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Mike

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Posted: July 17 2002,1:08

Just wondering what Rubber everyone uses on their TZ. Opinions of different brands and lines?

Myself:
Dunlop KR106/KR108 (soft front/medium rear)

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Dale Whelan Offline

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Posted: July 17 2002,1:10

Bridgestone

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Dale Whelan
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Imarmd2

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Posted: July 17 2002,1:13

I'm currently running Pilots usually the soft front and rear....

When do you know (before you lose the front) that your tires are in need of replacing. It's not like street riding and you can tell when you need to replace them but with running constantly on the edge of the tires...what should I look for? Does the tire look different other than the obvious shredded tread balled up enough to pull off? What should I look for and feel for as I'm riding?
I have 4 weekends on the front right now... and they seem to be still working great from what little I know. A friend of mine ran a whole season (rides a NSR 250, 8 race weekends, AFM) before replacing...?? I don't know if I want to go that far...but...???dunno

thanks
Marvin
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93 TZR250SP/RC-Sugo

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Mike

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Posted: July 17 2002,1:16

Im sure Dale or some of the other veteran racers know better than me, but i would say its a balance of TIME+HEAT CYCLES+MAX TEMPS.

In other words, it all depends. If you run the tires way below their optimum temps. (example, if the best temp for a Bridgstone is 165F. and you run them at a leisurely 135-140F. that makes a difference. On the otherhand if you only run the tires 3 times a year very lightly, but they are 4 years old, you WONT want to keep them. If you race them 1 weekend, very hard, pushing them beyond their recommended temps, cooking them, you may not want to keep them for another event.

Just my humble, inexperienced view on that...

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Monty

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Posted: July 17 2002,1:18

For what it's worth I am running Michelin Pilot Inters on my'92.

I only ride track days not race and have done 4 days so far. The wear isn't too bad and the grip is great, but then as I said I'm not racing. I think I can get another 2 days out of them before I need to replace (so far about 450 miles if that helps).

John

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Posted: July 23 2002,12:26

I run Dunlop KR364's in a soft front and medium rear compound and being an intermediate tyre give good levels of grip in the wet and never move in the dry.
These seem to be the choice for most club racers here in the UK and have been around for years. Just make sure when buying a set you check the manufactured date stamped on the side. This is in the form of week/year produced ie 4302 at least i think it's that way around.

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