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Andymn

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« on: October 05, 2017, 02:07:12 PM »
Need tires for my 2007 Kymco People S 200, Michelin City Grip or Avon AM63 Viper Stryke ?

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Re: Tires
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2017, 04:39:32 PM »
Need tires for my 2007 Kymco People S 200, Michelin City Grip or Avon AM63 Viper Stryke ?

Andy
Have City Grips on my Agility City 125, they have 20500km and are down to the wear marks. Good tires.
I liked them so much that I ordered a new pair a few days ago.
Haven't tried the Avons.

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Re: Tires
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2017, 12:39:17 AM »
My votes on the City Grips.
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2017, 03:32:55 AM »
Just like everybody else...City Grips.

On my former S200 I took 'em through the dragon, I rode them through a flash flood, & up a "mountain" on a winding road with the rain so heavy I couldn't see 5' ahead of me.

They work great in the dry too, & wear pretty good.  Have 'em on my HD200 too.
2008 SYM HD200 "Niwanibiz"
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Re: Tires
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2018, 07:29:37 PM »
I went with the Pirelli Angel scooter tire.

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Re: Tires
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2018, 12:14:59 PM »
From somebody who has put a few miles on Avon Vyper Strykes, there's a lot of better tyres out there for the money and they'd be right at the bottom of my list to fit.

Keeping in mind I don't know if any of these are available in your size;

~ I've used Michelin Street Pilots a lot and have been happy with the performance
~ Any tyres I've had from Metzeler have been perfectly acceptable
~ When I was a courier I was using Heidenau K66s for winter work (all-weather, but very fast wearing) and Michelin Street Pilots for summer work.
~ Early on in my bike riding life I used Duros a lot - hard wearing and nice chunky tread (HF903?) for scooters. I can't really remember much about them, but I'm going to go back to them fairly soon I think to try again.
~ Anything by IRC - wouldn't touch again with a barge pole
~ Anything by Maxxis? See Michelin Street Pilot, I liked these a lot too
~ Conti-go (Twists?) seemed nice and sticky but I didn't have them very long, which I regret now.

Anyway, hope this is of use to somebody and not just a rant... I've tried to keep it scooter-specific.
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Re: Tires
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2018, 08:25:57 PM »
Just as almost everyone else has said, City Grips. I run those on my PCX, and have never had a problem. 
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2) Eagles may soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.

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Re: Tires
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2018, 08:47:21 PM »
Need tires for my 2007 Kymco People S 200, Michelin City Grip or Avon AM63 Viper Stryke ?

Andy

I don't know - those Avons have a pretty cool name, although I ride on City Grips.
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Re: Tires
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2018, 09:41:37 PM »
The Avon Viper Stryke I put on the back of the DT wore out faster than the Maxxis.
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Re: Tires
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2018, 08:57:49 AM »
The Avon Viper Stryke I put on the back of the DT wore out faster than the Maxxis.

Mine wore out extremely fast too. It was a gonner in about 3500 miles if I remember rightly.
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Re: Tires
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2018, 02:28:21 PM »
Had ~6k on my City Grips & still going strong, even the rear.   Same deal on my HD200, ~6k miles on the CG's & going strong.
Best tire for the class in my opinion.  I've bought three sets of 'em for three bikes, & have no regrets.

Mine wore out extremely fast too. It was a gonner in about 3500 miles if I remember rightly.
2008 SYM HD200 "Niwanibiz"
2018 Suzuki Burgman AN650z "Bebaamaadizid"

k9 S200 (Blue) "Max" (Sold)
k8 SYM HD200 "Indigo" (Deceased)
k7 Suzuki Burgman 650 "Ohanzee" (Sold)

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