Thread: Tyres for 80"

If you're OK with bar treads.....
T-Tyre 6.00x16

If you win the lotto....
Firestone 600-16 NDT 6 Ply - Antique Tyres



Colin

If you're OK with bar treads.....
T-Tyre 6.00x16

If you win the lotto....
Firestone 600-16 NDT 6 Ply - Antique Tyres
They have some cheaper tyres
MRF 600-16 NDT 6 Ply - Antique Tyres


Colin

Thanks Gromit

The MRF 600-16 NDT 6 Ply are similar to what I have (which are unroadworthy). I wonder about the road noise with that tread type.

I have seen some others have 600-R16s with a more modern MT-type pattern (see attached pic). They seem hard to find though.

These would be nice

Avon Traction Mileage 600-16 - Antique Tyres

But not at that price.

They look similar to the Road Trek Major tyres on mine.

There was a batch of 700 X16's being made and I managed to get 4. It was many years ago.

Colin

Originally Posted by gromit

They look similar to the Road Trek Major tyres on mine.

There was a batch of 700 X16's being made and I managed to get 4. It was many years ago.

Colin

The 80 were 6.00 16 not 7.00, generally speaking the widest tyre on 5" rims should be 6.50 16. But hard to get.

The CKD shop in the UK a couple of years ago had reproduction batches of 6.00 16 Trakgrips* and Multigrips made, they can supply out of Brisbane when available.

* Original pattern on early 80"

I use Milspares for my S1 Tyres.
Ordered and turned up the next day, as they were despatched a day before I paid for them...

whitehillbilly

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

The 80 were 6.00 16 not 7.00, generally speaking the widest tyre on 5" rims should be 6.50 16. But hard to get.

Diana,
Aware of the tyre size, just sharing my experience.

I was struggling to find anything that looked 'period' and, by chance, found that Dunlop were making a batch of RTM's in Malaysia.
(I already had one good RTM).
From memory the ply rating was different.

Colin