Wet Floor and Wet/road tyres

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Re: Wet Floor and Wet/road tyres

Post by Dominic » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:07 am

Mikem7709 wrote:Thanks, Anyone know where I can find the kumhos in stock ?
I bought some from Camskills a month or two ago, after much searching. I think they may have been the last few they had. Worth a try though. :thumbsup
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Re: Wet Floor and Wet/road tyres

Post by robin » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:48 am

I had 300 miles of what can only be described as "very wet" conditions yesterday on brand new KU39 and they were great. I'm using 205 front/225 rear on the Oz 16/17 rims that the 135R comes with and was worried it might get a bit tail happy, but was no problem.

What they will be like with "4 mil" tread on them, I don't know - all brand new tyres should be pretty good in the wet due to tread depth as much as anything.

Haven't driven KU31 so cannot directly compare.

Will report back on them after Frolic - I think Dave (Rag_It) will also be on the same tyres so there will be two points of view to consider before buying them.

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Re: Wet Floor and Wet/road tyres

Post by campbell » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:59 am

And very nice it was to see you during your mini-tour of Scotland! I think Kelvin, Lisa and all the kids really appreciated you dropping by the Tea Room for what must have been the longest-distance coffee stop ever :shock: Looks like the shakedown was of some value though.

I think you told me, but where did you source the KU39s? That seems to be the challenge at the mo...

In our case we did just 20km on Panaracer semi-slicks, and they were no bother in the rain either, LOL!
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Re: Wet Floor and Wet/road tyres

Post by Mikem7709 » Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:34 pm

Cheers guys, have found the KU39`s in 205/45/16 and 225/45/17 for £250.59 delivered (Camskill) or £310.68 fitted (tyretraders).

I`m not desperate at the minute, so will wait to see how you guys get on after a few more miles on the `39s.

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