Another tire option for the 1600's

[VulcanE]

Originally Posted by flavor

I was thinking about the Elite III"S but I wanted to go to the tire size that correct the speedo and couldn't find them listed. I haven't looked for awhile at tires since I have 7300 on the original stones and they have enough rubber left for at least a few thousand miles.

By the way, and Caddman knows this answer, as many others, what size was it again that corrects the speedo? I went brain dead.

Also correct me if I wrong, a tire size such as 150/80/16 equates to 150 is the profile height and the larger the number the taller the tire. The 80 is the width?

What's the largest size tire that will go on the 1600 in the rear comfortably.

In the example you gave above, 150 is how wide the tire is in mm, the 80 is the aspect ratio(which is how tall the side wall is) and the # is what percentage of the width is in the side wall. And the 16 is the wheel size it fits. So in other words the tire is 150mm (5.9") wide, the side wall is 80% of that=120mm (4.72"). Take the side wall and multiply X 2,= 240mm (9.45"), and add the wheel size (16") and get a diameter of 25.45" on the inflated tire.

[VulcanE]

Flavor, I forgot to add, the 180/70-16 is the largest tire that will fit on the 1600's as far as width goes, I don't know about the diameter.

[flavor]

Thanks for the breakdown. I didn't know about the ratio to the width.

Great explanation.

[dank]

Anybody know how long the Cobra's last? I need a new rear tire. Planned to get a new Metzler, which would be my third, but they are on backorder right now according to my dealer. I'm getting around 13,000 miles on the Metzlers. Will the Avon's give more than that? I'd love to get 18,000 - 20,000. That would reduce it to about one tire per year for me, although some of you would still need multiple tires per year.

[VulcanE]

Originally Posted by dank

Anybody know how long the Cobra's last? I need a new rear tire. Planned to get a new Metzler, which would be my third, but they are on backorder right now according to my dealer. I'm getting around 13,000 miles on the Metzlers. Will the Avon's give more than that? I'd love to get 18,000 - 20,000. That would reduce it to about one tire per year for me, although some of you would still need multiple tires per year.

They are a "new" tire for Avon, so I don't think anyone has run them long enough to wear one out yet, but I would love to get the kind of mileage out of a Metzeler that your getting ;). I am only averaging 8000 miles on 2 Metzelers. :(

[michiganmike]

I have the Elite III for my back tire and it has almost 15,000 miles on it and it still looks good. The manual says change the rear tire at 3 mm tread depth, and the rear tire still has 4.5 mm tread depth left. I had to put an Elite II on the front because they did not make an Elite III at the time, and it is down to 3 mm tread depth. I bought some 880's this time because of the good reviews on this forum, but I have to say that I do love my rear Elite III.

PS - I am going to put the dyna beads in when I do put the new tires on. My brother did it when he put his new tires on and he is very pleased with them.