Topic: raised white letter tires? do they still make them?

[fondofhondas]

looking for raised white letter tires for my 1978 cb750a (hondamatic/two stage rocket ha!) does anyone still make these tires? they must, I see them on new cafe projects all the time? anyone point me to a site where they sell them? and a good site to figure out what size my (rare) 78 cb750a can take.

thanks guys!

[Alan F.]

Well if you can't find raised white letter tires, you can get yourself a white paint 'pen' for just a few dollars at most craft stores, and 'whiten' the raised black letters on any blackwall tire.  This route will also give you a better range of tires to choose from.

Good luck.

[fondofhondas]

I tried those. worked ok. but it never came close to the gleaming white of a real raised white letter tire, after hitting it with a white wall cleaner then some tire foam. and I also found the more surface area of the lettering the less consistant of the pen. where are all these people with the cafe projects getting these raised letter tires? I can't find them anywhere? must be a site?
I found this rare gem in a barn, new as 1978. no joke. thanks for any suggestions.

[Alan F.]

Have a look for Dunlop 491 Elite II Touring, K525, F11 or K627, and Bridgestone Spitfire. Have a look at JC Whitney even.
Good luck.

[grumpy]

I was just tire shopping last week.
I think Spitfires have been discontinued. Dealer stock seems to be depleted - especially rears.

[fondofhondas]

thanks for the info. guess the pen on technique is the way they must be doing the letters on these cafe bike projects?

[BlackMax]

This depends on the size of your rear wheel.  I wanted raised white letters too.  The best, IMO, are the Bridgestone Spitfires. 

Here's the deal-  16" are available....no problem.  17" are not....nowhere, nohow.  I have a '78F; and had to go blackwall.  The fronts should be no problem.  Google "bridgestone spitfire"......maybe bikebandit has them. Can't remember now.

[fuzzybutt]

damn, i LIKE my spitfires

[Inigo Montoya]

I like the spits too. They work good and are cheap! Maybe thats why they are out. It IS spring after all!

[Alan F.]

I dunno if Bridgestone Spitfire S11 is the same tire you're talking about, it doesn't seem like it's a raised white letter tire, but Dennis Kirk has them in a whole bunch of sizes including 17" and 18" in stock.

http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/tpl/product.jsp?store=Main&catId=404&leafCatId=40402&skuId=542143&productId=p65695&mmyId=

Good luck.
-A

[grumpy]

The Spitfire S11 came in black and with RWL
You can still find the black pretty easily but RWL is now scarce - especially 120/90-18"

[tygrant]

i used a hot tires paint pen for my cafe project, it was tedious and time consuming. my next tires are coming from Coker, firestone repros. they are awesome.

[fondofhondas]

tygrant? I went to Coker.com and they don't seem to have any raised white letter tires available at all in any size? so I'm not sure what you where talking about???