Dry Road Extreme Tire Testing

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I recently posted the WET road abilities of my New tires .... Q-5's front and VERY new to Spyders " RIKEN " ..... Well today, after topping off the brake fluid, I went to the two " twistiest " roads I have ever been on..... Road #1 , very, very steep, very very narrow, 2nd 3rd & 4th gear only 4000 to 7000 rpm's needed ..... Road #2, very steep, normal width, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th gears used 3000 to 7000 rpm's ...... To say these tires impressed me is an understatement ... In the past I thought the Stickiest tire ever was the Toyo Proxes T1r was the ultimate ..... no more .... the Q-5's at 165/60 had better traction than the Toyo @ 185/50 size ..... The rear RIKEN ( 215/60-15 ) also had fantastic grip ..... No chirping , zero sideslip etc .... the VSS Nanny lit up some many times I stopped counting, (but only slowed me once) I hit a bump at full acceleration and I seriously think BOTH front tires came off the pavement ..... these tires rock .... 17 psi front & 18 psi rear ...... I Looooooooooooooooooooooove these tires ...... PS the Riken is the least expensive high performance tire made that I've found yet ...... good luck .... Mike :thumbup:

 

[BCNewell]

Still haven’t gotten in my ContiProContacts for the front, but have been pushing that new Riken Raptor HR pretty hard on dry pavement. With my F3-S w/ SM6, have no problem lighting it up anywhere in 1st or 2nd, and can fishtail it a little in 3rd sometimes. Running it at 18psi. I know the F3 is fairly light, and I’m under 200#, and it’ll probably grip pretty well if I gave it a chance!! Nanny has spanked me pretty hard a few times, but mostly because of the crappy fronts. So far, seems much better than the Kenda in all respects. And gotta love the price...

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Still haven’t gotten in my ContiProContacts for the front, but have been pushing that new Riken Raptor HR pretty hard on dry pavement. With my F3-S w/ SM6, have no problem lighting it up anywhere in 1st or 2nd, and can fishtail it a little in 3rd sometimes. Running it at 18psi. I know the F3 is fairly light, and I’m under 200#, and it’ll probably grip pretty well if I gave it a chance!! Nanny has spanked me pretty hard a few times, but mostly because of the crappy fronts. So far, seems much better than the Kenda in all respects. Any gotta love the price...

When BRP came out with the F-3, lighting up the rear tire was a SELLING point ..... in fact many comments on this Forum about " How folks didn't like this fact ". Considering the design of the F-3 I doubt there's a tire made that the F-3 can't light up. .... JMHO ..... Mike :thumbup: