Another satisfied customer

jkevinlilly · Post by **jkevinlilly** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:53 am

Ordered new tires/tubes for Pinky from Tires Unlimited, Ohio, late Sunday night. UPS delivered them a couple minutes ago.

Plus I saved 30-40% over buying the same tires locally.

I love it when a plan comes together. Now I just have to get them mounted and balanced.

On the other hand the coils I bought off a guy in Ca. for my son's bike on the 25th, which were shipped USPS on the 26th have yet to arrive.

Kevin

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:36 pm

So Kevin, what super sticky fat gumball tires did you get for Pinky?

Or did sir prefer something in a longer lasting style?

jkevinlilly · Post by **jkevinlilly** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:08 pm

I went with the combination of sticky and long lasting.

I ignored the fat part. Fat don't fit.

Bridgestone Spitfires. I put new ones on the 550 two years ago and liked them. Of course it had worn out 20 year old Chen Shin's, so anything was an improvement. Lane already had them on the the Pinky when I bought it so I figured, why change.

Kevin

jaybob · Post by **jaybob** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:13 pm

I got a spare new tire for my 550 yesterday. I went into the Suzuki shop to order some other parts and they had a stack of tires on clearance for $10 each!!

I could only find one useful size to me and that was a dunlop k591s 110 100 18. It is a V speed rated tire so I'll probly have to get another v rated for the front when I use it . But hey....for 10.00 i just couldn't let it sit there.

rngdng · Post by **rngdng** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:18 pm

jkevinlilly wrote:I went with the combination of sticky and long lasting.

I ignored the fat part. Fat don't fit.

Bridgestone Spitfires. I put new ones on the 550 two years ago and liked them. Of course it had worn out 20 year old Chen Shin's, so anything was an improvement. Lane already had them on the the Pinky when I bought it so I figured, why change.

Kevin

Spitfires work really well on most of my bikes. I keep BT45s on Blueboy and the RD, but the Spitfires are great.

Lane

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:35 pm

Lane,

In teh real world what is the difference between Spitfires and BT45. Are the 45's much more "sticky" and allow much higher cornering speeds or is it hard to tell teh difference on the street?

What about wet vs dry, any difference there?

rngdng · Post by **rngdng** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:09 am

The BT45s are sticker, but also wear faster.

Lane

TLRam1 · Post by **TLRam1** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:18 am

If I would have known that Kevin I would have sold you a new set for 130.00 delivered.

jkevinlilly · Post by **jkevinlilly** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:22 am

Terry,
I'll try to remember that the next time I need a set.

Kevin

johnakay · Post by **johnakay** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:53 am

I thought a spitfire is one of these

TLRam1 · Post by **TLRam1** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:40 pm

jkevinlilly wrote:Terry,
I'll try to remember that the next time I need a set.

Kevin

No problem Kevin, I just have an extra set here I don't need.

Triplerocky · Post by **Triplerocky** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:28 am

johnakay wrote:I thought a spitfire is one of these

It was my first love....sexy elliptical wing, slick fuselage....and that curvy canopy

h2okettle · Post by **h2okettle** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:15 pm

Terry I tried to send you a PM about the tires and do no know if you got it.. Anyway I am going to take a ride to Canada on the GT in August and if you guys think the tires will be good for that I would like to buy them if they are still available.... I am leaving early in the morning riding up to Colorado Springs and ride up Pikes Peak, so I will be gone for the next 8-9 days... I will check any messages Thursday when I get to a friends house.. I am taking my time and riding all secondary roads and no interstate...
Thanks..

Allen....Will ride for food

TLRam1 · Post by **TLRam1** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:34 pm

Allen,

I was out of town this weekend. The tires are Spitfires S11 bought back in Nov/Dec store in-doors. Mfg sometime last year IIRC as we had a discussion about Spitfires.

I will send you a PM back at ya.

H2RICK · Post by **H2RICK** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:02 am

I am leaving early in the morning riding up to Colorado Springs and ride up Pikes Peak, so I will be gone for the next 8-9 days..

Allen, make sure you've got your Aerostitch gear on and, just maybe, your heated stuff, too. The huge cold front that's screwing up OUR weather also reaches down south as far as north Texas. At altitude, it'll be chilly early and late in the day. Who'da thunk in June......