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Slick Historic

Homologated and specified for many historic race championships. Manufactured in the UK and Europe.

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Dry performance

The tyre's ability to grip the road in dry conditions.

Wet performance

The tyre's ability to grip the road in wet conditions.

Tread wear

The wear rate of the tyre.

Quiet ride

The measure of how quiet a tyre is while driving.

Handling

How the tyre is able to respond to driving such as accelerating, braking, steering and turning.

Off road

The tyre's ability to have grip on unpaved surfaces such as dirt, mud, sand, rock or gravel.

*When compared to other Avon tyres

Wide range of sizes with approved patterns appropriate for historic applications
Aesthetically engineered in keeping with the period of the vehicle.
Designed specifically to compliment the chassis characteristics of classic and historic performance cars
Optimises the performance and driver pleasure.
Compounds designed to provide confidence inspiring dry performance
Exceptional all-weather performance.

Tyre specifications

There are 6 tyre sizes available

Showing specs for 16" rim

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Tyre size The nominal tyre size below is listed on the sidewall, this is a reference to the dimensions of the tyre. For example: Tyre Tread Width / Tyre Aspect Ratio or Tyre Diameter / Rim Diameter	Rim choice Recommended range of wheel widths to be used	Rim used Rim used for measurement of the tyre	Measured at (cannot find text: coopertires_sites:site.tooltips.avon_motorsport_measured)		Diameter Overall diameter of the tyre		Section Overall section width of the tyre		Tread Overall tread width of the tyre		Revolutions Total number of rotations for the tyre to complete a mile or kilometre		Tread Overall tread width of the tyre
	Rim choice Recommended range of wheel widths to be used	Rim used Rim used for measurement of the tyre	psi	Bar	ins	mm	ins	mm	ins	mm	miles	km	patterns
10.0/23.5-16	9.0 - 11.0	10	30.0	2.1	23.60	599	10.94	278	10.00	254	855	531	View
11.0/23.5-16	10.0 - 12.0	12	30.0	2.1	23.50	597	12.56	319	11.30	287	858	533	View
12.5/23.5-16	11.5 - 13.5	13.5	30.0	2.1	23.40	594	13.74	349	12.68	322	862	536	View
12.5/25.0-16	11.5 - 13.5	13	30.0	2.1	24.75	629	14.21	361	12.48	317	815	506	View
13.5/25.0-16	12.0 - 14.5	14	30.0	2.1	25.00	635	15.20	386	13.39	340	807	501	View
14.0/27.0-16	13.0 - 16.0	14	30.0	2.1	27.20	691	15.75	400	13.98	355	741	461	View

Tyre size	Classic	Universal	ACR71	Modern	Historic	Intermediate	BGT	Saloon	Rallycross Wet and ACB11 Modification			Sidecar	Available Moulded Sizes
Tyre size	Wet	Wet	Type Wet	Wet	All Weather	Int	Wet	Wet	Classic	Universal	Stage 1-3	Wet	Crossply	Radial
10.0/23.5-16	W008	-	-	-	H006	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11.0/23.5-16	W008	-	-	-	H007	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12.5/23.5-16	W009	-	-	-	H007	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12.5/25.0-16	W009	-	-	-	H008	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13.5/25.0-16	W009	-	-	-	H008	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14.0/27.0-16	-	-	-	-	H008	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

When ordering your Avon motorsport tyres it is important to give your racing tyre supplier as much information as possible.

Avon Tyres Motorsport produces slick tyres in a variety of different compounds, with each compound aimed at a specific area of motorsport.

Hand cutting tyres should only be undertaken by a trained professional, do not attempt to cut a tyre yourself.

Guidance on fitting tubes into tyres. Consult this page to find important information on proper tube fitment.