350x tire issues

[ricky200x]

my uncle has his 350x out and we decided it needs a new front tire. trying to keep it orginal, we went to the dealer in town and all that they can get is a cheng shin waffle tire. its like 2ply and doesnt look even close to right. i found another kenda tire that looks more like the tire on my 200x, but does anyone else know where to buy a decent front tire for one of these? i would really like to find hom the ohtsu 701's but im sure thats difficult.any help would be great.

[tundrawillie]

Front Ohtsu's are long gone. If you found one for sale, they'd want $500 for it. Tires are slim pickn's in that size.

[Lock]

If you're looking for a stock "looking" tire, Dunlop made a similar tire (KT576 IIRC) that is now discontinued, but can be typically found on Ebay in used, but decent shape for less than $100 mounted on a wheel. Sometimes have to be patient since there are a lot of bald or cracked tires being sold on Ebay also; and you also have to make sure the tires don't have any dry rot starting on the sidewalls also (which is sometimes hard to see in a Ebay pic).

I haven't found any Ohtsu's (even on Ebay) for quite a while.

Your standard option is a Kenda Front Max, the Cheng Shin tire you already mentioned (which looks close to the Ohtsu on the 83-85 200X), or a couple of quad tires that come in 23x8x11 (Pathfinder, 489, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple others). None of those really look like OEM in my opinion.

I snagged a good quality dunlop KT576 with no rot on a great condition '86 350x wheel a few months ago when I had a 350x of my own. Ended up selling the bike, so I might be willing to sell the tire/wheel combo for the right price. PM me if interested.