Avon Cobra Trike Tyre

[Springman2007]

Guys,

I guess, lets just chalk this one up as a "learning experience" and move on....

I say for those that want too, send them an email asking for front trike tires for other bikes...I will only take a minute or two and you can say "you gave it a shot"....

I have to confess, I never was crazy about Avon, they are OK. But, nothing to get excited over. So, lets just do what we have been doing: make-do with what we have and hope something better comes along......

Springman

 

[bikerbillone]

Guess that's good advice, I never was a fan of Avon Cobras either, but open to the experience of others on this special edition for trikers. My experience was, rubber on the foot print way too soft and prone to cupping, could not get any mileage wear. That was then, this is now, so I shall watch.

 

[roadking2]

Guys,

I guess, lets just chalk this one up as a "learning experience" and move on....

I say for those that want too, send them an email asking for front trike tires for other bikes...I will only take a minute or two and you can say "you gave it a shot"....

I have to confess, I never was crazy about Avon, they are OK. But, nothing to get excited over. So, lets just do what we have been doing: make-do with what we have and hope something better comes along......

Springman

Maybe we should skip Avon and go to Metzeler, Michelin, or Dunlop or any of the other manufacturers and ask them to get on the ball and develop front tires for a trike.

 

[Springman2007]

Maybe we should skip Avon and go to Metzeler, Michelin, or Dunlop or any of the other manufacturers and ask them to get on the ball and develop front tires for a trike.

I have to say that in an ideal world this would be a joint project taken up by Harley and Dunlop....

That way it would probably find its way to new TGs and FWs; and, be a general stock item at Harley Dealers - lord knows we all have sought out an HD Dealer a time or two..... And, I have to tell you that I easily chose it under that guise....

Well, just my take on it - or wish....

Springman

 

[Sloride]

I cannot find this tire in-stock anywhere, doe anyone know of a retailer that has them in stock?

 

[lzski326]

Maybe we should skip Avon and go to Metzeler, Michelin, or Dunlop or any of the other manufacturers and ask them to get on the ball and develop front tires for a trike.

my 2009 has Dunlops on it front and back from the factory. 45000 on the back and change the front every 20000

 

[Foodog2]

I cannot find this tire in-stock anywhere, doe anyone know of a retailer that has them in stock?

I ordered one today from http://www.cedarrapidstire.com/ but they only had a few. $175 shipped... Not a great price but they are back ordered everywhere.

 

[bikerbillone]

With so many chasing this tire, Avon should really rake in the big bucks.

 

[Johnlyn]

Well I wen't ahead and bought one waited a few days for delivery and when it arrived it was a Cobra bike tyre! At least they took it back. I'm told by Avon UK that they will be making a batch soon and will be available in the UK. I will get one as soon as their available. Been riding trikes since 2002 and have done quite a few miles, it will be nice to have a purpose made tyre for the trike.

 

[Greezy]

Guys, A few details that I have found with several weeks of research for my trike. I saw that Avon had a trike tire for Honda, and since my trike is a Harley Ultra Classic conversion I decided to see if they have one for my machine. After some research I found that there is a tire named "Avon Front Cobra AV71 Trike MT90HB-16 Blackwall". This tire has an Avon part number of 90000023950 and can be found on the Dennis Kirk web site (https://www.denniskirk.com/avon/fro...kwall-tire-90000023950.p544808.prd/544808.sku). There is an alternate part number for this same tire that is used by Drag Specialties and a few other vendors (90000025025). I did not order a tire from these vendors, but I did contact my local indy to get it. They put the order in and a tire arrived with a paper label indicating it was a trike tire, but it was for a two wheeler. (The trike tire will have "Trike" on the sidewall). I know there is sometimes confusion between the Trike version and two wheel version, but the paper label in this case indicated it was for a trike. I hope that the part numbers and other information will be useful. Anyway, the tire should arrive a in day or two and I will post an update once I have a few miles on it.

 

[roadking2]

Here is a link straight from the Avon North America site. Looks like they are making the trike tire in 2 sizes now.
The 130/70R18 for $174 and a MT90B16 for about $138

http://www.avonmoto.com/products/cru...om/cobra-trike

 

[MB1953]

Guys, A few details that I have found with several weeks of research for my trike. I saw that Avon had a trike tire for Honda, and since my trike is a Harley Ultra Classic conversion I decided to see if they have one for my machine. After some research I found that there is a tire named "Avon Front Cobra AV71 Trike MT90HB-16 Blackwall". This tire has an Avon part number of 90000023950 and can be found on the Dennis Kirk web site (https://www.denniskirk.com/avon/fron...prd/544808.sku). There is an alternate part number for this same tire that is used by Drag Specialties and a few other vendors (90000025025). I did not order a tire from these vendors, but I did contact my local indy to get it. They put the order in and a tire arrived with a paper label indicating it was a trike tire, but it was for a two wheeler. (The trike tire will have "Trike" on the sidewall). I know there is sometimes confusion between the Trike version and two wheel version, but the paper label in this case indicated it was for a trike. I hope that the part numbers and other information will be useful.

Anyway, the tire should arrive a in day or two and I will post an update once I have a few miles on it.

Well now I am confused... I had my local indy shop order and install the "Avon Cobra AV71 MT90HB-16 Blackwall" a week ago. About 1000 miles later, and I am thrilled with the ride and handling improvement. Then I read this, and go look at my front tire, and it says "Avon Cobra AV71 MT90HB-16 Blackwall", but I do not see "Trike" anywhere. It is obviously too late to go back to the shop about it. What is the difference between the trike and non-trike versions? Well, at this point, I guess I will enjoy the Avon Cobra for the improvements I already see over the OEM Dunlop.

 

[Greezy]

A follow up to my post back on May 19th. The shop got the right tire, and this one has Trike on the side wall. I had it mounted but have not had much time to ride since then. Today I put on about 80 miles traveling many different types of roads, and the tire performs much better then the stock Harley Dunlop front tire. The Dunlop that this tire replaced only had a couple thousand miles on it, so it appears that the Avon may be a much better option for anyone looking for a trike front tire. Just an FYI, my trike is a Harley Ultra Classic with the MotorTrike kit. The Ultra Classic, Tri Glide and many other large Harley models use this same 16 inch front tire.

 

[scuba1954]

Just got my avon trike tire from motorcycle superstore for $119.98 delivered.

 

[bronxbill]

Quick update on my experience with the Avon tire. I have just at 4000 miles on the tire now; I just measured the tread depth last week, just at 10/32 The depth was 11/32 when new. In the time I have had it, I have been to the Dragon twice. The first time, I had the tire inflated to 36psi; I experience some "chatter" in the hard curves. The second time, I bumped the tire up to 40psi and the trike handled like it was on rails. I was very pleased; I would definitely buy this tire again