Well, after dabbling a bit in a whole range of tyres (from 20's to 18's) I cant say enough about my new set of Bridgestone Adrenalins. I went with the 225/40/18's and they are unbelivably noise free and grippy!
Well, after dabbling a bit in a whole range of tyres (from 20's to 18's) I cant say enough about my new set of Bridgestone Adrenalins. I went with the 225/40/18's and they are unbelivably noise free and grippy!
Pics of wheels or ban!
Yes Sir!
Last edited by Wardski; 09-08-2009 at 06:37 PM.
Looks pretty round.
How do they go for sidewall flex??
After burning around QR today, the Hankooks flex waaay too much when quite hot. They are a 225/40 also
No side wall flex at all at 40psi. I'm totally stoked with them. And they're quiet too
No I meant pics of your 20"s!!
Yeah - but we want big pics!
Jeev - cut and paste your tyre review from the other place That was a good rundown.
Which tyre review? lol. I've done so many on OMC now:
RE050A
V103
RT-615
Proxes4
Well Jeev...
You seem to know your tyres when it comes to MPS....
Are we on the 5th set yet...
Happy Motoring
duglet
It scares me that you keep count of my tyres Yep, 5th set. Maybe... I'm happy to take suggestions and try new tyres out for people if they want. I need tyres and people need to know what's good or not. So we all win. Ok, who's got some suggestions for set number 6? Any takes?
Unfortunately the Adrenalins changed country of origin earlier this year, and from what I've been seeing and hearing. The one that comes to mind is on the MX-5 forums, the new Adrenalins are a fair notch below the old ones. I'd give them a go, but here's the thing....
.... I think Bridgestones are horribly hyped and over-rated tyres (As far as cars go anyway, because BATLAX bike tyres are brilliant.), and although they're good, they're never as good as journos and other people make them out to be, and they're definitely not worth the money charged for them. Having said that, I'm ahead of my budget this year, so I'll spend the extra, just to satisfy my own curiosity. Next set of tyres is about 13 weeks away. Watch this space.
I think perhaps the downside to this will be the fact that 225/45 R18s are the size I put on my car, and are likely to have more flex in the sidewalls.
EDIT* Ah I see on the Bridgy site that not all sizes are manufactured in Aus. Anyway I'll get some quotes and see how they go. It's a good looking tread pattern and I'm a big fan of the continuous blacks and void ratio.
Last edited by Jeev; 13-11-2008 at 08:49 AM.
I've had the Maxxis MA-Z1's 235/40/18 on for a few days now. Too soon to tell as I've only really been doing short trips to work and back but they ride with comfort and are quiet at this stage.
Don't forget to quote prices too....