Lamont, I have some "free" Avons for you, hee hee! I shoulda known I'd pee on someone's Corn Flakes when I potty mouthed the street tires. I'm going to elaborate a minute before I demonstrate how I actually agree with you.
I haven't found one car tire that comes close to handling the way the Avon 230 does. Even a 245x15 represents a problem to me on real twisties or badly crowned roads. You're never always straight up and having to lean against the crown. For that real m/c handling without having any fight with the handlebar, a m/c tire wins hands down vs the car tire. My 2 cents only. I think we can prove that Lamont around Shady Valley using a Avon 230 vs. ANY car tire.
In spite of that, there are some fairly well behaved car tires especially in the 15 inchers. Haven't yet found a suitable 18" car tire that you didn't have to really muscle.
I'm at an impasse because I can no longer use the 280 Metzler with the Chopper City wheel, I can't find a good 18" to go on that wheel in a car tire, I don't want to spend another thousand $'s or so on yet another wheel, I dislike the the looks of the Avon 230...
I think my personal solution will be to keep an Avon 230 mounted on the 15" for when I want to go to NC and/or really ride the Boss that style and keep a not-too-radical car tire on the 18" wheel for looks and around town. As Lamont mentions, you can get great burnouts out of the car tires and replace them for less than a hundred bucks. Apparently, enough riding and you get used to them. The changing back and forth isn't really a big deal 'cept for the hassle of changing the hub back and forth. Anyone have a spare hub for sale? Anyone want a decent deal on a 6 month old Chopper City 18" chrome wheel?
Elliot
I haven't found one car tire that comes close to handling the way the Avon 230 does. Even a 245x15 represents a problem to me on real twisties or badly crowned roads. You're never always straight up and having to lean against the crown. For that real m/c handling without having any fight with the handlebar, a m/c tire wins hands down vs the car tire. My 2 cents only. I think we can prove that Lamont around Shady Valley using a Avon 230 vs. ANY car tire.
In spite of that, there are some fairly well behaved car tires especially in the 15 inchers. Haven't yet found a suitable 18" car tire that you didn't have to really muscle.
I'm at an impasse because I can no longer use the 280 Metzler with the Chopper City wheel, I can't find a good 18" to go on that wheel in a car tire, I don't want to spend another thousand $'s or so on yet another wheel, I dislike the the looks of the Avon 230...
I think my personal solution will be to keep an Avon 230 mounted on the 15" for when I want to go to NC and/or really ride the Boss that style and keep a not-too-radical car tire on the 18" wheel for looks and around town. As Lamont mentions, you can get great burnouts out of the car tires and replace them for less than a hundred bucks. Apparently, enough riding and you get used to them. The changing back and forth isn't really a big deal 'cept for the hassle of changing the hub back and forth. Anyone have a spare hub for sale? Anyone want a decent deal on a 6 month old Chopper City 18" chrome wheel?
Elliot