Aoi-chan's Quickie - 26/12/2008

Ah yes... whilst everyone was enjoying their Xmas holiday yesterday, i went about to find some new and better rubber for Aoi-chan (skipped the polishing. Will do that later in the year) and ended up with a set of Dunlop D01 in 175/50/15 size. Surprising really that there are 2 other brands (the other was Silverstone) that makes this special sized tyre apart from Goodyear.

Initial observations are as follows;

1. The tyre has a more rugged and aggresive tread pattern (Good)
2. It feels as if the tyres are lighter, judging from the easier steering movement and ease of acceleration from the off (50/50)
3. Quieter both on good and bad surfaced roads (Interesting...)
4. Flexes a bit more; the initial cornering bite is not as good as previously, but the grip builds up progressively (gottta get used to it)
5. Handles corners much better in the wet than the NCT5; took the Puchong corner at 100km/h this morning (the road surface was wet/greasy, nice!)

So far so good... Also in the pipeline is an Ultra Racing 4 point bracing for the front structure and an additional anti-roll bar for the rear suspension. Hopefully this will enable me to use Aoi-chan's massive cornering reserve. Will have another quickie once that's done. Watch this space~~~