Anyone buy those cheap Aero Trak tires from ebay for an ATC70?

[Blown 331]

This guy lists one pair at a time and keeps relisting once they sell. Shipping for the pair is $20 and he starts the bid at $10. I always bid $18 on every auction. I finally got a pair for $17.50 plus $20 shipping. You can't complain about $18.75 per tire shipped for a ATC70! I guess I didn't really NEED them. I picked up this 1979 ATC70 cheap and it needed tires. Once my xowner ATC70 aluminum wheels come in I planned on putting the wheels and tires that they will replace on this 79.
Heres the 2 I got. http://www.ebay.com/itm/350578770199...84.m1497.l2649
They look pretty deformed in the pics. Mine were probably even more deformed that that. They were really smashed down for shipping. I did the ratchet strap around the outside trick and put them together tubless with used o-rings. The beads seated right up. I'm very happy with them. They even held the deformed shape after I mounted on the bike but they returned to round after riding for awhile. Has anyone else used these? Or if anyone is looking for cheap ATC70 tires I highly recommend them.

[murfman]

I bought some trail hawk tires on EBay that were about the same price (65$ shipped for 3) and just as deformed. I had to use a ratchet strap as well. They have a pretty aggressive directional thread. They have held air for a month so far.

[maxdallasfan]

What's the ratchet strap trick? Currently trying to get tires on a set of rims and having a hell of a time

[motoman1012002]

I have the same tires on my daughters 70 tucker tire is the next town up from me they do more business that a major tire shop in Memphis

[Frankencelery]

The ratchet strap trick is to help seat beads without stretching the tire. You get it started with a little bit of air in it and then put a ratchet strap around the tread part of the tire and pump it up until the beads seat.

I don't think I could buy those tires, the way they look. I've bought a lot of tires that looked just like that when I opened the box, but they didn't look like that in the picture!

[briano]

I bought 10 tires for my 70s from BMI karts for $135 shipped to my door. Go to their site at check out the clearance section.

[Howdy]

I bought 10 tires for my 70s from BMI karts for $135 shipped to my door. Go to their site at check out the clearance section.

That place is only 45 minutes from me, and I have been there before. I might have to call them and see what they will do if I picked up a bunch of them.
Howdy

[Blown 331]

I don't think I could buy those tires, the way they look. I've bought a lot of tires that looked just like that when I opened the box, but they didn't look like that in the picture!

I know what you mean but I was willing to give them a try to save some money and it worked out great. Other people people left positive feed back on them so I figured I should be ok.

I bought 10 tires for my 70s from BMI karts for $135 shipped to my door. Go to their site at check out the clearance section.

Wow, those are super cheap! I really like to stick with knobbies on my ATC70s and I should have enough tires now. I'm still debating though. I told a buddy of mine and he is going to buy some.

[Mosh]

When they ship and smash the tires like that, alot of times they are permanetly deformed even after they are aired up. Trust me, I had 2 of them and I mounted one of them and it always had a high side to it. I ran it on the front, and it was ok, but you could tell it was deformed.Even after a year or so, it still was deformed some.
The other one I never mounted because of that.

[Blown 331]

My brother was going to order those tires from BMI. Its $40 for 5 but then theres $36 shipping. Still not bad but at nearly doubling the price we are going to stick with the knobbies. Howdy, if you can pick them up in person that would make them a great deal.

When they ship and smash the tires like that, alot of times they are permanetly deformed even after they are aired up. Trust me, I had 2 of them and I mounted one of them and it always had a high side to it. I ran it on the front, and it was ok, but you could tell it was deformed.Even after a year or so, it still was deformed some.
The other one I never mounted because of that.

Are you saying you had ATC70 Aero Track tires that were deformed or was it another tire? The ones I just mounted on the 70 have been mounted for 3 days and I have about half an hour of ride time on them. If you really look at them you can see a slightly deformed portion but its very small and I doubt anyone would notice and you can't tell while riding. I can see where this could be an issue on other / larger machines. I would still recommend these and I might even buy more if I can get them even cheaper than this set.

[Mosh]

Are you saying you had ATC70 Aero Track tires that were deformed or was it another tire? The ones I just mounted on the 70 have been mounted for 3 days and I have about half an hour of ride time on them. If you really look at them you can see a slightly deformed portion but its very small and I doubt anyone would notice and you can't tell while riding. I can see where this could be an issue on other / larger machines. I would still recommend these and I might even buy more if I can get them even cheaper than this set.

Yeah another brand. The ones I have may be thicker, or more rigid and that is why they never worked out straight. I checked his feedback and there were some neutral/neg about deformation problems.
Yeah they will work for a 70 rider and for the price It is a good deal. I dont know if I would expect people to want them for really clean builds though. Anytime I see tires smashed like that for sale, I just keep on going. It is a shame it is so costly to ship stuff anymore, and people would not do that stuff. Someone just got a trashed set of new fenders because someone tried to save money by wrapping them in plastic and looks like they got used for a road sled.

[Blown 331]

Yeah these tires are pretty thin, I think thats why they dont look too bad anymore. I checked the feed back and saw that as well. I paid $200 for this 1979 and a 1980 and also runs but has a transmission problem. I thought these tires were great for that.
And I know what you mean about using them on a nice build though. Ohtsu's would be my choice there.
And yeah shipping is getting just crazy. I have a 4.5 rating on ebay as far as my shipping cost, not horrible but still lower than most. Funny part is I almost loose money on shipping every time. I just guess my shipping amounts. I'll get $10 from the buyer on shipping then I pay $15 to ship it, then the buyer says $10 was too much. lol. I try to do free shipping (to get automatic 5 star rating) when I can and just increase the price of part but it doesn't seem like that works as well. I'll try selling something 5 times for $50 with free shipping with no luck. But if I change that to $35 with $15 shipping then I have several people interested. And does anyone really care about that rating anyway? I know I don't. I leave 5 star on the shipping almost every time just because I know how it is.

[just ben]

I just got 4 of these tires from the same seller for 89.90 . I wish I had seen the listing you linked before I bought them. They now show a perfectly good tire and say that they will be compressed to save on shipping. They clearly were put in a compactor and bailed up way before they ever got them. I'm sure they didnt pay more than 2-3 bucks a piece for those tires. These are not compressed for shipping! they have been compressed for quite a long time, long enough that stress from bending the rubber has permanently discolored the tires. I have had 25lbs in one for two days and it still looks like sloth's head. New tires cheap? yes would I buy them again? no.

[Howdy]

I have had tires that were baled and shipped to me before. I took tubes and inflated them off rims for a few days in a warm area. They were fine once I removed the tubes. These tires might be different, but who knows.
Howdy