[Mike Drew]

Originally Posted by Mike Drew

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It might be wise to consider regular V-rated road tires as opposed to barely-legal racing tires. I recently found V-rated 225/50-15 front tires here:

V-rated GT40 Front Tires

And almost-matching 295/50-15 rear tires here:

V-rated GT40 Rear Tires

The latter are listed as H-rated on the website; I've eyeballed them myself and they are in fact clearly marked as being V-rated. I'd check the markings to be sure however.

The price is right too!

They are carried by Les Schwab tire stores in the USA.

Somebody just pointed out to me that the links above no longer work. Maxxis just revamped their entire website.

Here is the link to the rear tires (295/50-15)

MA-S1 Marauder

and the front tires (225/50-15)

MA-Z4S Victra

It's odd that the rear tires are listed as being H-rated, yet the pair that I recently eyeballed in France (pictured below on a 10x15 Campagnolo Pantera wheel):



are very clearly marked as being V-rated, as you can plainly see from this close-up:



Why would the same tire be marked/marketed as an H-rated tire for the US market???