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To: TBeloney@Wyse.com
Subject: Re: Tires/wheels
From: gary_winblad@juno.com (Gary A Winblad)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 22:59:05 -0800
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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