G80CS Trials Tires

[Scout63]

The tires on my ‘61 G80CS are period Dunlop Trials Universals with good tread but some sidewall cracking. I'm going to save them in case I ever want to show the bike. I want to keep trials tires for the period look and since I will be riding dirt and gravel roads. It's been hard finding 19” tires. I ordered Duro HF 307 tires and they were suspiciously inexpensive (48$ for the front and 70$ for the rear). Here is the Duro rear on the left next to the mounted Dunlop.



Any experience with these? I doubt that I will be pushing them very hard - maybe 50mph on the roads but rarely. Should I be looking at something else.

[Pharisee]

I fitted a pair of Mitas E-05 tyres to my '56 G80CS. 4.00-19" on the rear, a 3.00-21" on the front. They look very similar to yours.

[Scout63]

21” front wheel is interesting Pharises. Do you ride the bike great off road? Is the wheel original? I had a Honda XL500 with a 23” front wheel. Ben

[ajscomboman]

21" was a standard fitment here in the UK, from 1960 ish the 19" front was offered as an option, probably mainly to the guys in the US.

[Cjay59_LAPSED]

I also use Mita's on my 18S and another US member asked about them after seeing a photo of my bike, but later he told me he was unable to locate them in the US, Cliff.. I also run on 4.00-19" on the rear, a 3.00-21" on the front. These are the photo's I sent him, the post must of been about a year ago..

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