bboyrise investing $85K to remake the Dunlop Kt577 tire

[Dirtweed]

They look pretty good. Is he listing them for sale yet?

[atc500x]

Price please!!!

[slashfan7964]

Ain't that something.

Well, it might not be original, but that's a pretty big dedication right there, I must say.

[hatc200x1]

Awesome!!! I know ill be buying a couple sets in the next few months.

[toki]

you have to give him rights to pictures of your trikes tho. action shots preferred.

[Dirtcrasher]

It's just scary these days with all the scams out there.

So no any of you hoarders will lose the market to perfect restorations only.

Sure looks like a tire to me!!??

Not sure why if he is credible that he would use Tattools trike picture; That didn't help him much in terms of trust.

We'll see how it goes!!

[honda200x1987]

Just got a Msg from them , 225 for a set plus shipping. 3 sets or more is free shipping

[tecaterob]

Dam I never knew he was local to me. If you guys want I can go by when they are done and let you know.

[petesatc]

wonder if the new seller thought to check with Ohtsu and Dunlop to see they had any copyright and patent left on the design???? could be expensive f**k up if they they have......

[DohcBikes]

I find it amusing that the guy fakes owning tattool's TPC, then makes a tire called... "cheetah".

Lol DC!!, yep, looks like a tire, doesn't it. Could have debuted it on a nicer wheel too. Price seems ok, as long as that's not a pic of somebody else's tire

I'm sure he's taking prepaid orders folks so run out and get your knockoffs ASAP!!

[Poco Loco]

Thats a lot of $$ for a knock off. So the compound isnt the same? Make sure to use a Harbor Freight Knock off impact to install it too.

No thanks, I'll just stick to my genuine Ohtsu 501's for $180 Then again Im not building a trike to look at either. My gets used.

[Louis Mielke]

These are supposedly 4 ply tires fyi, the oem ones where 2 ply.

[vintagemotorsports]

i dont know this guy but I have been watching this entire thread all along . I give this guy huge props for taking this on its a huge undertaking . I reproduce alot of ATC and vintage MX parts and I can tell you first hand making a tire is a huge deal he has been hit with a huge bill right off the top for engineering and tooling and to make a production run of tires and there is probably a minimum order. im not talking like 50 tires probably more like 1000 tires and even at that that is a small run as far as making parts go then the whole other part of this shipping and warehousing. tires are big and heavy and require temp controlled warehousing to maintain there integrity and there is also a liability attached to making tires say the compound is off and caused a machine to roll in a corner and caused a fatality guess what everything comes back to the guy who had them made . so before you go and complain about the cost per tire you need to look at the entire picture. i look at everything from a business view i have had 2 chances now to make US90 tires and had an investor that would back me . I ran the numbers and unless you had excess cash that you didnt mind blowing it . you would never ever recoup a fraction of what it would cost to do it and if you took a poll right now how many people would buy a brand new us90 tire if I made them avalible you would get hundreds of people saying yes they would definitley buy and the same thing would happen as this guy once they are done people would say these are cheap knock offs and why are they so much etc etc . give the guy some credit as much as i would have come up with a better name to put on the side (LOL) I think its great that people want to keep this stuff alive

[DohcBikes]

We already discussed the investment and how it won't be a money maker. We know.

But, now we are also left with what? A tire that has the wrong name, the wrong compound, and has too many plies to compare to the original. I'm sorry but if this were archery he's missed the bullseye by a mile. Add to that his misdirection of ownership on the TPC and his attitude in general, and boom you get what's happening here.

You're right about buying intentions. Things will go quickly from" I'll take a set when they come out" to" I'll be ordering some in a few months!"...

[Poco Loco]

It will be interesting to hear the feedback on these. Depending who buys this rubber, the feedback will vary im sure. Id like to read the opinions from the older vet riders. These guys have tried many tires throughout their riding past. You get a kid buying these and he'll say their the best thing in the world because they tossed their whole piggy bank at em. 4 ply is a heavy carcass indeed. More suited for cross country, not MX. So it looks like these will be apples and oranges to compare them to the originals.