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By *icksfocus OP   Man
over a year ago

Pontefract

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

lot with a few spare ones

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By *icksfocus OP   Man
over a year ago

Pontefract

What's more important? Is it grip or price? Would you put remoulds on your vehicle?

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By *kin BohnerMan
over a year ago

derby

Remolds are fine, the rubber is stripped and if the inner mesh is ok it's reused. Obviously not as pristine as 'new' but perfectly acceptable. I won't use retreads (the old tread is cut out and a new band of tread is inserted) they have been known to come apart. I'd never use part worn tyres because you have no idea if the have been 'kerbed' or what the internal condition is like.

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By *icksfocus OP   Man
over a year ago

Pontefract

But aeroplanes use remoulds

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By *kin BohnerMan
over a year ago

derby

Yep, nothing wrong with them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What's more important? Is it grip or price? Would you put remoulds on your vehicle? "

Grip as in tread. And no. I don't use remoulds x

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

I used remoulds years ago when I was a student, but it was a 1300 beetle.

To me personally I go for the best I can afford, sometimes that means using part worns.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

On a bike I use the best match for the bike. Cars don't think I've ever bought new but I'm trade so have some very good suppliers. Won't ever use remoulds cheap nasty shit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"On a bike I use the best match for the bike. Cars don't think I've ever bought new but I'm trade so have some very good suppliers. Won't ever use remoulds cheap nasty shit"

More or less the same for me..I will put anything on my old land rover...but bikes get the best I can buy.

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By *icksfocus OP   Man
over a year ago

Pontefract

Different bikes different tyres

On the Yamaha R1 I have Michelin pilot sport 3's

On the Honda vfr400 track bike I have Avon all weather race tyres am22 on front. Am23 on back

Yamaha rd350lc and the rd350 Powervalve are shod with Avon road riders

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What's more important? Is it grip or price? Would you put remoulds on your vehicle? "
on a bike you have no choice but to put the best on a car I've used cheaper tyres all my driving life so its ok

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston


"What's more important? Is it grip or price? Would you put remoulds on your vehicle? "
Nothing wrong with remoulds provided you get the right ones...

Get yourself some Colway tyres.

Check out their range, they are so good they even have RAC competition approved remoulds.

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

Properly re-manufactured re-moulds are fine, as the simply apply a new outer layer to an existing carcass, a bit like having a sofa re-covered. But at one time there were a lot of dodgy ones about.

Brakes, suspension and tyres are all critical items that shouldn't be compromised.

Having said that, I use nearly new part worns and have done for 20 years without issue. I get to inspect the tyres before they're fitted (and I trust the place I use to source good stock). Can't argue with the economics, set of 4 Michelin HRs with 6mm tread - £120 fitted, as opposed to £450 brand new.

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge


"What's more important? Is it grip or price? Would you put remoulds on your vehicle? Nothing wrong with remoulds provided you get the right ones...

Get yourself some Colway tyres.

Check out their range, they are so good they even have RAC competition approved remoulds."
this used to use colway rally remoulded on my rally and hill climb cars never had any problems the Pirelli p6000 copy's had phenomenal grip but did waer a bit quicker tho for a third of the price can't complain .had a set on my road going xr3 with no issues

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Different bikes different tyres

On the Yamaha R1 I have Michelin pilot sport 3's

On the Honda vfr400 track bike I have Avon all weather race tyres am22 on front. Am23 on back

Yamaha rd350lc and the rd350 Powervalve are shod with Avon road riders "

Long term Bikers have a greater understanding & knowledge of tyres than most car drivers simply due to safety & performance

regardless of what you drive or ride, it is of upmost importance you chose the best tyre possible for maximum safety & performance on the road (or track)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

remember its not just the tyre but the pressure you have in it

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen


"Different bikes different tyres

On the Yamaha R1 I have Michelin pilot sport 3's

On the Honda vfr400 track bike I have Avon all weather race tyres am22 on front. Am23 on back

Yamaha rd350lc and the rd350 Powervalve are shod with Avon road riders

Long term Bikers have a greater understanding & knowledge of tyres than most car drivers simply due to safety & performance

regardless of what you drive or ride, it is of upmost importance you chose the best tyre possible for maximum safety & performance on the road (or track) "

Yes, inclined to agree that on a bike things are even more critical, and I only ever get new branded tyres for the bikes

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By *icksfocus OP   Man
over a year ago

Pontefract

Back in the early eighties Yokohama tyres as fitted to new yamahas were terrible. Hit a white line with them on and the bike would slide all over.

Now they are one of ghe best tyres you can get

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I always run remoulds.. never had an issue. mind you, I run winter tyres as a rule.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For the off roader/farm vehicle, remoulds are ok, anything we actually want to get up to any speed in we use the best tyre but for a price. Its a balance we wouldn't spend £1000 a corner to have the absolute grippiest tyres it just isn't realistic, but we try to get the best that we can going on reviews for what we want to use the individual car for.

Px

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I need new tyres & brake pads on my car..... all bloody money

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By *icksfocus OP   Man
over a year ago

Pontefract


"I need new tyres & brake pads on my car..... all bloody money "

Yes all money but vitally important for safety

Same as brake fluid that is also important to change, especially on bikes but does seem to be forgotten by a lot of people. I use dot 5 brake fluid. Safe on paint and doesn't absorb moisture. You would think dot 5.1 wide be better, but it isn't

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I used remoulds years ago when I was a student, but it was a 1300 beetle.

To me personally I go for the best I can afford, sometimes that means using part worns."

I remember buying some new (not remoulds) for my 1303S Beetle and when it rained I couldn't keep the damned thing on the road. I had to swap them onto the back and buy another pair of a different brand tyres for the front - it was fine after that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I need new tyres & brake pads on my car..... all bloody money "

Worth every penny if you consider the alternative of not fitting them .....

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

I knew of a guy that couldn't afford brake pads so he made some out of plywood.

The fire brigade weren't impressed

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By *errygTV/TS
over a year ago

denton

ive not seen remoulds for a while i thought they stopped making them

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular


"ive not seen remoulds for a while i thought they stopped making them"

They are better than they used to be but I still wouldn't use them

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen


"ive not seen remoulds for a while i thought they stopped making them

They are better than they used to be but I still wouldn't use them"

As above, as long as they are re-manufactured properly, they're fine.

Just think, Jumbo jets weighing 400 tons hit the ground travelling 180 mph, and they use re-moulds.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I buy tyres from blackcicles at a decent price. I would never consider anything less than new as they are the only things keeping you on the road.

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

Actually, reading up on it, it seems the preferred term is re-treads. Although these are re-manufactured tyres, which having been stripped back to the carcass, then go through the same process as in the original manufacture, heat bonding new surface rubber to the carcass.

The old re-moulds, were cold bonded and glued to the carcass and were prone to disintegration at speed, so I guess in order to distance itself from this legacy, the industry uses the term re-treads.

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