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Toyo R1R's
tony_danza:
Summer/track wheels FTW - even if they look like sh*t!
RedRobin:
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Seems to me that the Toyo R1R's sound like an excellent road-legal trackday tyre and practical for driving to and from a circuit irrespective of wet or dry.
A rival must surely be the Hankook RS2's but James's foray into the ditch is perhaps not a good advertisement for them.
The most cost-efficient way would be to have two sets of alloys - One with road tyres and the other with trackday tyres whether road-legal or not. This shares and reduces the mileage and helps longevity. Just like having two pairs of shoes. Is this how women justify having dozens of pairs of shoes?
Hurdy:
--- Quote from: vRSy on May 13, 2010, 05:33:14 pm ---tell you what would have been an awesome test would be to compare your 0-60 times from your performance box using your launch control on all the different sets of tyres. That would show a good comparison of the off the line improvments.
HOw would you rate them to the R888s?
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A little too early to tell, but I've just been out for another quick spin and all the signs point to them being just as good as makes no difference :happy2:
Hurdy:
--- Quote from: john_o on May 13, 2010, 06:13:12 pm ---worth considering for 12-15k miles /yr car over Michelin Pilot Sports ??? even if I sacrificed a bit of wet weather grip?
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From what I've been hearing, the wet weather grip is still better than normal road tyres. The grip over ANY normal road tyre - Pilot Sports included is at a completely higher level.
12-15K miles, hmmm, I'll let you know how long mine last Put them on at 26,250 miles, so here's hoping they last a good 6k for me, which would probably equate to 8-10k for most "normal" people :laugh:
Poverty:
The R1Rs do seem to be affected more easily by greasy roads I have found than my old F1 assys. Grip is phenomenal in the dry, floor it in 1st and just hold on basically. Steering is alot more communicative, I only fitted a set to the front of my car with no real cornering detriment. Wayne cannot keep up with me in the twisties anymore even though our cars are pretty much identical. Also I now always run with ESP off with these tyres, with the F1 assys on public roads I always used to keep it on.
Ive nearly killed my R1Rs after not much mileage though, only had them on for about 3 months now and havent really driven it that much.
Couldnt go back to a lesser tyre now that I have tried these though. Best summer tyre on the market, shame about the price.
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