind you that might have been the Guinness.
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#15 PostAuthor: RAYZ1 » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:53 pm

DogsbolloxofZ1B wrote:Red Arrows for me :D


crikey - I still have original set of red arrows on my h2b put on around 1984, they actually have turned to iron and have not got any cracks in them

so this year I plan to recomission the bike - do they still make red arrows ?

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