Go the Falkens.
You'll have way more fun with em.
The Yokies will be too sticky.
Falkens have *some* give in em.

i'm ordering them tomorrow.. i'm getting two, so i can always get yoko's later on..
hopefully should get them by the end of the week

The longest lasting (and therefore hardest compound, and least grip) tyre I have ever used were the BF Goodrich "Euro TA" rubber. These thing were fu*ken horrible - especially on a 13 second street car. Nothing worse than losing it at an intersection, in front of a police station, when you boot it at the turn signal. Mind you, these were 16 inch tyres.... I am not sure if they make em "mini size".

If you want wet weather fun, go for these (if you can find the right size)

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

1. Rubber compound is hard. good for wear, not good for wet grip.
2. They are wider and flatter than most others so aquaplane easier in the wet.
I used to use 'em, for years, (FK07E, 165/70-10) but got sick of losing to ricers at the lights.. so now I'm a Yoko man!

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I got new A008 165/70 x 10 fitted to the van last Saturday - they are FANTASTIC!

Much better than the 145 Michelins they replaced. The Michelins went hard and the sidewalls cracked with age. I guess I don't drive it far enough!

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

i heard that yokohama A539's are out of production!

They keep saying that about A008s, too. Funny how they just appear when you flash $$$ though...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

yeah well the a008's aren't on their website,
at least the a539's are still

A008s are available at a day's notice from anywhere. I went with Bob Jane ($105). They're great, I love em - I carry the spare tyre with me everywhere on a chain.

As somebody said its not the thread but the compound. And lets just establish that its not like the Falkens are gonna last you twice as long as the yoko's - they still do wear - and the rubber starts cracking before that too in my experience.

In my experience they are not just a bit happy at r'bouts but they are completely useless in any wet conditions - plus in a 1275 you'll get wheel spin on dry unless youre feather light with the accelerator. They are $10 cheaper and last longer but I just didn't enjoy the steamboat captain sorta feeling as the car would start drifting on slow corners whenever any water would get anywhere near them.

And you will save some money, but that could very easily be offset by slaming into the gutter at 20kmh before you even knew anything happened.

the falkens are really good

they are extremly grippy in the dry but you can make them give if you push it
but in the wet they arn't as good,

if it was up to me i would have A008, but they don't last anywhere near as long as the falkens,

so if its value you want then go the falkens
ryan

yeah i find the falkens grip fantastic in the dry around corners so long as you stay on the throttle
and they light up really easily off the line
i havent driven them in the wet really.

That's the problem with `em, when you have over 110HP...
You sit there spinning, and the ricers disappear into the distance...!

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

damn ricers

Yeah... those JUN BL bearing 4 cylinder boom boxxing buggers

BS 226 165/70/10 - 45000k and still 50 percent tread on them. They are getting a little hard now and are getting interesting in the wet...lol(esp on these circular canberra roads!!).

I have a set of new 145/80/10 michelins in Toowoomba which were manufactured near on 25 years ago and still in the "alfoil" they came in. Dont know how good they are but will keep for a rainy day. I have afriend on a ship deployed on a world trip on a navy frigate who is picking me up some A008 yokos in GB. Knowing my luck the Seakawk helicopter will come back shod in them(full of nitrogen too).

I love the yoko range - a little light on the wear but stick like baby poo to a blanket - had the A352 series(195/55/16) on a 1982 datsun nissan skyline hatch - they just kept going...

Rob Forsyth
Miniot!!

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Rob Forsyth
Miniot!!