Speedway trials tyres.

[scifi]

Hi all, just wondering if anyone knows if speedway bikes still use 350x19 trials tyres, and if they do, where do they get them.   I think that some of the older trials bike conversions, such as Bantam Trials bikes, would only take a 350 tyre, without extensive widening modifications to the rear suspension.

[ChrisCH]

No idea about speedway but the dealers near us do classic trials stuff and have that size tyre.  It's available online if you want one.

https://www.feked.com/ensign-19-rear-trials-tyre-350x19-100-100-19.html

[hillary]

Speedway use speedway tyres, not trials tyres and all trials tyres these days are 18inch.

[suzuki250]

If you put a 19" trials tyre on a bantam you would need to extend the swing-arm, and that's all that's needed to fit a proper trials tyre

[faussy]

Speedway use 3.75x19. You could use one at a pinch for maybe a display bike or just arsing about. If you want to be competitive, you will have to accommodate a 4 inch

[rick1962uk]

i use to race speedway and the tread is very low and large squares they are now designed not to grip i can get loads free but would be us for a trials bike

 

[djr]

As has been said , the tread  on todays speedway tyres is very shallow  { even when new }  

and although the tread pattern may look like a trials type there are probably differences in sidewall  & plies etc.

 

[v1nn1e]

On 9/30/2019 at 7:17 AM, hillary said:

Speedway use speedway tyres, not trials tyres and all trials tyres these days are 18inch.

Except when they are 21"