Best Tyres, mostly dry road use

[Perrin21]

I never drive my R out in the rain, as the previous owner was anal about it I thought I'd keep his analness lol. I would like to know what Tyres you recommend for my pulsar. I have 16in wheels fitted at the moment with Avon Tyres. Was considering Yokohama Neova but open to suggestions for country lanes.

 

[johnsy]

888's

 

[John]

888's

For the track yes, for the road they are hopeless and far to expensive as its not as if your going to be right on the ragged edge through your local town centre is it!

I have used Parada's for the 4 years I have had my car, very good dry road grip (overheated within laps on track however) and have lasted well. They are only around £70 a corner aswell so decent value, unlike the £160ish a corner for R888's.

 

[Fire & skill]

I have used Parada's for the 4 years I have had my car, very good dry road grip.

had them on my ST, they were a fantastic dry tyre. they wear down quicker than other tyres but i'd highly recommend them too

 

[Jon Olds]

used them on a couple of stages, in desperation, on a rally. wet, cold, ice. for the money, very good.
Jon

 

[Animaldaz]

Good year eagle f1's are about the best I've used

 

[bracpan]

New F1's are no were near as good as the old ones.....good in the wet but not the dry

 

[fubar andy]

Hancook RS2
Yokohama AD08's
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 (or 2)
Pirelli PZero Nero

All decent tyres and well priced for daily dry use.

 

[Perrin21]

So what tyre size should i get?

I have 16in wheels and i have noticed that my speedo isnt reading as accurate as it should. when my tomtom says im travelling at 30MPH the speedo is registering 36ish and the gap seems to get wider at higher speeds.

 

[lakeview]

most speedo are out a percentage

rob

 

[MarkTurbo]

What size tyres? I used to have 215/40/16 on my wheels and it was about 2mph out, its a bit more now with 225/45/16's

 

[PobodY]

Mine is pretty accurate; it seems to give the same number as the sat nav within about 5% I'd estimate. - That's with 205/50/R16's

 

[fubar andy]

My speedo doesn't work, I just use the rev gauge to work out my speed :thumb:

 

[PobodY]

My speedo doesn't work, I just use the rev gauge to work out my speed :thumb:

Well that explains JTS last year then... mine was working and it was in three figures trying to catch-up with you.

 

[GTiRlover]

If you don't intend on driving in the rain you can't go far wrong with Yokohama Parada's, especially for the price! Very good grip in the dry, less so in the wet. They would get my vote.

 

[smiddy]

My speedo doesn't work, I just use the rev gauge to work out my speed :thumb:

Me too:tea:

 

[Perrin21]

Mine is running 205/45/16 tyres and the speedo reads 36 when I'm doing 30. Are these causing the problem?

 

[Perrin21]

What do you think of Yokohama A048?

My shortlist is
R888 in 195/50/16 size
Ad08 in 205/45/16
A048 in 195/50/16

 

[PobodY]

Mine is running 205/45/16 tyres and the speedo reads 36 when I'm doing 30. Are these causing the problem?

Nah; 16" rims only account for ~5% error in the speedometer reading. You're getting 20% which suggests a different problem.

 

[Perrin21]

So where can I go to get my speedo calibrated ? Can Nissan do it ?