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[leyland73]

Hi, looking to replace age worn Dunlop tyres on my 1100 special, can anyone recommend tyres that will look right on these rims? Also are tyres on these rims easy to remove and fit? I watched a tyre filter struggle to remove replace a set of tyres from some standard 10" wheels. Despite me telling him to fit the tyre from the reverse side of the rim he struggled until eventually turned the wheel over on the fitting machine and hey presto success!

Any help much appreciated as the rims are excellent and I wouldn't want a tyre fitter to make a mess removing or fitting tyres if there are any tips to pass on.

Thanks

[absx2]

Tyres are quite a personal choice depending on looks over sporty driving grip and the likes.

 

The only thing I would say is stay away from Falkens in 145 section if you drive in the wet, apparently the 165`s are a different compound but I have not wasted my money to find out and stay away from Camac`s unless you want half of your rim covered in balance weights.

 

A good point to note is that a lot of 10" tyres come with a label stating that the guarantee is void if they are machine fitted.

I pop the old ones off with the machine and then fit the new tyres with the wheel still clamped but by hand, occasionally a tap with a rubber hammer is needed just to finish off but most of the time the palm of my hand does the job.

I have witnessed the side walls reinforcement audibly creaking and breaking when others have machine fitted 10`s.

 

Personally I love Yoko`s and they generally don`t need a lot of balance weights.

The dunlop R7`s are good and period correct but at £96 each the Yoko`s are half that and probably better, its a shame they don`t make Kelly Springfield's any more.

Edited by absx2, 05 September 2017 - 08:30 PM.

[leyland73]

Kelly tyres, produced by Goodyear, my late father worked for Goodyear for 30 yrs. I got the last set of 10" Grand Prix S tyres for my clubman from about 3 different tyre depots around the uk, then 2 sets of Kelly Springfield tyres. We always had Goodyear tyres on our cars, it was the law!

[gazza82]

Aren't Michelin doing a "new" 10" based on 50/60s designs?

[Stevie W]

Hi,

You could check out Vintage tyres in Beaulieu in Hampshire. I've just done a quick search for 165/70x10 which I think were fitted to the 1100 special. The search came back with Dunlop aquajet SP sport which would be close to your original tyres!
They're fairly expensive though at £119 each inc VAT 😵

Cheers, Steve.

Edited by Stevie W, 09 September 2017 - 07:03 PM.

[FlyingScot]

Yup 165/70 x 10 are the fitment as above. I've got an original set squirrelled away. They look great but would fall to pieces I am sure if I used them due to rubber deterioration.

FS

[Kt1966]

I've recently had the same dilemma. The issue is that none of the newer, reproduction Dunlops have the kerbing band which the original Aquajets had.

I ended up going with Yokos which look decent and seemed the best overall compromise