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Title: Avon Roadrider tyres?
Post by: SteveC#222 on August 16, 2015, 08:41:53 PM

..anyone using them on an XBR ? ..any good?

( I need some new tyres soon :-\)

Title: Re: Avon Roadrider tyres?
Post by: Smithy on August 17, 2015, 06:36:30 AM

Hi

I've not used them on an XBR but have had them on a BMW 800, a Kawasaki ER5 and a Yamaha XVS950 all with excellent results. Good grip, good in the wet and lasted well. I can't see why they wouldn't work on an XBR but maybe someone who has tried them will be along soon.

Title: Re: Avon Roadrider tyres?
Post by: silver on August 17, 2015, 09:22:13 AM

I have a new one on the front of the XBR. very good, i cant see it lasting too well as its so soft. Saw one recently on a ducati 250 race bike that had obviously been on track and rubber had bobbled up at the edges, just like sticky race rubber does.
Dave

Title: Re: Avon Roadrider tyres?
Post by: 500 T C on August 17, 2015, 05:39:48 PM

got my pair for the XBR for 135notes delivered, from MPS.

Title: Re: Avon Roadrider tyres?
Post by: themoudie on August 18, 2015, 12:37:22 AM

Only use Avon 'RoadRiders' on the SRX600 and the Bros400, after various problems with German tyres and not wishing to pay the price for Bridgestone BT45's, good tyres, but peculiar wear patterns and wear quickly.

SRX600 front lasts 6K - 8K, rear lasts 5K - 6K, I don't scratch hard but use all the tyre, mainly un-classified, B and A cat roads, some motorway, but not high mileage.

Bros400 front lasts 12K - 14K, rear lasts 8K - 10K, "steady" with not a lot of leaning, hard braking or rapid acceleration, on the same roads as the SRX.

Both bikes are putting in 4K - 5K at least a year and the 'RoadRiders' have proved safe, comfortable and readily available.

Dave "Saw one recently on a ducati 250 race bike that had obviously been on track and rubber had bobbled up at the edges, just like sticky race rubber does." I suspect that's because it was a race compound tyre moulded in the 'RoadRider' mould. Here is the link: Avon_race_compound_RoadRider (http://www.avonmotorsport.com/historic/motorcycle/am26---roadrider)

Good health.

My regards, Bill

Title: Re: Avon Roadrider tyres?
Post by: booxbr on August 19, 2015, 06:26:14 PM

Got them on mine did a parade round Cadwell with the CRMC a few years ago and had no probs also ok on the road at normal speeds

Title: Re: Avon Roadrider tyres?
Post by: SteveC#222 on August 19, 2015, 08:33:49 PM

Thanks for the replies all, sound like they are going to be the way to go. ;D