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17" Bridgestone Tyres - Updated 20.2.08

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Old 03-03-2008, 01:51 AM
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Funny things, MZs: Rear tread width is at least 245; front is barely 205!

They wonder why the bespoke tyres change the handling balance.
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I have Goodyear F1's all round, they are a brillant tyre.

They are a soft compound, and grip really well in the wet & dry, the only issue is the rears wear out quicker then RE050's, But these are a load better all round grip.

I have them for OEM 17" rims, they work very well.

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Oops, er, um, yes, I do go everywhere in reverse actually. That'll be why the turn in is so different...

245's on the rear
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As mentioned previously, the Goodyear GSD3s are not going to be available much longer to be replaced by the assymetrics which are really very good in both wet and dry. That's where I'm going next (because I already have 4 )
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I've "supposedly" got two MZ's coming for the rear this week

Fingers crossed!
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I've just had a full set of MZ's fitted yesterday at Hi Q they cost
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Well, the MZs look nice alongside the car.

Really need some sort of device to connect them to the hubs and to stop all the air falling out now...
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Mar 4 2008, 07:25 PM
Well, the MZs look nice alongside the car.

Really need some sort of device to connect them to the hubs and to stop all the air falling out now...
Never fear.
Nick your wheels are here, see PM
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This has been one of those months;

Two punctures on ATB at the weekend and my 30 y/o chinese air compressor finally died too. It was a really good one, but finally the teeth stripped on the nylon reducer gear.

New tyres on EK4, new ones on AP1 last month and new wheels & tyres this month.

Oh, alignments on BB8 & AP1 too.

Tyred of despair,
& I'm tyred of luck,
Guess I should've done a pill,
but I couldn't give a _______
Fark! I'm tyred;
Too tyred for anything.


Apologies to G. Moore et al.


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