Avon tires.

NorTriDuc · Monday at 4:01 PM

Hello
I’m in the process of restoring a 1965 Ducati and in search of a set of new Avon tires.
Front: 90/90-18 Avon AM22 or AM23
Rear: 110/80-18 Avon AM22 or AM23

I’ve look everywhere I could think of in the USA, would anyone know of them to be purchased new?
Thanks.

Fast Eddie · Monday at 11:43 PM

I presume you know the back story? Avons new owners decided to stop production and close the factory that made them. They did this BEFORE having a viable alternative strategy in place.

There have been many rumoured new production dates that have come and gone. The latest is that they will start production some time this year. However, even if true, it is not clear which of the range they will / will not produce, even when they do get around to it.

Honestly, you’d think they were owned by TVS !!

So, if your restoration phase means you’re not in a hurry, best to wait.

Alternatively, you might wanna start looking at alternatives, Bridgestone BT46s get a lot of people’s votes. Continental and Metzler do alternatives. And, of course, there is Heidenau.

norton bob · Monday at 11:48 PM

Metzler me22 on my 250 . cheap too . your sizes look big?

NorTriDuc · 2026-01-20T06:29:37-0700

Fast Eddie said:
I presume you know the back story? Avons new owners decided to stop production and close the factory that made them. They did this BEFORE having a viable alternative strategy in place.

There have been many rumoured new production dates that have come and gone. The latest is that they will start production some time this year. However, even if true, it is not clear which of the range they will / will not produce, even when they do get around to it.

Honestly, you’d think they were owned by TVS !!

So, if your restoration phase means you’re not in a hurry, best to wait.

Alternatively, you might wanna start looking at alternatives, Bridgestone BT46s get a lot of people’s votes. Continental and Metzler do alternatives. And, of course, there is Heidenau.

Thank you. I wasn’t aware of this. I’ll look elsewhere.

TVS

NorTriDuc · 2026-01-20T06:30:47-0700

norton bob said:
Metzler me22 on my 250 . cheap too . your sizes look big?

That’s the size that are currently on the wheels now. Seems like a good fit

Fast Eddie · 2026-01-20T07:23:47-0700

For a 60s Duc I’d look closely at Heidenau.

Road:

Classic Archives - Heidenau

Race:

Race Archives - Heidenau

ilikevelos · 2026-01-20T07:29:26-0700

Avon still lists the 19s as one of their roadrider sizes but no shipments to the US for quite a while. I amquite happy with the Heidinaus I have put on smallish bikes. A lot of the vintage heidinaus are unavailable when I checked a few weeks ago with the distributor saying they are expecting a container of them in Feb. I ended up putting Duro tires on the tiger cub I am doing. Not the greatest tires but not much speed needed either.

NorTriDuc · 2026-01-20T13:56:47-0700

Looking at the Heidenau Tyres, the sizes im looking for are listed as….
90/90-18 tread K44 front
100/90-18 tread K65 rear

Avon tires.

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