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08-23-2022, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 427yenko

I saw those and the tread pattern scared me off. I don't understand why they would do that to a retro application tire.

Probably easier and cheaper to change a sidewall on a mold than the whole tread pattern. They may have used an existing tire and just changed the sides to "resemble" a classic retro.

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