RE: [ST] Avon tires (was: 1050 wheelie?)

["Jeremy Witt" <jeremyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Although on a Hawk, not a Sprint, I've been running a 45 for several thousand miles, many of them in the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains (including Deal's Gap), many more of them on the highway, and have noticed no wandering.  But I have noticed differences in weight and distribution of weight between the two bikes...  :p  

YMMV  

Jeremy Witt
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Corrugated Networking Services Inc.
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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	st-triumphnet.com-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:st-triumphnet.com-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]  On Behalf Of Garry Simmons
Sent:	Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:17 PM
To:	ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: [ST] Avon tires (was: 1050 wheelie?)

My local tire dealer strongly recommended that I avoid the Avon 45. He says 
it wanders back and forth. Personally, I'd rather have a sticky front (I 
hate when it slides) and the hope is that the sport front will wear out 
about the same time as the ST rear. I prefer having new tires front and 
back. I've never used the 45 front, so I don't know how it compares to the 
49. The 49 still outlasted the 46 rear by a little, but I could have pushed 
them both farther. I was leaving for a 1000 mile weekend in WV, so I swapped 
them out a little early.

Garry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick & Joyce" <rnjwes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:57 PM
Subject: RE: [ST] 1050 wheelie?


> Garry wrote:
>>>...or perhaps I will continue on with the Avon 49 sport front and
> the sport-touring 46 rear that I also liked.<<
>
> Garry,
> I've considered this combination since the front continues to have
> lots of tread in the center when the sides are worn to the wear bars.
> Can you quantify the difference running the stickier front tire?
> --
> Rick in Oregon
> '01 Sprint ST
>
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