Avon sidecar tire

[Mustang]

Solved the tire wear issue on the rear with a car tire .
The front tire is the new battleground now .
any of the dual sport tires just chewed right off in no time .
wicked cupping no matter what pressure they were at as well as the centers going bald .
the bike has rebuilt front forks from Traxxion Dynamics with cartridge emulators . It's not a suspension issue , it's a sidecar thing .
best tire so far has been a cheap ass cheng shin clone of a metzler me-88 .
cheng shin doesn't make them anymore though 
they still suffered from the center wearing out though .

This is the Avon , hopefully it will last a while . only have about 400 or so miles on it so too soon to tell , but it does look promising . still looks like the day it got mounted .
added benefit was it got rid of the wig wag at 30 mph that most sidecar rigs suffer from .



old school baby !

[Bixxer Bob]

That's like I remember on my granddad's old 650cc BSA outfit 

[Tripodtiger]

Try an Avon Speedmaster MkII (rear).  You'll possibly get similar mileage but it should hang on a bit better.  Of course, I don't use teleforks.
I always found the Sidecar Triple Duty seemed to never wear out.
Didn't provide a lot of grip, either.

[Henry James]

Avon tire details?  What size, where did you purchase it, etc.
Thanks,
John

[Mustang]

it only comes in 1 size . 3.50 x19 its speed rated to 75 mph but I've done 85 sustained for few hours straight on interstate no problem .
sky didn't fall & didn't burst into flames. 

I got it from Amazon for best price but it came from Chapparral .
Several places online sell it but the price is anywhere fom 110 to 175 depending where you get it ..........Amazon was best price .

[Henry James]

Thanks,
Sorry, but I got fitated on the wear thing and was thinking of my 17" rear on my Tiger.  So, where do I find the rear tire that I chew up on a regular basis.
John

[Mustang]

get a trophy rim and mount one of these bad boys up and say goodbye to tire wear .

http://www.tigertriple.com/forum/index.php/topic,13120.0.html

[Henry James]

What about one of these for the standard rear wheel?
http://www.cokertire.com/525-550-17-excelsior-blackwall-tire.html

[Mustang]

no idea...................recommended rim width is a bit narrower than what a steamer rim is .
other than that you would have to try it and see .
all I know is my rear car tire has outlasted 2 bike tires already and doesn't even look worn .