Kumho 712 's are NOISY!!
06-01-2004, 12:12 PM
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I'd have to agree with most of what H said. I got just over 50k kilometers out of my 712's and never thought they were noisy. Grip was good to very good in the dry and wet. I definitely thought they offered tremendous bang for the buck. I use A032r's for the track ( they're Yoko's, not Kumho's), and they howl like a banshee on the highway.
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06-01-2004, 04:40 PM
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Hi All,
I used Kumho 712 in 225/40-18 & 265/35-18, and got 40k miles from the set. They were quiet, and sticky, and I had an RMB as well.. I just switched to Conti Sport Contact N2, and they are not bad. I did not get Kumho's again, because they do not make the size i am using in the rear now... 285/30-18... Too bad, I'd buy them again.. I also want to ry the PS2's next time...
The Conti's are wearing well, and I may get 40k from the rear, but maybe 25k from the front... My fault though, the front alignment (toe) was out, and I chewed up the outside edges a bit... Yes, dumb, but Track Days also help to scrub down the rubber.
RS... the Kumho's are loud on the track, they complained, but wore well, and I always knew when they were getting too hot and squirrely...
Cheers,
I used Kumho 712 in 225/40-18 & 265/35-18, and got 40k miles from the set. They were quiet, and sticky, and I had an RMB as well.. I just switched to Conti Sport Contact N2, and they are not bad. I did not get Kumho's again, because they do not make the size i am using in the rear now... 285/30-18... Too bad, I'd buy them again.. I also want to ry the PS2's next time...
The Conti's are wearing well, and I may get 40k from the rear, but maybe 25k from the front... My fault though, the front alignment (toe) was out, and I chewed up the outside edges a bit... Yes, dumb, but Track Days also help to scrub down the rubber.
RS... the Kumho's are loud on the track, they complained, but wore well, and I always knew when they were getting too hot and squirrely...
Cheers,
06-01-2004, 09:34 PM
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Donald,
I was given MY first set of 'and, or, protectors' when Doc Miller down in Warrendale PA examined his first ever set of Blackberry's. With a most solemn expression and sonerous voice he explained that he had served as a Regimental surgeon in WWII. He had seen missing berry's, blueberrys, redberrey's, exploded berry's, bleeding berry's, riddled berry's and all known forms of swollen berry's but never had he seen a black bag of berry's and he was curious to the cause of my demise.
I explained that I had recently purchased a 55lb, fiberglass, re-curve bow from the Sears and Roebuck Catalog -Ted Williams approved-.
And that while in the process of stringing said bow -there is a correct way- and just before I 'looped' the bow string over the upper 'ear'the lower 'ear'
kinda slipped and the bow snapped (straight and uncurved ) to it's original unstrung 5' 10". There was only one thing that could stop this unleashed force. THE BAG! Doc Millers face kinda pinched together his lips started to twitchin, and then he started snortin and laughed till he ran out of breath.
Basically, he was between mirth and apoplexy - not lost on the wounded 14 year old, at all- and I knew that my story of woe was soon to be an oft repeated classic in less than professional medical gatherings
. The braying basta*d gave me my first cup -king-sized- left over from the Fall football medicals.
On the up side, as bad off as I was, less than a year later my foster brother, Fletch, engaged the PTO which spun the driveshaft to the dual cut brush-hog that I had just barely replaced the shear pin at the deck knuckle.
I was still straddling the driveshaft when Fletch let out the clutch which not only engaged the PTO but also reverse which caused me to do a split as the tractor side of the driveshaft was much higher than the mower deck.
I then, amidst much pain, remember sliding down the drive shaft alternately burning the bag -thru jeans, no less- and trying -unsucessfully- to regain my footing. Ultimately, I slid down to the brace supporting the deck shaft. Unfortunately, at this point the joining knuckle then began battering the bag like Mike Tyson on a speed bag... only faster and harder...
But that's another story
or protector's...sheech!
I was given MY first set of 'and, or, protectors' when Doc Miller down in Warrendale PA examined his first ever set of Blackberry's. With a most solemn expression and sonerous voice he explained that he had served as a Regimental surgeon in WWII. He had seen missing berry's, blueberrys, redberrey's, exploded berry's, bleeding berry's, riddled berry's and all known forms of swollen berry's but never had he seen a black bag of berry's and he was curious to the cause of my demise.
I explained that I had recently purchased a 55lb, fiberglass, re-curve bow from the Sears and Roebuck Catalog -Ted Williams approved-.
And that while in the process of stringing said bow -there is a correct way- and just before I 'looped' the bow string over the upper 'ear'the lower 'ear'
kinda slipped and the bow snapped (straight and uncurved ) to it's original unstrung 5' 10". There was only one thing that could stop this unleashed force. THE BAG! Doc Millers face kinda pinched together his lips started to twitchin, and then he started snortin and laughed till he ran out of breath.
Basically, he was between mirth and apoplexy - not lost on the wounded 14 year old, at all- and I knew that my story of woe was soon to be an oft repeated classic in less than professional medical gatherings
. The braying basta*d gave me my first cup -king-sized- left over from the Fall football medicals.On the up side, as bad off as I was, less than a year later my foster brother, Fletch, engaged the PTO which spun the driveshaft to the dual cut brush-hog that I had just barely replaced the shear pin at the deck knuckle.
I was still straddling the driveshaft when Fletch let out the clutch which not only engaged the PTO but also reverse which caused me to do a split as the tractor side of the driveshaft was much higher than the mower deck.
I then, amidst much pain, remember sliding down the drive shaft alternately burning the bag -thru jeans, no less- and trying -unsucessfully- to regain my footing. Ultimately, I slid down to the brace supporting the deck shaft. Unfortunately, at this point the joining knuckle then began battering the bag like Mike Tyson on a speed bag... only faster and harder...
But that's another story
or protector's...sheech!
06-01-2004, 09:50 PM
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Ooooooooh! (speechless; a cringe and silent crossing of legs with crossed palms and eyes)
You do need (ed) an 'and, or' protector. Maybe an 'if and or but' as well-
(grimace at the thought of an unexpected saddle pommel whilst trying to impress an SMU cheerleader)
You do need (ed) an 'and, or' protector. Maybe an 'if and or but' as well-
(grimace at the thought of an unexpected saddle pommel whilst trying to impress an SMU cheerleader)
06-01-2004, 10:59 PM
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I believe that's why many a man has traded in the old western for a
Morgan or English saddle and a set of jhodpurs.
I empathize with your tragic experience.
Those dastardly cheerleaders probably giggled for weeks.
Morgan or English saddle and a set of jhodpurs.
I empathize with your tragic experience.
Those dastardly cheerleaders probably giggled for weeks.
06-01-2004, 11:23 PM
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True on both counts; my riding has been sporadic ever since. And it's a safe wager that mine were not the first set she collected in some fashion- I at least knew with all certainty that I never had a chance, but Lisa was Lisa and it didn't matter a whit.
