Something hinky with the shinko

[avgas]

Hmmmm i suggest you google "drag racing" before digging into Shinko's.......they have some what of a reputation in that arena....
I am running a Shinko on the rear of my FZ now. I can comment that cold they act like a bitch - but warm they haul ass.
Last coro loop i felt 110% confident and it showed, mid-corner the front would get nice and light, and i left my father (chasing me on 955i Daytona of 2005 vintage with BT's) for dead. So after 8 years without them (i had them on my RG) i have a new found faith in them. So all this being said, in contradictory to most who have posted here - i am walking the walk, while you talk the talk.
But cold they are a mother fucker - so i would not recommend for the slow causal types. I went for a 'slow' ride with my boss yesturday - rear would not grab at slow speeds. Warm they are better than Avons, Pirrellis and Conti's that i have had previous. On a par with the others (BT's and Dunlops) with the exception the cold bs.
My other regret about them is the fact that i cannot chew the edge off them (ask steved how i like to chew edges of tyres out - his old bike had the evidence) as my steel-toes scrape before i reach the edge.
Meh thems the breaks.
So in summary, if you can warm them up they will stick like a mess on the bedsheets, if not then they are as effective as diesel coated charcoal.

[xwhatsit]

I was under the impression that they are using Yokohama's old moulds/processes since Yokohama got out of making motorcycle tyres. I've heard a few sportsbikers say good things about them; cheap, but surprisingly good.

Then again, OEM tyres are likely to not be the top-end sporty models, more likely just some cheap commuter rubber shoe-horned on at a discount.

At any rate they have to be better than the cracked hard vinyl `tyres' wrapped around the rims of GiJoe1313's RZ250 that I'm riding right now

[Chrislost]

I was under the impression that they are using Yokohama's old moulds/processes since Yokohama got out of making motorcycle tyres. I've heard a few sportsbikers say good things about them; cheap, but surprisingly good.

Indeed they are.

Their alright in the dry. and their fine for road riders that ride very hard(cos their mates are slower), however they did have a werid sort of not gripping sort of gripping feeling when leaned over at taupo(and i saw tom crash on 2 year old shinko slicks once too)
in the wet... id rather walk!