hi ,, what tyres should I buy for my standard 62 mini, someone said the slick looking yoko's would be best but still not sure... can anyone help please..

Have you checked out the tyre page?

http://www.ausmini.com/tyres/

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Best depends on size and budget.

for the money i would go with yokohama A008's, but as i found out recently they are NLA in australia, and they dont know when the next shipment is arriving. the slick yokos are A032's, your looking at roughly $215+ a tyre for them.

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The Dunlop D93J's are a very good tyre for around A008 money, albeit they won't last that long (same as A032R's). Either way I am very happy with my semi-slick tyres

Dunlop Aquajets would probably look more 'period' on your car, but they won't grip as well.

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by standard, I'd assume you're running the standard 3.5" rims - just get whatever 145 series tyres you can get - Kumho's aren't bad, there are a few brands, all about the same $50 mark

none of them are performance tyres, but a stocko 850 doesn't really need them, does it

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like simon says
for an 850 go with some kumho's, they're probably the only ones easily available in 145 R10

Nah, where's your sense of adventure. In my younger and stupider days I ran 165/70 Falken's on those wheels, it was great if you ignored the smell of burning rubber from the tyres rubbing on the dampers in a corner

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I would go A008s.. i have them on my car at the moment and i cant fault them!

and p.s minidrifter, i bought a set of A008s a few months back.. so yes, they are available... just depend on where you go I suppose?

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really? i had to by falken falkens like 2 weeks ago cause bob jane said there were none in aus, i think i may have been conned

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Correct Betty - they are indeed available if you shop around.
They might not be at every shop, but the big chains can source them from other shops around the country.
Expect to pay around $140, but IMO they are a super tyre, reasonably good wearing and hang on good.

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1972 Honda 750/4 (his),1976 Honda 400/4 (hers)
1982 Honda CB1100RC (ours)

a008's are a bit of overkill on an 850, and they wont fit the standard rims.

Bob Jane told me the same thing a couple of months ago so I grabbed the last set that Minisports had.

For stock 1962 3.5" rims you want 145/10s, not 165/70s. Pick any one, they are all crap really.
That said, they are all better than the original fitment 5.20x10 crossplies...

re A008s, I got some a month or 2 ago from Tiny but he had to wait for the boat to come in.
They are still out there...

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008's are going the way of 539's