Kumho RF question

None taken! Up here summer is known as the two weeks of the year that the ice is not fit for hockey. The best way to handle it is to make the use of the long summer days when you do get them. That usually means changing weather conditions and long trips. I rode a CS500 for 28 years and only put 25K on it. I got the GL in Ark. the first weekend of Oct. and rode it 1300 miles home in a day and a half. Have not stopped grinning since. Put 10K+ on it last summer, including IBA SS1000 and BB1500. Can't wait to get it out this year. Most trips are 25 miles one way to work, so should be able to get a few more weeks out of the old tire. Never had a problem with it, accepted it for what it was, until I started shopping for a new one. Ouch $$.

I will probalby mount my own (I do my own tires on other vehicles) and am seriously thinking about trying the DynaBead thing too.

piper184,
I would say that the summer grade tire probably does have a "harder" rubber compound that would attribute to its longer tread life. The "softer" rubber that is attributed to a "winter" tire would probably handle better on the colder road surface than a "summer" tire. That being said, I will be puting the Kumho RF on for my next tire when the Conti (summer) tire gives up the ghost. That will probably be another 5 or 6,000 miles and I live in the mountain country of N.C. I've really enjoyed the Conti an think it is a excellent choice for the Wing, but I hear a lot of good things about the Kumho, so I'll try it!!! I don't believe the rubber compounds make "that" much difference as much as the design of the tread for winter. Also, riding in the winter does require more caution concerning the road surface as the road salt, dirt and ice or snow. I myself do slow down in the winter because you never know when you'll hit a patch of "anything". The "rubber adhesion to the road" comparision in a summer vs. winter tire really doesn't come into play with my style of riding and it sounds like yours, also. JMHO Semper-fi:flg:

Yeah, I am not too concerned about winter vs. summer tread design. My only concern was Kumho specifically said not to run it in freezing conditions, and since I ride down to about 20° F, I was wondering if there was something about the run flat material that the cold weather would do harm to. It is going to sit in a -30° F garage all winter.

The guys at Sunset Honda did not know how to respond when I asked how far down the anti-freeze was good for. They think I am nuts, but as long as there is no ice or sand on the roads, I will ride. If I was going to go much farther than the 25 miles to work at 20°, I would probably look into some insulated riding gear.

I am kind of leaning towards the Kumho, mostly because the dual center rib looks like it should be fairly quiet, but yet shed a lot of water. The run flat also sounds like a real good deal. I have never had a problem with a tire on a bike, but that is just a matter of time I suspect.