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Re: Tires

At 8:48 AM -0500 4/23/04, Tom Brown wrote:
>Gents:
>
>020s are terrific tires for RTs.  They last about 10K and work great in all
>conditions, sticky too.  They're also about the cheapest of the good
>radials.   The only disadvantage is a tread pattern on the front tire that
>tends to cup a little after you've used the front brakes a bit.   The design
>of the tire is such that it does this easily, but that it's never severe.
>It never affects ultimate handling, but the tires will sing when tipped into
>bends.

Lo and behold... 020's are now available in a size for the GS.

110/80 Z R19

These will be my next set, when the current Tourances wear out.

- -- 
- - andrew, Berkeley, '87 R80, '00 R1150GS
- - "Moto per Mangiare, Mangiare per Moto"

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