Avon Safety Mileage 19" tire

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Has anyone run the Avon Safety Mileage? 3.50-19? 4.00-19?

Avon Safety Mileage 19" tire
 
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I used to run a 3.50 on the rear of my ES2. Despite looking like a car tyre i never had any issues with lack of lean angle or grip.
They do have a very stiff carcase which i found uncontrollable when i once had a blow out so have swapped to K81 (TT100) now.
 
I have had them in the past
They were affectionately known as the "death master" to our lot !
Although I have to say they look worse than they are I don't remember having a problem with them
And with modern compounds are probably pretty good
I know the Dunlop k70s are a lot better these days
 
Like ntst8 I used this on the back of my ‘61 ES2. Also put it on the rear of my ‘69 750 S. Not the tire I would use on a later Commando.
 
I had a 4.00x18 on the back of a Victor, could never get used to the feeling of the back of the bike rising up as you leaned over so replaced by Roadrunner.
 
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I have a modern one on my Series 2 Interceptor. They wear very well. Don't ride like I used to so they feel ok to me on the bends despite the flat profile. No, I don't ride in the rain though.
Agree completely with the rigid side wall. In over 50 years of riding the ONLY tyre I had to have a shop install using a machine.
Have a brand new one in reserve, on offer if anyone wants it. 400 19". Doubt I shall live long enough to wear the current one out!
 
Come to think of it, there was one on the back of this when I adopted it. It was so stiff, I broke the weld joint in half on the alloy rim dismounting the tire. :eek:
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baz said:
What did you think of it
A mate had an xs500 years ago it was nothing but trouble from what I can remember
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I had my first TX750 sophomore year in high school. I pounded it as hard as I could for a year.
This last one I was a bit nicer to. Smooth, comfortable and handled great.
 
concours said:
I had my first TX750 sophomore year in high school. I pounded it as hard as I could for a year.
This last one I was a bit nicer to. Smooth, comfortable and handled great.
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I was really taken by the exhaust manifold balance pipe when I saw one
 
I had one on a BSA Thunderbolt.....the tyre was going to last forever....but the bike didn't!

I think it contributed to a weird sensation with the BSA that you had to push hard to lean over, and push just as hard to pick it up again, or it would just keep turning regardless of what you were doing with the throttle!
 
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I had one on a BSA Thunderbolt.....the tyre was going to last forever....but the bike didn't!

I think it contributed to a weird sensation with the BSA that you had to push hard to lean over, and push just as hard to pick it up again, or it would just keep turning regardless of what you were doing with the throttle!
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Yep I had one on the back of my oil in frame lightning
Pretty sure the tyre was original factory fitted when I bought the bike off of the first owner in 1978
Didn't worry about the age of tyres back then and it made no difference anyway
The bloke that bought it from me had it road tested in classic bike magazine a few years later
And they made a comment about the previous owner (me) grinding the arm of the centre stand away!
So the tyre can't have been that bad???
Maybe it's still on there!
 
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