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My memory tells me there was an Avon Squaremaster. And racing tyres were triangular in section.
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cheb wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:17 am My memory tells me there was an Avon Squaremaster. And racing tyres were triangular in section.
The Dunlop TT100 had that triangular ("trigonometric"?) profile.

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Speedmaster, that's the one. Their Triple duty tyre was very square, mostly because it was for sidecars.
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The Avon Skidmaster as it was not so affectionately known. I remember the first bike I put TT100s on. It was a YDS7 and it turned so fast I nearly rode up a footpath,totally caught me out.
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Skub wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 11:35 am The Avon Skidmaster as it was not so affectionately known. I remember the first bike I put TT100s on. It was a YDS7 and it turned so fast I nearly rode up a footpath,totally caught me out.
I put a pair of TT100s on a CX 500. Awful, 'teetering on ice' feel. Within days they were replaced by Contis.
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Made I larf!

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Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 11:51 am FB_IMG_1723716517520.jpg
He'll need to be careful he doesn't flood that......
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Horse wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 3:04 pm
Skub wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 11:35 am The Avon Skidmaster as it was not so affectionately known. I remember the first bike I put TT100s on. It was a YDS7 and it turned so fast I nearly rode up a footpath,totally caught me out.
I put a pair of TT100s on a CX 500. Awful, 'teetering on ice' feel. Within days they were replaced by Contis.
They transformed my Honda 400-F into a wobbler. Wore them out, fitted Contis :)
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Low tread on your Avon Deathmaster??

You NEED one of these.

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Scarily, I remember them in the mid-70s!
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The Spin Doctor wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:13 pm Low tread on your Avon Deathmaster??

You NEED one of these.


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Scarily, I remember them in the mid-70s!
I think I've seen video of Joey "adapting" slicks on the Island using one of these...
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Probably little worse than the shitty remolds we used to run.
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Rockburner wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:49 pm
The Spin Doctor wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:13 pm Low tread on your Avon Deathmaster??

You NEED one of these.


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Scarily, I remember them in the mid-70s!
I think I've seen video of Joey "adapting" slicks on the Island using one of these...
That's what the tyre providers do. See it any race event. Seen Michelin etc do it at BSB events many times. Helps get some heat into the tyre.
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You've reminded me I've seen the Endurance guys hand-cutting slicks to deal with damp conditions.
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Used to cut slicks for supermoto, too.

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'Twas a fairly regular thing on the VD supermoto forum IIRC.
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What a time for a 4 x 4 with a cattle catcher fitted
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Chin on the tank? Pah,amateurs.

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