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    • ViperJon
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      January 24, 2020 at 8:48 am
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      #517681

      I got news they were bad ten years ago.

    • Shannon Whitehead
      Keymaster
      January 24, 2020 at 11:34 am
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      #517687

      Did I miss your call for 17″ Viper tires?

      JonB@PartsRack.com

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      January 24, 2020 at 6:26 pm
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      #517710

      23+ year old tires not as surprising as someone actually admitting they’d be seen riding on that thing.

    • Bill Pemberton
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      January 25, 2020 at 4:01 am
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      #517715

      You have a PM.

    • pullin-gs
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      January 25, 2020 at 11:27 am
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      #517731

      SA Heat said:
      23+ year old tires not as surprising as someone actually admitting they'd be seen riding on that thing.

      Indeed…I hear that from time to time. 🙂
      I never have had a need to prop up my manhood with my ride. 😉
      So the trike gets a spot in the garage right next to the GTS and ’63 C2 coupe.
      Most other traffic cant keep up (my play grounds are the local golf-cart lanes and paved bike paths)! 😀
      I live in a planned/gated community with miles of golf-cart lanes and over 100 miles of paved bike lanes which I can pick up right outside my door.
      PS: not many Vipers here (I’m the only one!), but a TON (over 100?…they have their own club) C6/C7 vettes.

    • Bill Pemberton
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      January 25, 2020 at 4:30 pm
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      #517739

      So time to join us at VOA and you can be our personal representative showing what really successful folks own in a gated community , ha,ha. It has always been fun to pull into a parking lot with a Viper and watch the throngs gravitate over ! Since there are only a bit over 32,000 hand built Vipers ever made , it definitely is a rare serpent. In fact, that is about the normal number of Vettes built every year, so if you feel special it’s because you are !!!!!!

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      January 25, 2020 at 7:43 pm
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      #517744

      those tires were already considered shot in 2006

      find the chrome G5 rattler wheels so you can get modern tire selection and maintain the look

    • pullin-gs
      Member
      February 8, 2020 at 9:02 am
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      #518916

      The little-brown-truck just delivered 4 spanking new 17″ tires!
      Trike gets grounded once I get tires mounted up!

    • Shannon Whitehead
      Keymaster
      April 27, 2021 at 7:14 pm
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      #558394

      Looking for tires for my ’96GTS…..

      Asking if anyone here knows of any place that has
      I know they have not been available for a long…..long………………time

      I have sent an inquiry to Jon B. as well.

      Thanks.

      Dave D.

    • USAFPILOT
      Member
      April 27, 2021 at 7:17 pm
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      #558395

      JonB got me 17” Michelin’s in a couple days. Maybe give him a call?

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      June 11, 2025 at 3:09 am
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      #34929

      Original tires (date-stamped Oct 1996) are so bad that I wont even drive car to check mailbox.
      The earliest delivery date from Michelin for Pilots is over a month out.
      My other ride is getting more use than ever now:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD_mHqUxeXw&t=102s
      1-HP Electric-powered trike.
      Maybe I’ll add two white pinstripes down the center of frame?:D

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