gt50 standard tyres need upgrade

[Spyke]

Hey guys

I've got an old suzuki gt50 and I'm trying to find tyres that will fit the damn thing. I can get the standard shitty tyres but I don't want to be sliding down the road too much!

does anyone know of resonable tyres that will fit (front) 17 x 2.5 and (rear) 17 x 2.75 rim sizes

Cheers guys!

[F5 Dave]

that's the tyre sizes, the rim sizes will be 1.4"
Otherwise it's ask what a bikeshop can get in. Not much available in those sizes, used to be able to get Yoko110s in 2.75, but not for eons. My stinger takes those same sizes so I've laced on wider 1.6 & 1.85 rims so I can run larger tyres.

However whatever you get will be better than the std 1970s Inoue tyres that never seem to wear out (I think you can guess why). I thought the rear was 18" but there were a coupld of GT50s, some with spokes, some mags.

[Spyke]

thanks for the info. the rear on this babys a 17. I know what you mean about the standard tires! I'm pretty sure the original tyres are on the damn thing.


Is there any guides to tell people what maximum tyre sizes can do on their rims?

cheers
spyke

[Mishy]

Hey there ! There are some quite nice Continental tyres available in those sizes. They cost a bit more that the asian ones, but work very well.

[F5 Dave]

Heya Hampster, They the Cities? or are there others?

[MSTRS]

Can you get these....http://www.metzelermoto.com/web/catalog/moto/moto_catalogo_schedaDescription.page?categoria=/catalog/moto/classic/none&vehicleType=MOTO&product_id=101940&uri=/metzeler/en_IT/browser/xml/catalog/moto/Classic_ME22.xml&menu_item=/products/catalog/classic

[mouldy]

thanks for the info. the rear on this babys a 17. I know what you mean about the standard tires! I'm pretty sure the original tyres are on the damn thing.


Is there any guides to tell people what maximum tyre sizes can do on their rims?

cheers
spyke

90/80/17 on the front 100/80 or 90 17 on the rear , Pirelli MT75s Conti citys or if you want to go fast (sic) dunlop TT900 gps

Drop me a pm and I'll price ya up

[F5 Dave]

Didn't realise you could get 22s that small. I ran them on the back of my road RG50, were fine (except at the track when you'd run off the tread, but hardly relevant on the road).

[F5 Dave]

90/80/17 on the front 100/80 or 90 17 on the rear , . . .

on 1.4" rims? You've gotta be kidding!

[Spyke]

hey guys, thanks for all the ideas. I'm having a look at a couple of dunlop tt900 gps from skunk on the weekend hopefully they will do atm untill i can afford some new ones.