will 3.50 x 16" tires fit?

mangajunky · Post by **mangajunky** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:22 pm

Hey there. My '66 Dream will be on the road really shortly.

Is there a conversion to a modern tire size equivalent?

here are some crappy cell phone pics:

mangajunky · Post by **mangajunky** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:55 am

I found a set of 3.25 X 16 Goodyear tires @ Coker Tire in Chattanooga, Tn.

http://www.cokertire.com/

I'm putting a Ribbed on the front and a Grasshopper on the rear. When I chatted with the fella @ the shop they said they had a lot of them in stock.

FluteTears · Post by **FluteTears** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:21 pm

joeweir1 wrote:Guess I have a dumb Dream.I have heard some negatives about the Cokers as far as handling goes and reliability so I went with some blackwalls.

I have a set of the Cokers white walls and I dont like them they handle bad. But they look good

bj · Post by bj » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:47 pm

That a sweet looking bike.

Does anyone know of new whitewalls being made, that will fit. I have heard similar bad things about the Cokers.

Bryan

onchiman · Post by **onchiman** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:02 am

Has anyone here tried to make your own whitewalls? There are different kinds of tire paint available such as http://www.mbzponton.org/valueadded/other/tirepaint.htm
If it works well you can pick whatever tire you want and make it a whitewall and have the look and better handling.

Dogsbd · Post by **Dogsbd** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:16 pm

I've not tried that but the results look good.

Oh and there is a period at the end of the URL that shouldn't be.

this should work:

http://www.mbzponton.org/valueadded/other/tirepaint.htm

mangajunky · Post by **mangajunky** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:34 pm

I won't buy from Coker again. They sent me something different from what I ordered. I ordered a Goodyear ribbed and they sent me an old Yokohama - it has age cracks between the treads!! The Goodyear grasshopper was fine.

They offered free shipping on my next order...but come on...how can you sell me an old tire with rubber that's starting to get hard and cracked?