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S.I.P./AFR tubeless, tires question.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:26 am
by Robi D
I have a set of the S.I.P. Tubeless rims and need some tires. What tires are you using on yours and how hard were they to fit? I'm putting these on a ser. 1 with a TS1 225. I've been looking at some continental zippy 1's.
Thanks
Re: S.I.P./AFR tubeless, tires question.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:28 am
by mark
I have racemans on my sip rims but they wouldn't fit my afr versions, they buckled the tyres when trying. the sip rims are easy to fit tyres to yourself unlike the afr version .
Re: S.I.P./AFR tubeless, tires question.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:28 am
by coaster
Robi D wrote:I'm putting these on a ser. 1 with a TS1 225. I've been looking at some continental zippy 1's.
I think the Conti's are only rated at 63 mph, there are far better tyres out there with a speed rating better suited to a TS1. It would be a bit like using HR rated tyres on a Porche instead of VR
The Swalbe Raceman that Mark mentioned are very good in the wet and dry as are Weathermans and are both rated at 93 mph. Hidenaugh (spelling?) also get good reviews and have a similar rating.
I had a set of Conti Twists on my T5 which were great especially on greasy London roads but then they were compatible with the scooters performance.
Re: S.I.P./AFR tubeless, tires question.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:53 am
by johnd
Zippy 1s will fit ok. at least the did on a set of SIP vespa rims for me.
Re: S.I.P./AFR tubeless, tires question.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:14 pm
by Furious George
As mentioned above I have Racemans on mine (SIP), one fitted professionally, I did the other myself with no problems after watching the guy fit the first one.
Re: S.I.P./AFR tubeless, tires question.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:55 pm
by soulsurfer
Same as above, Weathermans and Racemans fitted to my SIP rims.
By the way, the AF and SIP rims are
not the same
Re: S.I.P./AFR tubeless, tires question.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:34 pm
by Robi D
Good to know, thanks everyone. I thought the rims were the same, but a few small differences. I have the S.I.P. rims.
Cheers!
Re: S.I.P./AFR tubeless, tires question.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:39 am
by Robi D
What about conti twists? good/bad? I kinda like the look of them.
Re: S.I.P./AFR tubeless, tires question.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:08 pm
by volcom
Along the same lines as above. I have some S3 that I haven't used yet and was thinking about sticking these on to the SIP rims is that a bad idea?
Re: S.I.P./AFR tubeless, tires question.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:08 pm
by coaster
Robi D wrote:What about conti twists? good/bad? I kinda like the look of them.
See my comments above
