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Style and performance for cruisers, customs and tourers
Key Points
- Aimed at the power cruiser/custom/touring market
- Incorporates sports tyre technology for nimble handling
- Special construction to deal with heavy loads
- Incredible stability and longevity – perfect for touring
- Unique ’snakeskin-effect’ sidewall and aggressive tread pattern
- Extra wide sizes for custom bikes
- Ultra-quiet
- Unique pattern for Honda Goldwing fitment
- Available in a wide range of sizes, incorporating fitments for Harley Davidson’s V-Rod & V-Twin Baggers, Triumph’s Rocket III, Honda’s Goldwing and Valkyrie plus some sizes for custom bike applications
Avon Motorcycle Tyres North America has supplied us with Cobra Touring tyres for the 2010 and 2011 riding season.
Front: 120/70ZR-19
Rear: 180/55ZR-18
Reviews
Avon Cobra motorcycle tyres
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Special thanks goes to Parts Canada for all their help in making the necessary arrangements with Avon Motorcycle Tyres North America in order to get both sets of Cobra tyres to Vridetv. We definitely appreciate your effort.
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Since installing the Avon Cobra tyres on Virtual Riding TV's video camera equipped bike, I've put on over 10,000 kilometres and have tested them out on a wide variety of road conditions. Highway, winding roads, kilometres of gravel, and some very rough road filled with grooves, potholes, frost heaves and torn asphalt. They have also gone through a wide variety of weather conditions, from heat so hot that your kickstand sinks, to rain so hard that it pools in the ruts left by big trucks. The handling and grip that they have provided during my testing is in one word: incredible.
The wear on the tyres after 10,000 kms is minimal thanks to the rubber compound Avon has used in this remarkable touring tire. Being triple belted, these tyres are tough, I've pulled out pieces of wire from one of the many exploded truck tires that litter the roads and highways and the tire was fine. I have also unintentionally ran over sharp jagged rocks, broken glass, and the tyres have withstood it all. While riding at 110kph I hit a pothole so hard, that it knocked the wind out of me and made my teeth clank together. I was amazed that the tyres withstood such a violent impact, lucky for me!
If you need a set of tyres, I highly recommend that you try out a set of the Avon Cobra tyres. Avon has proven to me that these tyres are an excellent choice for a high-performance and safe motorcycle tyre.
I have used other Avon motorcycle tyres in the past with great results, I was a customers long before Avon Motorcycle Tyres North America became Vridetv.com's sponsor.
October 9th 2010 Update: Since the above article was posted, an additional 5,223 kms have been put on this set of tyres bringing the total to 15,223 kms and still counting. These are excellent tyres that have preformed incredibly well, even in the most challenging road and riding conditions.
November 15th 2010 Update: Since the above update was posted, an additional 2,373 kms have been put on this set of tyres bringing the total to 17,596 kms and still counting. It is absolutely remarkable that there is still more kilometers of life left in these tyres. To put in into perspective, on our ride across Canada in 2006 we rode 18,846 and went through three sets of tires made by a different company....
Official tyre sponsor of Vridetv's 2010 & 2011 riding seasons
May 25th 2011 Update: There is now over 20,000 kilometers on this set of Avon Cobra touring tyres...
August 15th 2011 Update: There is now over 22,486 kilometers on this set of Avon Cobra touring tyres...
I find this truly amazing considering what I've put them through.
I highly recommend these tyres, they have proven to be the best tyres I've ever used.
