Just got mine back after an 18,000km service..

Got all the usuals done at a cost of

 

He is talking out of his arse on two counts!

3 tyres
A large number of us on here don't run SO2's

 

I'm running Toyo Proxies .. but then i don't listen to (Honda) dealers. I'm not in their target market for customers.

 

Could have sworn I've seen pics of you with a pipe and slippers chewing on Wurthers Originals

 

Hash pipe, slippers and dressing gown and having the munchies .. hmm, don't remember any pics of me at Uni, but it sure does sound about right*





* Just to say it is a joke. Before the police raid my house and find all my kiddie pron and no drugs**




** That was another joke by the way.

 

 

He actually read from a service manual or something like that about the tyres..

 

What he meant to say was, you need 4 tyres. 3 would just be idiotic as it would leave 1 much more likely to lose traction.

As for which ones you choose, well YOU choose but they will only fit Bridgestone Potenza RE050s. Good tyres imo so if you did it's not the end of the world.

Then again I know nothing of the Toyos so Bibbs is probably your man to ask about the differences.

 

S02's and S03's were okay. But nothing special.
I've found Goodyear F1's great in all conditions, but had a dodgy incident where a tyre wall obtained a growth the size of a golfball (on the inside, so i didn't catch it early).
Toyo Proxies better in the dry, but worse in the wet. But then in the wet I don't go over 60, even on the motorway.

They grip well, but suffer from soft walls on a track, so a few extra PSI is needed. When hot though, they stick like poo on a blanket.

 

IIRC Honda used to hang a card from the rear view mirror of new cars stating the tyre that should be used i.e. the specific SO2 that was designed for the S2K. I seem to recall much earlier threads discussing this point although there is a more recent one (last 2-3 weeks I think) about the original S2K specific SO2's being discontinued and giving details of the recommended Bridgestone replacement.