I am running Porsche 924 optional alloy 14x6 wheels with
195/60/14 Yoko A509 on my stock fendered Tiger, works
great. Plan to upgrade to Panasport 15 inch next year though.
Gary
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:30:39 -0800 Timothy Beloney <TBeloney@Wyse.com>
writes:
>While we are on the subject, I was going to go with 14x6 wheels on my
>Alpine. I was told by an Alpine lister that 185/70/14 is the tire
>size he
>runs, but I see a lot of people saying they run 185/70/13. I would
>think
>I'd need a lower profile tire for a 14" wheel, like a 60 series, to
>make it
>work without tire rub up front?
>
>That being said, I am leaning more toward a 15" minilite style wheel
>from
>perhaps Panasport or Superlite (other brand recommendations gladly
>accepted). What 15" wheel size(15 x 5.5 or 15 x 6 ?), offset, and
>tire size
>would be the best?
>
>Anybody out there with 14" or 15" for sale?
>
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Tim Beloney
>VAR Development Manager
>Wyse Technology
>tbeloney@wyse.com <mailto:tbeloney@wyse.com>
>510.749.9432 (phone)
>510.714.2067 (cell/pgr)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Palmer [mailto:rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 8:50 PM
> To: SHEAHAN@prodigy.com; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Tires
>
> Paul, et Listers,
>
> I just took a look at these tires on their Web site
>and they
>seem to be a
> good choice given the limited selection available for
>13"
>diameter rims;
> i.e., almost nil. I'm confused by their statement
>about the
>UTQG of 160AA
> (oem) and 260AA (others). The lower the mileage number
>the
>stickier the
> tire. My Yokohamas (AVS Intemediate) also have a UTQG
>of
>160AA. The last
> set lasted about two years of occasionally hard use
>and a
>total of about
> 25-30k highway miles which is about as much wear as
>I'd want
>them to have.
> And their price for the 205/50-15 size is $130/ea
>versus
>$49/ea for the
> RE92's. I have driven the Bridgestone Expedias on my
>Tiger
>and I was very
> impressed with their crisp response compared with the
>AVS's.
>I don't know
> if this relates at all to the RE92's, but maybe it
>shows
>that at least
> Bridgestone is capable of building good tires.
>
> If you ever decide to get new rims, I recommend going
>to 15"
>diameter, both
> for better handling and, perhaps most important,
>better
>selection of high
> performance types. Better yet would be 16" diameter,
>but
>this starts to
> look a little out of proportion on a Tiger (IMHO of
>course).
>Also, the 50
> series on 15" diameter is about the same overall
>diameter as
>your 13" rims
> and tires.
>
> Let us know what you think to the new tires if you
>decide to
>get them. One
> thing for sure, they will be a lot better in the rain
>than
>the 008's
>
> Happy New Year,
>
> Bob
>
> At 09:07 PM 12/30/98 -0500, MR PAUL R SHEAHAN wrote:
> >Hello All,
> > I am still searching for tires. Tire Rack
>recommends
> >Bridgestone Potenza RE92's. They aren't A008R's but
>such
>is life. I
> >want to stay with my 185 70 13 size so this is what
>they
>recommend.
> > Has anyone had any experience with these tires
>or this
>brand.
> >Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >Paul R. Sheahan
>
> Robert L. Palmer
> Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
> rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
> rpalmer@cts.com
>
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