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19 " race tyres, yo

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So what's the tire of choice for the Period 2 class, specifically my CB450. I had some Goodyear DTs that I ran on my supermotard bike at NHIS, and Jerry said they were borderline for his track, he thought that they were a bit too "coarse", which I found hard to believe. Is there a restriction on tire choices, besides treaded only?
Anyway, planning ahead, so I need a lead on a supplier.
Also thinking about running the aforementioned supermotard in the Singles class. It's an '86 XL600. Think they'll let me in?

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I'm going to re-convert the XL600 from a motardy thing to a roadracy thing, I think. It's not competitive against the 450s anymore. I know I'm up against them in the singles class too, but I'm hoping there will be some older iron out there that I can race with. The only thing is, my wheel choices are 19" front and rear, or 21" front, 17" rear, and the 21/17 choice is the original wheels which are kinda narrow. I ran this bike at NHIS in 2002 with the Dirttrack 19" tires, and it felt fine, but I don't know if they'll let me run those on the full track. I think it's a wm3 front and wm4 rear.

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