Nippy No-grips Edit Meaning

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Late 1970's synonym for Japanese motorcycle tyres, which alledgedly used teflon to reduce road adhesion, in a sinister asiatic plot to kill the brave young men of my generation.

I bought a Suzuki A100, but it was lethal in the wet until I junked the nippy no-grips and fitted some Avons/Dunlops/Continentals ( Almost any brand of tyre would give a palpable improvement over original fitment japanese rubber ).