31-10-2021, 05:36 PM
The Cheng Shin C180, The Kenda K265 and now these Anlas tyres are, indeed, motorcycle tyres and the tread patterns are all copies (sort of) of the Dunlop K70. There are also similar type copies of the Firestone AMS around as well. Bruce is right when he says the side walls will collapse when run at low, trials, pressures and that's the point of the exercise. I can't speak for the Kenda or Anlas versions but the Cheng Shin version are, in reality, quite poor quality copies of the Dunlop K70 but it's this poor quality that makes then great trials tyres when fitted to our cars because the side walls do collapse leading to a greater 'footprint' on the trials hill. Genuine Dunlop K70s don't work as well because they have stiffer side walls. Longstones don't work at all on relatively light cars like Sevens because the side walls are much, much stiffer than the Cheng Shins and if you let them down to trials pressure nothing much happens and they don't look any different to when they're fully inflated. Believe me, we've all tried all the different makes and options and it's the Cheng Shins that win out every time. The Kenda 265 and now these Anlas tyres are the talk of the pre-war car trials world because they’re available in the preferred 450 x 18 size and, no doubt, someone will be trying them out over the next 3 weeks.
Steve
Steve