The tyre arrived yesterday lunchtime with courier DPD. When I got home I pulled the invoice from the plastic wrapping and found it was all in German.
Further reading showed that it had come from Bydgoszcz in Poland. Now I thought that Avon bike tyres were made in Melksham in UK.
Looking on Avon's website shows that they were bought out in 1997 by a US company called Cooper Tire and in 2018 production was moved for most of the Avon range to European factories. Although motorcycle tyres were supposed to stay in UK.
Given the lack of riding I have been managing of late, the journey from Avon to Bydgoszcz and back would be about 1700 miles. More that I did in the MoT year 2018/19!
Carbon mileage?
Update 22/2/19
Emailed Avon. Yes. The Cobra and Cobra Chrome are made in UK.
Update 25/2/19
Booked for ride in and ride out at Laguna Triumph in Ashford for 0900 March 9th.
1 comment:
Wow, that tyre travelled some distance - and yet there is no wear on it yet :-) This way you get to have the fun wearing out.
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