All,

Starting this thread to see where people are at on this subject. Looking at my season costs, tires are #1 on the list. The current RR seems to fall off around 8HC and then really hard after 12HC and in my case at MSR-H on Friday, were so far gone by 15 that the car handled funky and couldn't even be called predictable. New tires fixed the ailment... Loose nut behind the wheel has yet to be 'fixed'

From talking to a few of you, it sounds like we have similar experiences. Testing the groups feelings around moving to a 200TW street tire like the Falken Azenis RT615K+. I cite this one because it's available in a 275/40/17. Reviews suggest they do pretty well on the long Enduro cars and I didn't see much (from an inexhaustive search) about negatives...no easily found cases of chunking, greasing up, etc.

That all being said, I'm not sensitive to the politics that put us on toyo, nor can I see the downside to buying 2 sets a season instead of 7. Also cheaper per tire to the tune of about $54. 208 vs 262 on tirerack.

If there's enough agreement, I'd be willing to pony up for a set for cresson and run the street tire time trial class to see how laptimes stack up...

Cliff notes: RR's too expensive, whiney records wants cheaper tires.

Flamesuit on...