Earl,
XASs are still available from Coker Tire here:
http://www.cokertire.com/165hr15-michelin-xas.html but at $295 each are too
rich for my blood. They're a great tire with good grip and very predictable.
I just had to replace a set on my bugeye that were too old to by trusted and
shed a tear when they went to the discard pile.
Rick
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--- On Wed, 5/2/12, Earl Kagna <kags at shaw.ca> wrote:
From: Earl Kagna <kags at shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tires Again
To: "Charlie Frazer" <cfrazer at jcomm.uoregon.edu>, "Bob Spidell"
<bspidell at comcast.net>
Cc: "healeylist" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 10:23 AM
Charlie:
I run Vred 185/70 15's, and one of the things that I like best about them is
the rain performance, in my opinion, especially compared to the Mich ZX's that
I replaced. Bear in mind that I live very close to the 'rainforest' - within
sight of the Olympic Peninsula (but not the real rainy parts). I think most
people run too high a pressure in their Healeys - I run relatively low
pressure - don't want to start another 'big thing' on the list. I think
pressure probably has a lot to do with how the tires feel in the wet.
The only tires that came close to them in the wet are the old Michelin XAS's,
which haven't been available for a long, long time, probably 25 years or so.
Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BJ8, BT7 tri-carb
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