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It looks like I'm not going to be spoiled for choice with tyres. Avon, Dunlop, Pirelli all don't list a tyre for the TZR. Continental do something called the Twist SM/ Sport that I've never heard of and then there is the Bridgestone Battlax BT45 which is a sport touring/ touring tyre as suggested above.

Ummm...

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As far as road tyres go, the BT45 is the best of that bunch.

In 1969 Malcolm Uphill did a lap of the TT at 99.99mph, leading Dunlop to produce a tyre they called the TT100, a tyre whose performance and grip is significantly poorer than a Bridgestone BT45 - you'll be fine.

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While its true that tyre technology has moved on from the 60's I'd just like to try some of the latest and greatest if its possible, but it appears that getting the latest rubber is going to be a little tricky. Looks like a pair of BT45's are the way forward.

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SQH call this guy (Stef) have a chat http://www.tyres4bikes.co.uk/
Cant wait to have a ride my old bestest mate yer good bloke you are I love you.

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SH Avon Roadriders are available in TZR fitment (F 100/80-17. R 120/80-17)

You could possibly pinch fit a dunlop Arrowmax StreetSmart onto the rims

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Think he might be out of my area, but thanks all for the ideas will have a chat with my local fitters to see what they can get and what is available.

As for having a go, depends on how nice you ask...

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So I took the afternoon off and had a little drive down to Bristol and returned with some freshly powdercoated metal all wrapped in industrial grade cling film. So first order was to unwrap that lot, was like a kid at Christmas.

So some pictures. Firstly the frame. It looks good enough to lick. Not that I would... Much.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...psfba6b102.jpg

Next the wheels. The red was matched against the fairing color, but has came out a little darker. I'm not worried about that, I know the wheel and fairing color is slightly off as standard and lets face it, we are painting using different materials.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps66c7db6d.jpg

Now the silver bits.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps209724f5.jpg

Finally the black bits.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...pscfdc00be.jpg

Just need to remove the mask and tidy up the threads. I think a little bit missed masking though some of it can be well hidden under the coating so will have to investigate that later and at worse might have to remove some coating somehow. But overall I'm very happy with the results.

So the plan now is to set to work on reassembly. A few parts need to go off to different places for a little assistance, but this can be done in parallel so shouldn't impact the time line to much.

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The wheels look awesome!

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Make sure you clean some powder off between the engine and frame, and between the coil mounts and frame. :)

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I have avon roadriders on my cb500. They are ok, but then i dont really have much experience of much else other than i had a bt45 on ther front before and replaced with avon when it wore out and noticed no different