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Marketplace => eBay Finds => Topic started by: 2T_vs_4T on September 28, 2012, 06:47:54 pm
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You never know how much some things are worth or the price people put on them.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NOS-BRAND-NEW-Husqvarna-Trelleborg-T544-Motocross-Front-Tire-3-00x21-/120991051207?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c2ba0edc7
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Ha, I've got one exactly the same brand new in the garage that i've had since 1977. I bought it new when i was a first year apprentice and for some reason i never used it. I'd be happy to get half that price ;D
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Hold your fire Johnny, wait & see how this one goes.
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What a forking peanut!! The only proof that there is a bigger penis head on the planet than this seller will be if someone actually buys it!!! :D
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Remember those Husky tyres with the logo in the tread?
How much would one of those be worth ??? ;)
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Hold your fire Johnny, wait & see how this one goes.
Anything is possible... i've seen people pay well over $1000 each for nos Honda ATC110 tyres!
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I thought you could still buy those Trelleborg Tenmaster tyres new?
What I want to find is a couple of the mid 80's American made Dunlop K139 front tyres.
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I've got a 1976 issue Spanish Pirelli on the front of my 350 squarie Maico. A mate was moving house back in 1998 and while cleaning out his garage found the tyre that had come as standard equipment on his 1976 360 Pursang back in the day. He pulled them off and replaced them with Metzlers and forgot all about the Pirelli until he gave it to me. It was still soft and supple and had no cracks so onto a Maico rim she went. That bike was regularly raced until 2006 and the tyre has hung in there like a new one. It's funny that my 3 year old Michelin dirt track tyre already has wall cracks but this old thing is still hanging in there 36 years after it left the factory and 14 years after its second life on the Maico started.
I've also got a 1979 release Bridgestone (the one with the weird block pattern) that had come stock on a Honda CR250 RZ mounted on a Maico wheel that was used until recently. In fact Daryl Lewis almost won pre 70 at the Coffs Nats on the bike using that vintage tyre combo.
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I thought you could still buy those Trelleborg Tenmaster tyres new?
What I want to find is a couple of the mid 80's American made Dunlop K139 front tyres.
I have a good 1988 US-made K139 on my RM250C and don't mind using modern tyres so if you are serious about wanting a K139, I will take some photos. I just had a look with a torch and I couldn't see any cracks, the edges are good and the squiggle grooves are still visible on the centre knobs.
If you want photos please PM me with an email address.
Regards
David
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I thought you could still buy those Trelleborg Tenmaster tyres new?
What I want to find is a couple of the mid 80's American made Dunlop K139 front tyres.
I have a good 1988 US-made K139 on my RM250C and don't mind using modern tyres so if you are serious about wanting a K139, I will take some photos. I just had a look with a torch and I couldn't see any cracks, the edges are good and the squiggle grooves are still visible on the centre knobs.
If you want photos please PM me with an email address.
Regards
David
PM being sent, thanks :-)
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While we're on the subject of old Dunlops, I'd be interested in and old Dunlop K88 in either 4.00 x 18 or 4.50 x 18. These tyres really complete a mid 80's rebuild.
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Geezus...did you look at his 71 400 Cross he's selling....man...that is 200% out of 10...now I'd love to hammer that around a track....Firko....how can you mention a DT/RT1 in the same breath as one of those...ones like having herpies and the others like waking up next to Miss Universe!!
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While we're on the subject of old Dunlops, I'd be interested in and old Dunlop K88 in either 4.00 x 18 or 4.50 x 18. These tyres really complete a mid 80's rebuild.
K139 and K88 is the combination I used in '83..
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John - you don't know where you could get (if they are available) Tenmasters do you. I used to run 550 x 18s in the day - awesome tire.
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John - you don't know where you could get (if they are available) Tenmasters do you. I used to run 550 x 18s in the day - awesome tire.
You can't get those tyres any more but Pirelli have bought back the Garacross specifically for vintage use, which was a popular tyre in the 80's.
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Firko....how can you mention a DT/RT1 in the same breath as one of those
One of what Joni? ???
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A 71 CR400 Cross Hoouskie. ;D.....its like eating a stawberry compared to eating dog turd. :D
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John - you don't know where you could get (if they are available) Tenmasters do you. I used to run 550 x 18s in the day - awesome tire.
You can't get those tyres any more but Pirelli have bought back the Garacross specifically for vintage use, which was a popular tyre in the 80's.
You can still buy Trelleborg Tenmaster's, they go under a new name, contact this company, they said they could import them but I had to agree to a substantial quantity; about 30 I think?
http://www.motorcycletyres.net.au/tyres/motocross/index.html
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Here ...
http://www.trelleborgtyres.co.uk/product_details_28.htm
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Yeah right, never heard of Trellesport before..
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. In fact Daryl Lewis almost won pre 70 at the Coffs Nats on the bike using that vintage tyre combo.
See if you only fitted new tryes and turned the fuel on after the restart you wouldn't have to use the word almost ;)
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The tyres were the secret weapon, once the opposition saw them it lured them into a false sense of security ;D. If only I'd known back then what I know today about the bike that beat us......still, that's all history now ;).
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so in metric what is a 5.50 x 18 equivalent - 110/90?
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A 5.50 is 5 and a half inches so that'd be about equal to a 140
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oops yeah - cocked up the basic maths eh - sorry. With metric have they gone away from wheel diameter to tyre height as for cars ie the 90?
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Please someone correct me but I think the two numbers with the "/" between them on the modern motorbike tyres are the width and the height so 110/90 is 110mm wide and 90mm high.
Different to a car tyre where the first number is the width and the second number is the aspect ratio in % so 185/60 is 185mm wide and 60% of 185mm high
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Feetup i think it's still a percentage thing like a car tyre.
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OK