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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 13406" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Avon race tyres</strong></p><p></p><p>Avon occasionally make batches of "old pattern" tyres in race compound. I raced a 350 Manx Norton on them once, 19" x 3.25" Speedmaster front, 19" x 4.10 Avon GP rear. In an open capacity race I finished 9th, and managed to split the 350 Hondas. And at the end of the meeting, on the Sunday, there was no trace left of the last three ribs on the right side front. Total mileage, about 120 miles...</p><p>(It is easy, but not cheap, to buy 19" Roadrunners (AM20 and AM22) in race compound. They afford a startling improvement in grip. They are marked "not for highway use" which is just HSE nonsense and can be ignored - it means they don't have to test a batch to destruction thus wrecking the economics - but they still cost about £160 each, which is more difficult to ignore.</p><p></p><p>Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 13406, member: 4034"] [b]Avon race tyres[/b] Avon occasionally make batches of "old pattern" tyres in race compound. I raced a 350 Manx Norton on them once, 19" x 3.25" Speedmaster front, 19" x 4.10 Avon GP rear. In an open capacity race I finished 9th, and managed to split the 350 Hondas. And at the end of the meeting, on the Sunday, there was no trace left of the last three ribs on the right side front. Total mileage, about 120 miles... (It is easy, but not cheap, to buy 19" Roadrunners (AM20 and AM22) in race compound. They afford a startling improvement in grip. They are marked "not for highway use" which is just HSE nonsense and can be ignored - it means they don't have to test a batch to destruction thus wrecking the economics - but they still cost about £160 each, which is more difficult to ignore. Tom [/QUOTE]
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