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Rok in a lighter package with a 16x18 pattern ! And while we’re at it a 50 RA stiffness please
Which Wilson racquets had those specs?
Wilson Avenger? Wilson Javelin?
I have a HPST 85 that is little lighter than a regular PS85. It doesn't have red and yellow like the regular HPST. Does have the exposed woven graphite/kevlar on parts of it, though. Have not hit with it much. I'll hit with a bit more and give a playtest review.Hyper Pro Staff Tour 90. I have finally got appropriate string in my Asian HPST 90 and it plays as well as my Max 200G Pro II. I never thought I'd find something as good as my 35-year-old Dunlop, but here we are...
I have a HPST 85 that is little lighter than a regular PS85. It doesn't have red and yellow like the regular HPST. Does have the exposed woven graphite/kevlar on parts of it, though. Have not hit with it much. I'll hit with a bit more and give a playtest review.
Yeah the Asian-only Hyper Pro Staff 85, 1 of 2000 produced for the millennium. I've owned 5. I have one, lent one to a friend, and sold 3 for a grand total of $640 over 3 years. It handles well, but is stiff. Requires Sensation or NXT strung around 50 or 52 with a vibration dampener.
Six One 95S Parallel Drilling (2014) in the same specs: 309g unstrung, 21.5mm beam, 65 flex, apart from change the 18x16 pattern to something a bit denser like 18x17 or 16x19.
Lovely racket with similar feeling to 332g version, but more manoeuvrable for most players.
I put VS Touch mains with a poly cross in mine. Tension is I think upper 40s or low 50s.Yeah the Asian-only Hyper Pro Staff 85, 1 of 2000 produced for the millennium. I've owned 5. I have one, lent one to a friend, and sold 3 for a grand total of $640 over 3 years. It handles well, but is stiff. Requires Sensation or NXT strung around 50 or 52 with a vibration dampener.
FYI... a vibration dampener, like the name suggests, deals with vibration frequency. Not the shock from the stiffness of a racquet which is the actual stressor of arm pain along with improper technique and overuse.
For an aluminum frame of that era, not too bad.Retrowagen, I don't recall ever seeing that racket back in the 80s. That one definitely has a uniqueness to it to say the least! How does it play?
Why did the Kobra line fail so spectacularly ? Never figured that out.Wilson Kobra Tour in a different paint job.
G. I. Joe.Why did the Kobra line fail so spectacularly ? Never figured that out.
The name..?Why did the Kobra line fail so spectacularly ? Never figured that out.
If they do bring back the K90, I hope they improve the quality of the paint and racquet overall. The K90s I had broke very easily from overheads and the paint was not durable at all.I'd love for them to bring back the K90 in all black or any pre-2007 PS/6.1/6.0 paintjob except the PSC paintjob.
Like Say Chi Sin Lo, I'm almost willing to settle for any PS90 at this point. Hell, I'd love to have one of the earlier generations with the drill pattern of the later generations (a N90 or PS90 with the post 2007 drill pattern in the K90, BLX90, etc). Hell, I'll even just be happy if they only made grommets for the later PS90s and sold them.
Why did the Kobra line fail so spectacularly ? Never figured that out.
Who knows why it didn’t sell that well? Maybe it has a cult following. I’m still finding them and buying them.Why did the Kobra line fail so spectacularly ? Never figured that out.
I like Kobra as opposed to Cobra. It worked for Kool and the Gang. Ha! The second edition was Cobra though.The name..?
I feel like they hired a focus group or marketing team from the 90s.
Kobra...for a tennis racquet...really?
O wait they used a "K" instead of C, that's cool or should I say kool
Not saying it's a bad racquet, just terrible marketing
I'd like to see Wilson bring back the very first wood racquets they ever made.
See my FS add. Send me a DM if you're visiting England this year.K factor 6.1 95
Oh too bad for me. I need a 4 1/4. Thanks anyway.See my FS add. Send me a DM if you're visiting England this year.