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except they have a 140 treadwear, I am looking at them for my 34 after Ash mentioned them and I looked into them, they look gun, but what is the life span of them for someone that uses them day to day and not just as a weekender as I would be, so if someone that HAS USED them could give a idea of KMs that would be great

the KU36s are more "street" then "track" where the RS-3s appear to be the other way around

Where would one find said A050s ?

interesting that the INVOs have 2 different tread ratings

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They don't really have two different tread ratings. They will, in reality, only have one tread rating, because the treadwear rating (correct term) on a tyre is actually measured by using the tyre. They drive it around a test course and compare the wear to the reference tyre which is also driven around the same course. If the tyre lasts exactly as long as the reference tyre, it gets a 100 rating. If it lasts 3 times as long, it gets a 300 rating. Really easy.

The Rs-3 simply has a soft compound on one side and a less soft compound on the other. It's been done before on many other tyres. A lot of tyres also have variable tread compound as the tyre wears down. This is to try to keep their behaviour the same as the tread blocks get shorter and stiffer (and squirm less). I think the first one of these I can remember was the A-509. That's a looooooooooooooooooong time ago.

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when i was looking at the R1R's they have a treadwear rating of 140 and the tyre shop said to expect around 14-20,000kms depending on alignment/use etc (eg track work, burnouts), so RS-3's should be around that sorta life? although does seem abit high for a soft tyre ....

R31Nismoid Grand Master

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^are they similar to the ku36? Or different tyre altogether?

KUs are not worth the money IMO.

They were ONLY a viable choice when they were cheap. They are cheap no longer as I can only assume the subsiding from Kumho has stopped (same as what Bridgestone were doing with the RE55 R-comp for a long time)

bigkevracer Grand Master

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Only is these could be shipped out the US...

very expensive to buy local

Depends where you go. I got a great deal locally, and I did compare pricing to the US.

RRP on any tyre in Aus is rubbish. I was looking at Bridgestones, and trade was $100+ cheaper than RRP per tyre.

bigkevracer Grand Master

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except they have a 140 treadwear, I am looking at them for my 34 after Ash mentioned them and I looked into them, they look gun, but what is the life span of them for someone that uses them day to day and not just as a weekender as I would be, so if someone that HAS USED them could give a idea of KMs that would be great

the KU36s are more "street" then "track" where the RS-3s appear to be the other way around

Where would one find said A050s ?

interesting that the INVOs have 2 different tread ratings

Most user reviews I read before buying them rated 15-20k kms out of them with a few track days included.

Depends on your usage. Most tyres don't like to be heat cycled heaps, so if you do 5 track days they could be toast after 10k kms.

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