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Avon Motorcycle Slick

These tyres were designed for lightweight 2 stroke racing bikes of the 1980's and 1990's.

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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

Front tyre available in 2 profiles, the rounder profile designed for Supermoto use.
Compound (soft A50) and construction optimised to provide instant grip with stability at high speeds and under heavy braking.
2 rear sizes available
165/60R17 designed for 4.5" rim 170/55R17 designed for 5.5" rim
2 compounds available for each rear size. A11 soft compound and 222 medium compound.
Instant warm up makes the A11 particularly suitable for the Classic TT lightweight race.

Tyre specifications

There are 3 tyre sizes available

Showing specs for 17" rim

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				ins	mm	ins	mm	ins	mm	ins	mm	miles	km
170/55ZR17	Rear	5.0 - 5.5	5.5	24.72	628	6.50	165	6.50	165	11.46	291	816	507
165/60ZR17	Rear	4.25 - 5.0	4.5	24.69	627	6.34	161	6.34	161	11.54	293	817	508
120/70ZR17	Front	3.5 - 3.75	3.5	23.50	597	4.61	117	4.61	117	11.14	283	858	533

Every Avon motorcycle tyre is some of the world’s most advanced tyre technology.

Tyres are the only part of your motorcycle that are in contact with the road.

Pressure guidelines

In order to get the most out of our tyres check your tyre pressure regularly

All the technical symbols you can expect to find on our Avon motorcycle tyres.