Thought I would share my experience with vintage style tires…..



I have owned my 2015 “72” sportie for about 2.5 years and put on almost 30K miles. After 20K miles and two sets of stock OEM tires I was looking for a change. I don’t push my bike to its limits, I don’t take turns too aggressive and often times I have my wife with me also. The idea of vintage style thread was appealing to me since my bike has a retro look straight from the MoCo, but after a new weeks and several google searches later I couldn’t find much feed back. (how do they handle in the rain, how many miles do they last, what PSI you keep in em) and so on.

Below are some pictures of my “72” with some vintage thread. I had my rear tire installed about a week before my two week road trip from Annapolis Md to Nova Scotia while running an OEM style front. It was after that trip I had my current front tire installed, so there is about a 5K mileage difference between the two.


Great example of how i took white paint and filled in the side wall letters to make them BOLD

When the Harley is your only relaible mode of transportation...getting my front tire installed

A neat photo i took early one morning before work.

The rear vintage tire held up great with the Nova Socita Roads and Cape Brenton trail!


Any Questions please ask!

 

Avon Speedmasters have been around since I started riding back in the 1960s! I've done my time on them in the past, and suspect they make good use of modern materials these days.

 

Very nice!

Do they feel different in the curves?

We put some Cokers on the 48. They feel a bit different, but after riding with them for a bit we learned to trust them.

 

DKCUSTOMS. Do you still have this 48? The tires are SICK and what I’m considering for my 2012 “48”. Size front and back? Any issues on the factory wheels or rubbing? I assume they are taller than factory tires on the bikes?? Thanks Mike

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Yes, we still have it. Below are two videos on it, and here is a link to a build thread, with a lot of photos on the forum.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...s-of-pics.html

We thought we might have a front fender clearance issue, but we did not.

The tire sizes are pictured in the build thread, and I believe in one of the videos also. Yes, they are a tad larger.





Kevin

 

Kevin. Thank you for your prompt reply which I am sure will be very educational and informative for me. After work tonight. I’ll look at all of it. I’ve owned my 2012 Big Pear Blue 48 since new. Time for some changes. Just started converting to the Bobber look as some say. Lol.

Mike

 

My old 1983 Triumph TSX had an 19" Avon Speedmaster on the front and an 16" Avon Roadrunner on the rear, even then the Speedmaster was regarded as an old style of tire. It did however handle well when combined with the Roadrunner.

The TSX was designed especially for the USA market as a West Coast Cruiser, however it came out just too late for the Triumph workers co-operative at Meriden, the company went into receivership in August 1983.

 

Never seen ( nor heard of) a TSX
Learned something today.
TNX

 

I'm not surprised that you haven't seen or heard of the TSX, the model was first released as the TSX4 for the 1983 season, it had a four-valve cylinder head, the top speed was 110 mph, there was a more powerful version planned for release in 1984, it was the TSX8 with the eight-valve head from the TSS (Super Sport) model which had a top speed of 125 mph, no production TSX8 models were ever built, just prototypes for publicity.

The TSX4 is a very rare machine, only 371 were ever produced for 1983 sales, production ceased in February 1983 and the Meriden factory finally ran out of money in August 1983. If you can find a TSX4, they are commanding a price between Ł10k xnd Ł15k depending on condition.

 

Kevin. Reviving this old post to thank you for your support and sharing your 48 build. I finally finished my 2012 48. Finished being a STRONG WORD. LOL. 😂