I would think that the lack of DOT approval would keep Yokohama from
producing that tire for sales here in the USA through the bigger vendors.
Why can't we get a specialty tire supplier to import a container load and
resell them? Bob Woodman, Roger Kraus, Sasco, are you listening? There is
market for a 195-60-15 or 205-60-15 that is being ignored. I have the
Dunlop 205-60-15 D84J's and I am unimpressed. I think the word is out on
them. I would try the 032Rs if they came available, especially if they were
195's
.
Bob Kramer
rkramer3@austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Dayton" <oilyrag@hsrca.org.au>
To: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 6:51 PM
Subject: Tires - A032R - 205-60/15"
> Given I had opened my big mouth about this, I thought I'd better do some
> checking. I jut got off the phone with our Sydney Yokohama performance
tire
> distributor and tried to see if we could figure out why these tires are
> available here but not in the U.S.
>
> His estimate was that they sell around 100-150 sets in this size aross
> Australia per year which is sufficient to justify importing them from
Japan.
> I would be very surprised if the market in the U.S. wasn't much bigger
than
> that; his estimate was that it's generally about ten times the size.
>
> What we did wonder was "are the U.S. tires manufactured locally"? It's
> quite possible that Yokohama hsa a plant somewhere in the U.S. producing
> performance tires including the A032R? If that's so, maybe you're runninvg
> into a case where they just don't make that size locally, and so someone
> needs to organise importing them.
>
> Can't think of any other reason that makes sense.
>
> Wes Dayton - Sydney
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