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Harley
PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2018 11:31 am 
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Looking for some new tyres for my car, the new Nankang NS-2R has caught my eye. Its a road / track type tyre. Just looking for some feedback if anyones tried them before?
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Ummmm

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Nankang/NS2R.htm

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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2018 4:43 pm 
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I haven't tried them but the nankang AR 1 is not too bad and road legal for the money...just over 100 bucks .had them on a r1 powered moke they were 13s...not sure if they do 12s

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realmini wrote:
a r1 powered moke


:shock: :shock:

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9YaTaH wrote:
Ummmm

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Nankang/NS2R.htm


The usual scenario. Hard compound tyres that wear well, but NFG in the wet.

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realmini wrote:
I haven't tried them but the nankang AR 1 is not too bad and road legal for the money...just over 100 bucks .had them on a r1 powered moke they were 13s...not sure if they do 12s

I have tried these as well in an AH Sprite. They were quite good.
I dont know how long they would last though...

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Harley
PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2018 7:22 pm 
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9YaTaH wrote:
Ummmm

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Nankang/NS2R.htm



Read through that before i posted- i was mainly after opinions from mini drivers, since opinions on big RWD cars arent quite as relevant here. :D
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Harley wrote:
Read through that before i posted- i was mainly after opinions from mini drivers, since opinions on big RWD cars arent quite as relevant here. :D


Yep...well and truly understand...but if people find they like the tiny contact patch on round black ones hangs on AND are happy to say so...its a pretty good indication (so long as they all don't work for the importer!! :-)

When in doubt, spend the extra money on the tried and proven :idea: :P

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Harley
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The tried and proven is my normal method- Yokohama all the way but now they dont road rate the A048R I'm hoping to find that something is available that could sit above the A539 in terms of performance / grip (I don't care about how quickly they wear out).
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I have the AR-1 on a Lotus Exige that is set up for track days. Absolute crap so don't expect that anything Nankang produce would be any better. I'll rub these out and go back to Yokohamas. Mini or not the performance aspects of any tyre is still attributable.

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