shinko tires?

[Alfatango1]

What do looks have to do with a tire? If the best tire had a funny looking tread pattern to you, you would not buy it?

 

[vanson1200r]

200? Say goodbye to quick and easy turning!

 

[fahren]

Yeah, Shinko makes other tires besides the longer-wearing Ravens, if you don't mind shorter tire life with better handling. Look at 003 Stealth, 005 Advance or 006 Podium. A scrub-down with brake cleaner will help wash off the slick mold-release agent and make scrubbing in faster.
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.co...res.aspx#&&Back=0-0-55,265-0-292-0-0-24-1-1-1

Also worth looking at 007 Bond.

 

[chevnut55]

im going more for looks because this is not a hardcore race bike or a everyday drive that will be in the rain. if i were going to do track days or ride it year round..i wish i could do bolth, but it just get taken out on the weekends with the wife or out for a spin after wook to get some frustration out,but it mostly sits in my living room all winter while i try too make it look better.
i do think now im going with 190/50 pilot 2ct to be safe.

 

[dave_xb12r]

i do think now im going with 190/50 pilot 2ct to be safe.

Better to be safe than end up on the side of the road with a f'd up bike. Good choice. You have to lean it a bit further to hit the soft compound, but you'll like the feel of it when you hit it.

 

[delta one]

i do think now im going with 190/50 pilot 2ct to be safe.

go with the pure, a MUCH wider patch for the second compound supposedly better wet performance (haven't tested mine yet) and a slightly harder center compound for better life.

a few more bucks but WAY more tire, should even pay off in millage leveling the cost out.

 

[nilla]

i'm running shinkos on my XB9
i just put another rear shinko on.

but i think next time i will get a set of michelins. they go on sale at cyclegear and cost about the same.
it's not that the shinkos are a bad tire IMO. if for no other reason than; i'm just tired of hearing crap from everyother rider about my chinese ditch finders.

 

[dan_nj]

love my 2ct's stick like glue and wear good !