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What were the "original" tires on a 1965 Honda Dre

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Simple
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What were the "original" tires on a 1965 Honda Dre

Post by Simple » Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:36 am

Also, what about "Atlas" tires on one?
Anyone have a deal for buying new Firestones with 1.5" White Walls any where?

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Post by lrutt » Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:27 pm

Original on my bike were Nittos with a small whitewall, about 3/4" I believe. As a matter of fact I still have the original Nittos in storage. I should sell them to someone who wants a museum piece 100% original.

Front was ribbed and back had kind of a checker pattern to it.

As for the firestones, I had some of those but they split and replaced them with the Cokers. As far as I know the Cokers are the ONLY white walls in the proper size for the 305 dreams.

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Post by Hahnda » Thu Sep 25, 2014 3:42 pm

The tires Coker sells are Firestones.

Pretty much the only source for whitewalls that fit a Dream.
http://www.cokertire.com/brands/firesto ... -tire.html

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Post by lrutt » Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:07 pm

firestone replicas. with the same tooling I suppose but they are not true firestones.

the firestones I had used back in the 70s were actually made by firestone.

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Post by rrietman » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:48 pm

the FireStones that Coker sells are repops made overseas. the availability has been a little spotty over the years. they are HORRIBLE tires for riding. unfortunately, there are no other options for a whitewall in that size. other than the glue on type.
Randy

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Post by mike1969 » Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:53 am

[quote="rrietman"]the FireStones that Coker sells are repops made overseas. the availability has been a little spotty over the years. they are HORRIBLE tires for riding. unfortunately, there are no other options for a whitewall in that size. other than the glue on type.
Randy[/quote]
+1 With Randy. Had a set of the coker whitewall tires. A very frightening ride. Nowhere near the original Firestone tires. The sidewalls are very very thin.
Many members here use "portawalls" with good results.

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