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Shinko Tires? Good? Bad? Ugly?
Does anyone have any experience with the Shinko brand motorcycle tires. I'm starting to see a lot of suppliers carry these tires and they tend to be half the price of the namebrands.
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Re: Shinko Tires? Good? Bad? Ugly?
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Here's their website for those interested. I've heard good things about the Maaxis sportbike tires. John |
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Re: Shinko Tires? Good? Bad? Ugly?
I would sure hate to see you go down over a cheap tire. I often heard these cheap tires are decent until they get some wear and they turn to s**t. I think you get what you pay for.
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Re: Shinko Tires? Good? Bad? Ugly?
Not Stinko,
![]() ![]() I see they have H-D tires. You think the potato-potato crowd wil go Shinko? That's one of the reasons Cheng Shin released the Maxxis line. The H-D crew wouldn't put Cheng Shin tires on their ride. But Maxxis... ![]()
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Ohhohhhhhohhh. Can we turn this thread into a helmet debate? Please? What do you have to loose? For the price, try 'em. If they suck, put on some less sucky tires. John |
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Re: Shinko Tires? Good? Bad? Ugly?
Tom, there was some feedback on www.SupermotoJunkie.com about the supermoto SHinko's. Someone raced on them, and had good things to say. I don't know about their other lines.
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Gee... I wonder who this might be?? ![]() Looks like a lot of the guys are having some good experiences with the racing tires. Thanks for the info Jim!
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Re: Shinko Tires? Good? Bad? Ugly?
Sure. Didn't know if you wanted them for a street bike, or one of your performance machines. But at least I contributed more than Danhires!
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Re: Shinko Tires? Good? Bad? Ugly?
just ordered a set of the tires in the upper left of your pic (looks like a michelan)for my YZFfrom Holeshot. Recently at a rally I attended in north carolina one of the other attendees was using the tire shown in the lower left (looks like a continental) mounted on a heavily modified fj1200 and I believe that it is considered to be the sport touring tire. They seemed to be working very well on his bike.Not sure what kind of milage he will get tho....
BTW the local rep for Shinko is a member here....johnk408 where are you....
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