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RacinRich
04-02-2004, 10:56 PM
Any of you Southern boys, who get to go racing earlier than us Northerners, try the new Khumos yet? How do they compare to the older Khumo or Hoosier?

Catch22
04-03-2004, 12:19 AM
The only IT (other than ITE) size that they will release this year is 205/50/15 and thats not even a great IT size.
All the other sizes slated for release this year are 17s and 18s. This info comes from a Kumho dealer.

Compare this to the first sizes of the new Hoosier (225/50/14, 205/50/15 and 225/45/15) and you get great insight into which tire manufacturer is focused on the IT community.

I think I'll even post this in the discussion forum and see if I can drag up a good argument.

dtheracer
04-03-2004, 01:43 PM
The Kumho people at Road Atlanta last weekend said the 14s would be out in August

Dave Piasecki

emerilnut
04-07-2004, 08:07 PM
I've heard these bad things in the last two days.

http://www.scca.org/news/press04_57.html

and

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=822611

It kinda sucks. I was rearing to sink my teeth into these. http://Forum.ImprovedTouring.com/it/frown.gif

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RacinRich
04-09-2004, 10:04 AM
Thanks for the responses guys. I guess this makes this season's tire choice a lot easier.