There's just not enough tire stuff here.
So I had my project '99 up for sale on Craigslist and a young fellow was coming to look at it.
I'd checked the bike's tires' date codes when I got it last autumn and both were good til late spring this year, 2020.
As I went to check the tire pressures in advance of a test ride (I have few qualms about test rides of bikes we're selling), I saw serious cracks down the center of the old Dunlops deep in the tread. No way I'd let anyone ride the thing much less myself, so I yanked the front wheel off, headed over to my local (Yamaha) dealer. They had a 120/70 Bridgestone Battlax BT-023 on the shelf and tossed it on as I waited (and ignored the used '17 Z900 they had at a good price).
Naturally, neither that guy nor anyone else came to look since. But I have the spiffy new tire on the front and if I'm going to hang on to the bike as seems possible, I got to looking at radials to put on the back.
Yes, I know quite a few people are okay with mixing types, but I did that once long ago on my first C10 and really, really didn't like it.
What pops up is the Avon 3D X-M.
Boy, there's a lot of disagreement about this line in the past but the controversy seems to have died down.
So, I'm looking for more current opinions on the combo, or, what else I might do.
So I had my project '99 up for sale on Craigslist and a young fellow was coming to look at it.
I'd checked the bike's tires' date codes when I got it last autumn and both were good til late spring this year, 2020.
As I went to check the tire pressures in advance of a test ride (I have few qualms about test rides of bikes we're selling), I saw serious cracks down the center of the old Dunlops deep in the tread. No way I'd let anyone ride the thing much less myself, so I yanked the front wheel off, headed over to my local (Yamaha) dealer. They had a 120/70 Bridgestone Battlax BT-023 on the shelf and tossed it on as I waited (and ignored the used '17 Z900 they had at a good price).
Naturally, neither that guy nor anyone else came to look since. But I have the spiffy new tire on the front and if I'm going to hang on to the bike as seems possible, I got to looking at radials to put on the back.
Yes, I know quite a few people are okay with mixing types, but I did that once long ago on my first C10 and really, really didn't like it.
What pops up is the Avon 3D X-M.
Boy, there's a lot of disagreement about this line in the past but the controversy seems to have died down.
So, I'm looking for more current opinions on the combo, or, what else I might do.