Thanks… That was what I chose!
In an ideal world, with unlimited choice, I would have had GY Eagle Asymmetric 3 as my tyre of choice, followed by Michelin PS4, but the were not on offer. 
Michelin Primacy 3 it was then :)
Edit… And apologies for posting in the wrong sub-forum… I didn’t see the extra sub level specifically for tyres… If a mod wants to move this… Go ahead! 
Happens to us all my friend !
Kumho KU39, no complaints at all for the money, excellent tyres.
The reason I chose the Dunlops was on advice from NickD as I stipulated that I wanted a tyre quieter than the Kuhmo 39’s which I found excellent in all other respects, they are a good deal more expensive though!
They’re getting fitted together with an early service in mid-May just before we set off on the 4 week Greek trip in June, so scrubbed in and settled we’re off… I’ll give the verdict when we get back.
Steve, are you driving all the way to Greece? That’s brilliant! Well done!
Thanks Mike It’s about 3,500 - 4,000 miles as a round trip, we’ve done it on a large touring motorbike for about the last five years but this year it’s the MX.
We’re going via France and Italy of course; France will be a whizz down the motorways, especially at the top, but in Italy we’ll try and stay off them where we can.
It’s daft I know but I keep getting the image of the bloke in the Ferrari (or whatever it was) in my head, winding through the bends at the start of ‘The Italian Job’ with musical accompaniment by Matt Munro of course.
Really looking forward to it, as long as we don’t meet the JCB in the the tunnel!
Lamborghini P400 Muira
It may be the same size and load rating but it won’t be an identical specification tyre.
As far as I can tell, all the writing on the side walls is the same text except for a batch number, the date code, the country of manufacture, and the number 2 added to the end of the Dunlop Sportmaxx RT2, my original four were RT, the one is RT2.
I’ll post a pic of the treads in a few minutes after my machine has stopped doing its updates.
Edit with the pic showing RT2 on the left and RT on the right.
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[quote=Snapper Mike] Steve, are you driving all the way to Greece? That's brilliant! Well done! [/quote]
Thanks Mike It’s about 3,500 - 4,000 miles as a round trip, we’ve done it on a large touring motorbike for about the last five years but this year it’s the MX.
We’re going via France and Italy of course; France will be a whizz down the motorways, especially at the top, but in Italy we’ll try and stay off them where we can.
It’s daft I know but I keep getting the image of the bloke in the Ferrari (or whatever it was) in my head, winding through the bends at the start of ‘The Italian Job’ with musical accompaniment by Matt Munro of course.
Really looking forward to it, as long as we don’t meet the JCB in the the tunnel!
Haha, sounds like a great trip. My 14 year old daughter has always wanted to go to Germany as she’s studying the language at school. Your trip has inspired me to drive to Berlin with my daughter this summer. Thanks for the inspiration Steve! Safe travels.
I drove my mk3 2.0 sport on Hankook V10s (I thiink the model name might have changed since) and I wasn’t using the car for nipping to the shops in! They were secure, looked only part worn after around 30,000 miles (had a proper laser alignment geo done) and let go quite progressively ie not suddenly in a twitch. The road noise was as expected and under spirited A/B/C road driving I never once felt as if they were losing the plot, either on cornering or hard braking. Highly recommended.
I could spend and have spent a great deal of time discussing different tread patterns, grip limits, slip angles etc but I won’t because it’s a black hole. All I will say is don’t get sucked into buying expensive rubber just because of some flashy looking tread pattern or because some bloke who track races their car on dry sunny days rates them. T1R being a case in point. To cause a Mk3 to lose it would require disabling the traction control and really being stroppy on wet roads. The chances of needing to do anything like that in an emergency is likely to be exceptionally rare but if you do need to, any mid range tyres should work well, with a few exceptions.
Aside from not skimping on the thing which keeps you stuck to the road; more money isn’t necessarily better, might I suggest that if you spent the same amount on taking an advanced driving course by either the IAM (Roadsmart) or RoSPA (RoADAR), that you would give yourself a better chance of avoiding the need to brake harshly, if at all under the same conditions, will reduce your insurance, reduce brake tyre, gearbox and engine wear and enjoy driving differently? Just a thought.
Anyway, buy the Hankooks and be done with it.
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Excellent stuff… Because we’re taking the car this year it’ll surely be slower and more expensive, but I’m really looking forward to T-shirts, shorts and trainers as opposed to leathers, a crash helmet and boots!
Take care Mike, and have fun!
RT2 is a newer tyre than the RT. It catches a lot of people out.
An example would be Conti Sport tyres, you can still get, last time I looked, 3, 4, 5 and 6 tyres. Same with Pilot Sport and just about every other brand.
Proxy, Ventus, Ecsta, 595, Sportnex, SportMaxx and so on and so on are not actual product but all just caregory headings for the manufacturer.