Shinko tyres?

[racefactory]

To my knowledge, Shinko are some of the longest wearing tyres of the sports touring category out there though. I've heard of people putting mad mileages on them.

They may not have top race tyre grip but they are all you need for the road as I found out today, even on a tired and worn out set. If you are on a budget I wouldn't feel bad about getting them at all. Today with a friend, fooling around on the new motard shodding the 006 and 005, I proceeded to get the knee down around a local roundabout... no problems whatsoever. Even raising the knee to peg scraping and they still held very comfortably. Impressive considering the large ground clearance of a motard and how fast you need to go to knee down. Predictable, the tyres losing feedback as the bars start to flop inwards. In fact I'm keen to replace this rear with another Shinko now.

[ducatilover]

Knee down doesn't need that much grip or lean angle.... I can knee down with crap rubber too. Doesn't mean you're fast, or the tire is good.

[racefactory]

Bet you will really struggle on a Bridgestone Cyrox, that's a fact. Not all tyres can, especially on a motard.

[ducatilover]

Bet you will really struggle on a Bridgestone Cyrox, that's a fact. Not all tyres can, especially on a motard.

Most probably, but, I got my knee down on a GN with standard rubber Just a matter of being a fuck wit and riding style.
Over that now.

[Drew]

Bet you will really struggle on a Bridgestone Cyrox, that's a fact. Not all tyres can, especially on a motard.

Cyrox on an RGV was no problem for knee draggin. But dragging a knee does not mean you are going fast.

[racefactory]

Cyrox on an RGV was no problem for knee draggin. But dragging a knee does not mean you are going fast.

I'd have to see that to believe it sorry. Cyrox CY16 was it?

[Drew]

I'd have to see that to believe it sorry. Cyrox CY16 was it?

Dunno what model it was. We're talking ten years ago here.

But I can promise that it was fine...in the dry. I wouldn't put one on a big bike though.

[racefactory]

Wow Cyrox was out 10 years ago? You must have plenty of experience with drifting!

[ducatilover]

There's a Shinko on one of my spare ZZR600 rims, it looks rather nice, not sure how well it performs. I'll check at some stage today as to what model it is.
Can't beany worse than those stupid IRC that it's been blessed with

[Drew]

Wow Cyrox was out 10 years ago? You must have plenty of experience with drifting!

Doubt it's still the same tyre now as it was then. Funky xxxxx like tread pattern. Looked the bizzo, and was all I could afford to put on my brothers bike when mine had been stolen. I thought it was pretty good, used to give it a damn good thrashing over the Wainui hill daily on my way to work.

[Mountie]

Have had two sets of 705's on my 800 GS and have to date had no issues with these tyres.Commuting and high mileage touring, Wet,dry metal and sealed roads. Front can get a little vague when being pushed very hard. Will buy them again when the current ones wear out. Very good tyre for the price.

[NordieBoy]

Have had two sets of 705's on my 800 GS and have to date had no issues with these tyres.Commuting and high mileage touring, Wet,dry metal and sealed roads. Front can get a little vague when being pushed very hard. Will buy them again when the current ones wear out. Very good tyre for the price.

Also handle boggy fields, wet papa clay hills, rock strewn riverbeds and more.
Wet grass is an issue though.

[FatHead]

ive seen some good deals on this brand but dont know anything bout them, has anyone had any good/bad experiences with this brand?

I just removed a Shinko from the back of my GTR1000 did 23k but was prone to going flat. Was a bit unsure of foot even in the dry.

Overall Hated them will never have them again and cant wait until the front one has done so I can replace it.

[NordieBoy]

I just removed a Shinko from the back of my GTR1000 did 23k but was prone to going flat. Was a bit unsure of foot even in the dry.

Overall Hated them will never have them again and cant wait until the front one has done so I can replace it.

For the record, which model Shinko?

[FatHead]

I think it was a 777 or something like that, has really put me off the brand because there was not ever anything in the holes the leaks were coming from 1 was a hole and the other 2 were slits like the rubber had just split. S'pose you get what ya pays for. I just dont need that hassle when I am commuting 600k a week