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recman
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PostPosted: 20:09 - 31 Mar 2014    Post subject: Solve a mystery Reply with quote
So this is my mates old and sadly departed '91/'92 GSXR but what we were wondering today is if anyone on here can identify the tyres he had on.
https://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh10/torty_2008/IMG_0113_zps68e65578.jpg
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i.p.phrealy
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PostPosted: 20:19 - 31 Mar 2014    Post subject: Re: Solve a mystery Reply with quote
recman wrote:
So this is my mates old and sadly departed '91/'92 GSXR but what we were wondering today is if anyone on here can identify the tyres he had on.
https://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh10/torty_2008/IMG_0113_zps68e65578.jpg


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PostPosted: 21:20 - 31 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
They are Michelin A89/M89s

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/Workshop/images_zpscfd80f05.jpg

Labeled at the time by the press as the worst tyres ever produced by that company and came as OEM on a number of bikes Thumbs Down Shocked Thumbs Down

They were supposed to be better than the A59/M59s that preceeded the 89s Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 06:01 - 01 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just looking at that front tyre brings me out in a cold sweat. This rubber was the very work of Satan. Obviously Michelin's payback to the rest of the world for being...well, French.
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Fizzer Thou
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PostPosted: 13:25 - 01 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
£42 Shocked Seriously???????

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170-60-17-Michelin-M89-motorbike-tyre-/281299084831?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item417ebb661f
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recman
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PostPosted: 20:20 - 01 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fizzer Thou wrote:
They are Michelin A89/M89s

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/Workshop/images_zpscfd80f05.jpg

Labelled at the time by the press as the worst tyres ever produced by that company and came as OEM on a number of bikes Thumbs Down Shocked Thumbs Down

They were supposed to be better than the A59/M59s that preceded the 89s Rolling Eyes


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This info not only clears up the mystery of which tyres they are but also goes a long way to explaining what was the major factor in both his relatively low speed offs in damp conditions, the last of which wrote off the bike when it ended up under a car.
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