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Title: tyre time line
Post by: steve Beech TA on November 26, 2008, 05:52 PM

Can we start a tyre time line please:

as i have not really got a proper grasp as to what type of tyre is relevant to year


Cheers steve :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: bobafett on November 26, 2008, 10:06 PM

Right - I've just lifted this off another site so no-one give me any sh!t about the dates if they are wrong  :LolLolLolLol:

(http://www.jpdeane.com/bmx/tiogatimeline.jpg)

I thought the rainbows came out earlier than this but what the fook do i know  :-\

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: steve Beech TA on November 26, 2008, 11:04 PM

Dead sound cheers :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: bobafett on November 26, 2008, 11:09 PM

Quote from: steve Beech TA on November 26, 2008, 11:04 PM

Dead sound cheers :daumenhoch:

You are more than welcome  ;)

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: Frosty on November 27, 2008, 11:35 AM

The Grippa's from 83 maybe earlier

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y91/frosty_paul/grippatyres.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y91/frosty_paul/SE%20Hauler/DSCF1216.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y91/frosty_paul/GT/DSCF1482.jpg)

also these IRC Racer X "Kuwahara" these will be from possibly late 70's or early 80's

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y91/frosty_paul/DSCF0685.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y91/frosty_paul/DSCF1727.jpg)

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: Mattdub on November 27, 2008, 12:47 PM

I think that chart up there ^^^^^^^ is a bit mixed up/misleading . Not your fault Mr Fett  ;)

Yellow label Comp III should go after Comp II for instance .

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: bobafett on November 27, 2008, 01:23 PM

Any info on the right dates ? - I could butcher the pic with the right info  :-\



Oh - I just took a look at the molded markings on the knarler knobbys i just got off goose1 and there is one that says N83 so 1983 era for the knarlers maybe ?  :-\

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: endoeddy on November 28, 2008, 02:59 PM

try here for an idea about years http://martinbike.jalbum.net/Parts/index.html
i hope this helps :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: bobafett on November 28, 2008, 03:09 PM

Quote from: endoeddy on November 28, 2008, 02:59 PM

try here for an idea about years http://martinbike.jalbum.net/Parts/index.html
i hope this helps :daumenhoch:

Yeah the martinbike website is ace - good source of reference pics  :daumenhoch:
Unfortunatley it doesn't give a start of production / end of production date range for each product but you can read between the lines and get a pretty good idea.
 - i had a quick scan through and the mitsuboshi tyres he has up there look to fall in the date ranges i posted above so that lists probably not far off :-\

On the knarlers he's got them up as 1982 so i guess that N83 molding on my set probably is a date stamp as it's in the right neck of the woods (maybe it stands for Nov.83 ? )

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: Mattdub on November 28, 2008, 03:24 PM

Knarlers were about earlier than most peeps think  ;)

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: steve Beech TA on November 28, 2008, 06:42 PM

Yes i looked on there dead sound site :4_17_5:, i go on there for a lot of stuff but i do agree with bobafett. cheers :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: tyre time line
Post by: motomagII on November 30, 2008, 09:46 AM

ive got pair crlisle agressors,which i know for fact were out in 81 but thats all i know