Tyre Feedback - Kumho

[the evil twin]

Just chalked up another 400 K's today on dirt/gravel and the KL78's are still going really well. They really are a great bit of kit on the dry tracks

I am slightly disappointed in them on the Beach tho, they are still good but not great. The sidewalls allow the tyre to bag out sideways a bit too quickly so you don't get the benefit of the longer footprint at the expected deflation pressures IE they will bulldoze before they will float...

[rradian]

Hello,

I`m using Road venture KL71 MT. I was very surprised on silent running. Performance in mud excellent, snow also. If We take to sand is ok but working like excavator .
My opinion 8 in 0-10 scale.

regards-radian

[growler2058]

Hello,

I`m using Road venture KL71 MT. I was very surprised on silent running. Performance in mud excellent, snow also. If We take to sand is ok but working like excavator .
My opinion 8 in 0-10 scale.

regards-radian

Did you drop your pressures down in the sand mate?? And what size tyre is it

[Cadbury]

Hi all,
I have had my 285/75/16 KL71 on my GU for about 2500km. All good so far. I have played in the mud, on the beach and in the dirt.
Cheers
Tim

[moo_r32]

KL71 is the best/quietest 4wd tyre iv ever used...

[Warnie]

I got mine yesterday and have 50kms so far and I would agree moo_r32, but they are still a mud tyre so if anyone decides to get them thinking the are a highway terrain they will be dissapointed. I cannot wait to get out and get them dirty.

[rradian]

Did you drop your pressures down in the sand mate?? And what size tyre is it

Yes I drop pressures down to 1 bar in the sand and snow, My size is 31x10.50R15.

[growler2058]

Yes I drop pressures down to 1 bar in the sand and snow, My size is 31x10.50R15.

Thanks for the feedback mate

[Warnie]

Ive done a few 100kms on mine now on road and they are fantastic. A slight ripple feeling at speeds less than 5kms/hr.

I had some f#$%wit in an old dunnydore try to undertake me around a roundabout the other day and I couldn't handle it so I maintained speed into the roadabout (noone else around bar us) and hit the roundabout at 80km/hr and the car gripped very nicely to the road as I went around. Oh and my tb42e out of the roundabout smashed the dunnydore (VP or similar).

I am off to melbourne in 6 weeks and will be doing some wheeling there so I will keep this thread updarted with how I feel the tyres perform. Ill also try and get out in QLD to some rocks to see how they go.

[Warnie]

Update - I have now done 10,000kms on the KL71's and they are wearing evenly and still haven't passed the 15,000km wear indicator so I am happy with them. They do have a few cuts in them though not from offroading. Happened on road, not sure what it was though, glass maybe oh well. I don't blame the tyre for this, even if they are a softer compound tyre. For the price I still cannot fault them - hopefully now that Uni is over they will get some more use offroad to really test them out.


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