i use my kumhos as my street tires. there is a concern about the extra heat
cycles.... also just age will harden them... david borden got a two year old
unused set that were worthless.
so far the rubber looks good on mine....
-James Creasy
Slip Angle Cobrasports www.klio.net/cobra
BAPOC www.klio.net/probe
-----Original Message-----
From: Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto} <PETER.THANA@Roche.COM>
>Nah, I thought they're supposed to be good for much longer than that. I
did
>feel your tires last sunday, Eric, and I must say they felt a bit hard for
>Kumhos. Elbert Chin wondered if that might have anything to do with
driving
>them to and from the events. Does anybody know if running them on the
>street does something funky to the rubber? Just a thought.
>
>Peter
>
>PS: It was nice to see the whole Cheung family there again!
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eljssp8@aol.com [SMTP:Eljssp8@aol.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:46 AM
>> To: Toy4speed@aol.com
>> Cc: Smokerbros@aol.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: GGF & Tires
>>
>> Congrats to Charlie, I continue to envy drivers who are faster than I.
>> Don brings up a good question; how long does Kuhmos last? As a new Kuhmos
>> user, I am curious as to it's true useful life. Starting with the first
>> GGF
>> event, thru the latest GGF event, I have made 39 runs of 44 to 55 sec
>> each.
>> My first GGF event, the tires felt great, while last Sunday's GGF event,
I
>>
>> spun during my last two runs, (3rd run group), I was overly aggressive,
>> granted, driver error had alot to do with it. The question is, even
though
>>
>> the Kuhmos still show traces of tread pattern, could it be that it
does'nt
>>
>> grip as well as full tread?
>> TIA,
>> Eric Cheung
>> A Stock/PAX
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