Tyres (oh yes, yet again)

Janet & Jeff Curtin · Post by **Janet & Jeff Curtin** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 9:22 pm

If you have some knowledge of good, reasonbly priced Euro tyres i'm a starter, please supply info Lou .
Thanks Jeff

lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:17 am

They are Barum Bravuris, V rated. Barum was an eastern European company that
was bought by Continental or Uniroyal. I've done 20,000, reasonably hard, km
on the Mitsi and they aren't showing noticeable wear. My brother has an
earlier model Barum on his MX and seems happy with them too. I got them from
Marshall tyres in Newmarket.

lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:17 am

They are Barum Bravuris, V rated. Barum was an eastern European company that
was bought by Continental or Uniroyal. I've done 20,000, reasonably hard, km
on the Mitsi and they aren't showing noticeable wear. My brother has an
earlier model Barum on his MX and seems happy with them too. I got them from
Marshall tyres in Newmarket.

lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:25 am

I've mentioned Barum's and I've used Uniroyal and Michelin. When I bought the
Michelins they were marginally cheaper than the equivalent Bridgstones and
Yoko's, $1200.00 fitted and balanced. Something that did annoy me with some
Japanese brands, was the fall - off in performance when the tyre was more than
1/2 worn, Jap bike tyres are the same too. The Uniroyals had better cornering
wet grip than the Michelins, but didn't feel as good in the dry. The Michelins
are phenomenal under wet braking, as I found out at that wet training day at
Pukekohe.

lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:25 am

I've mentioned Barum's and I've used Uniroyal and Michelin. When I bought the
Michelins they were marginally cheaper than the equivalent Bridgstones and
Yoko's, $1200.00 fitted and balanced. Something that did annoy me with some
Japanese brands, was the fall - off in performance when the tyre was more than
1/2 worn, Jap bike tyres are the same too. The Uniroyals had better cornering
wet grip than the Michelins, but didn't feel as good in the dry. The Michelins
are phenomenal under wet braking, as I found out at that wet training day at
Pukekohe.

Gary Morrison · Post by **Gary Morrison** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 3:41 pm

A latecomer to this discussion has me tempted... the Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD-3
is looking like a very good tyre that is price competitive with the
Bridgestone Grid IIIs...