[Ducati] Tire Recommendations

[George Betzhold]

Hey Steve -
That's great news. I am going to try them on my 1990 Sport with 16" wheels
front and rear. I am getting tired of those awful Michelins. It should be
interesting to see how the change in profile affects the handling. It looks
like I will have to modify the fender mountings to get enough clearance.

George Betzhold
Scottish Woods Log Cabin Resort
Murphy, North Carolina
828-837-5678 Call for reservations
www.scottishwoods.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net]On
Behalf Of Steve Gross
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:48 PM
To: Ducati Owners Group
Subject: Re: [Ducati] Tire Recommendations


I put Avon AV45/46 ST's on my Yamaha FJ1200 for the first time this year and
am really impressed with them.  I just did a 2200+ mile 6-day tour around
Lake Superior, much of which was leaned over and riding at 80% (with
luggage...clothes and camping gear).  The tires never once let me down and
even worked well in the rain.  I've got about 4K miles on them now and
they'll clearly go another 6K or more.   They cost about $225/pair and I
intend to replace them with the same thing when the time comes.  Highly
recommended.

> > I would like to know if anybody has any recommendations for a set of 17
> inch
> > tires, with a 180 rear and 120 front that would:
> >
> > 1) get fairly high mileage on the road, prefer 10k miles or more and:
> >
> > 2) have reasonable side grip, need not be track or extreme hard ride
> twisty
> > type grip, just reasonable when leaned over and riding fast doing 80
> -85%
> > kind of stuff.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Peter





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