Ohtsu tires.

[conbs]

Were Ohtsu whitewalls orignal tires for any year of Dream? I thought I read a post to that effect a couple of years ago, but I'll be danged if I can find it again.

coldn't find anything in Silver's Dream resto volume. I tried searching "Ohtsu" on the site and came up with zero hits. Waded through about 10 pages of "tires" search and gave up. Would appreciate any info anyone has.

[lrutt]

On my 67 they were Nitto's I believe. I think I still have them tucked away somewhere.

[Paul Strassmaier]

I think they were on early dreams. I had a 61 CA95 with them...

[conbs]

Thanks for the reply, Paul.

When I found this CA77 long ago, the guy had two bikes. One was a white 1964. The other was red and apparently one of the very early CA's, I think 1961. Motor number CA77E A100XX. I ended up with the red tank, 1961 motor and the wheels/tires from the red bike with Ohtsu whitewalls on them. That was in 1972, so I guess there is a chance they were the original tires for the '61.

Any information anyone else has would be appreciated.

[G-Man2]

Conbs

My 1962 C72 Dream had Ohtsu tires on it and I believe that they are the original. It has very low mileage and the bike had been in a damp barn for most of its life.

G

[Paul Strassmaier]

Ok, so I need to figure out if a 1961 CS72 would have whitewalls or blackwalls on it? I'm thinking blackwalls, but I want to make sure....

[conbs]

Thanks for the responses, guys. Bill Silvers responded to my question as follows:

"Yes, Ohtsu was an OEM tire manufacturer for Honda. Even early ATC90s had Ohtsu tires on them.
Early bikes had wide whitewalls, which were narrowed for later models... 1963-64 is the probable changeover time."

My tires have the wide whitewalls and even have good tread. I wouldn't ride on them, but they will make for interesting conversation.