New tire? Bridgestone Potenza RE71R
Feb 13, 2015, 10:45 AM
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New tire? Bridgestone Potenza RE71R
Thoughts? Neal? Just saw this today browsing tire rack. Typical marketing statements in the description. The only info I found elsewhere is in Japanese...lol
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
Last edited by letsgetthisdone; Feb 13, 2015 at 10:47 AM.
Feb 13, 2015, 10:50 AM
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Fresh off the press and not even in inventory yet. Should have stock early/mid next month. Don't know much about it right now other than its designed to be a bit better wet option due to the directional tread design compared to the RE-11. Little improvements across the board vs. RE-11's and will probably replace the 11's in most sizes. Should get more info once snow melts and stock rolls in.
Feb 13, 2015, 11:00 AM
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Fresh off the press and not even in inventory yet. Should have stock early/mid next month. Don't know much about it right now other than its designed to be a bit better wet option due to the directional tread design compared to the RE-11. Little improvements across the board vs. RE-11's and will probably replace the 11's in most sizes. Should get more info once snow melts and stock rolls in.
How do you expect tread/road noise to be? Seeing as how the re11 is on of the quietest max performance summer tires, can we expect the same from the re71? The tread looks a lot like the Dunlop Z2, which is fairly loud..
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Jul 9, 2015, 06:07 AM
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Replacing RE-11a that I really liked, found out they were discontinued to be superseded by the RE-71r so I just put them on my IX MR. It's been about 500 miles or so, and I'm extremely impressed.
I did add dba rotors / 8mm spacers at the same time as the tire, so I can't say how much that affects my experience.
Grip is outstanding in the dry, and excellent in the wet - though I haven't pushed to limits.
They are a little more noisy on certain road surfaces (newly laid asphalt), akin to the sound peeling off sticky tape makes - only at 60mph.
Again, outstanding in the turns.
You do get a tangible increase in feedback, which doesn't translate to discomfort. Interestingly there's no adverse affect on bumps/skips.
I've only been on the street, but I highly recommend these summers!
I did add dba rotors / 8mm spacers at the same time as the tire, so I can't say how much that affects my experience.
Grip is outstanding in the dry, and excellent in the wet - though I haven't pushed to limits.
They are a little more noisy on certain road surfaces (newly laid asphalt), akin to the sound peeling off sticky tape makes - only at 60mph.
Again, outstanding in the turns.
You do get a tangible increase in feedback, which doesn't translate to discomfort. Interestingly there's no adverse affect on bumps/skips.
I've only been on the street, but I highly recommend these summers!
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