Comments on: Tyre Review: Avon Cobra Chrome, road & track test

By: Jeff Ware

Jeff Ware — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 22:18:22 +0000

In reply to Greig Thin-Smith. Got to agree with you Greig, they are fantastic tyres. I ran them for years here in Australia, reliable and predictable in all conditions. Jeff.

By: Greig Thin-Smith

Greig Thin-Smith — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 13:48:01 +0000

In Scotland Avons are superb in the cold and the wet.
Every god dam day here is a new adventure in aqua sports, and in winter it’s a survival sport…but then some of us are tougher than others.
I have ridden down to minus 11 here on the Cobra Chrome’s on a XVS950 cruiser….being sensible as you would in these conditions on wet icy and salt gritted roads….no issues with the tyres slipping or sliding.
These things stick like sh#t to rabbit fur.
And here I am Sunday morning having a cuppa and 2 brand new Avons sitting here in the kitchen waiting to get fitted this week.
Cold wet roads, heavy bike…..not fitting anything other than these fellas.

By: H.P.

H.P. — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:20:08 +0000

Is it agile? So much written and no remark to this issue wich DOES concern riders with heavy cruisers. Please comment in this issue, THX.

By: M Ching

M Ching — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:48:34 +0000

Done 13000kms on my GL1800 Goldwing and the rear tyre has worn dangerously with the leading edge of the grip pattern worn down excessively buy 3 mls below the trailing edge with a 1ml feathered strip of rubber lip also developing. It set up a vibration through the bike when cornering. Tyre pressures were checked before each ride. They showed normal wear up to 10000k kms with this wear pattern developing over a 3 day ride and the last 3000kms. Satisfied with the kilometres achieved as the goldwings are a heavy touring bike. The general performance is also good, but near the end of their life this excessive wear pattern can create a concerning performance in wet conditions.
This wear pattern is possibly exposed due to New Zealands coarse chip used as opposed to smoother road surfaces in other countries

By: Mark Paul

Mark Paul — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:53:25 +0000

I like my Avons Av91-90-90-21 av92 160-70B-17 both grip well as for wear we will see on my o4 fxstdi 98”-.510G,raised port and polished (o6 later) heads,Dyno tuned 100 h.p. &114 ft.lbs.T. only needs another GEAR!!!! mark colorado 11/2020 Love covid HATE BIDEN/

By: Tudor Alexandru

Tudor Alexandru — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:51:46 +0000

They are great on warm weather , but c*** to say the least on wet roads or god forbid on road markers.

I nearly crashed 2 times on a short drive 10 km without pressing the bike whatsoever, i cannot understand how they are so bad on wet surfaces.

I should get my money back and then some…