Most liked posts in thread: Tires for the Helmet

For these specific tires:
1st choice - Conti
2nd choice - Firestone
3rd choice - General

no bad choices in this group

 

I'm on my second set of the Conti Extreme Contact for my R58 JCW. Great tire and I keep a compact spare behind the passenger seat.

 

This will be my 3rd set..... Very happy with them...
Just waiting for the spring sale price....

 

I had the older Conti DW tires a while
back, and they were very quiet when new
and mildly noisy by the time they were
mostly worn out, but not much more than
most other tires I’ve had.
The Conti ExtremeContact Sports were
also very quiet when new and when
half worn, but then I lost the car to an
accident, so I don’t know if they get a
little noisy later.

 

I am a big fan of the Firestones. I am on my second set and have no complaints at all. Quiet and grippy.
Had a set of the Ventus and hated them. Very short life and not as grippy as most.

 

Main reason I went to 17s, larger selection and definitely easier on the wallet.


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Interesting to see the first post mentioning the Bridgestone RE71Rs as being loud. I've never noticed that with mine, but Rufus is my 'fun' car (not a daily driver) and I've usually got the radio on and the windows down, so quietness isn't something I'm going for.

I've got 2 new ones going on today and hopefully I'll be able to get Rufus out for a spin this weekend!

 

Lee, any high performance summer tire will be noisy if they are not rotated enough. Of the tires you have listed I'd go with the Conti's.

 

No tire noise that I can hear.

 

320 AAA is pretty tacky - soft compound isn’t it? I run trough 500 AAA tIres on a l DD fairly quickly with a standard Mini alignment, a set a year.