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Craig380 · 03-10-23, 07:58 PM

True, slick tyres only came in for bikes in '73 / '74 and even then, they were so much worse than they were even just 10 years later, let alone compared to today's tyres. The 500 and 750cc 2-strokes of the mid-70s would shred tyres easily.

03-10-23, 07:58 PM	#4
Craig380 Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 1,243	Re: A bit of racing nostalgia True, slick tyres only came in for bikes in '73 / '74 and even then, they were so much worse than they were even just 10 years later, let alone compared to today's tyres. The 500 and 750cc 2-strokes of the mid-70s would shred tyres easily.