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Re: Widest Legal/Safe/balanced tyre.....

Wed, 15 June 2005 09:56

bbaacchhyy wrote on Wed, 15 June 2005 16:43

justcallmefrank wrote on Wed, 15 June 2005 15:58

bbaacchhyy wrote on Wed, 15 June 2005 14:25

Jag7799 wrote on Wed, 15 June 2005 14:50

Dunlop Fm901's are some really really good treaded tyres, the next sort of option up would be road legal semi slicks

I would disagree quite strongly on that point.

Eagle GSD3's, and plenty of other tyres would provide much more grip !!

I dunno how you'd quantify it, but I'd be skeptical about that last statement. FM901's get kick ass marks in every tyre test I've read for their performance, but get butt-raped when it comes to longevity Razz

In Wheels May 2005 issue, they did a tyre test, and out of 500 points, the following 235/45x17 tyres scored the following results (RRP in brackets) ;

#1 - Goodyear Revspec RS-02 - 496.0 ($298ea)
#2 - Michelin Pilot Preceda - 494.7 ($290 ea)
#3 - Maxxis Victra MA-Z1 - 493.5 ($198)
#4 - Bridgestone Potenza S-03 - 492.8 ($355)
#5 - Toyo Proxes T1R - 487.8 ($312)
#6 - Yoko AVS Sport V-102A - 484.4 ($359)
#7 - BFG G-Force Sport - 479.5 ($201)
#8 - Dunlop Direzza DZ 101 - 474.3 ($288)
#9 - Kuhmo Ecsta KU19 - 471.5 ($235)

Since the FM901 is replaced by the Direzza and that the FM901 is an old design, I would say that it gets its ass kicked !!!

I agree that the FM901's suck ass. I've got them on my sprinter and they just DO NOT GRIP... especially the fronts. Far too much sidewall flex as well. The only other tyres i've given a really hard thrashing are michelin preceda, faulken st-115 and goodyear dsg2's. All 3 of these smash the dunlops.

Eddie.

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