CBJamie
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I ordered my Shinko 240's yesterday. I'll post up some pics when they come in and when there on the bike, ride review will be awhile. COME ON SPRING! Thanks for all the help.
Shinko tires are not made in China. Make sure you have your facts straight before posting please. I find the Shinko tires to be of good quality at a very good price. I have been running them on my vintage Z1900 bikes and will be ordering a set for my Victory Kingpin.I like my Dunlop K70s they are good on pavement and the venture into the gravel roads.
I ran a modern tread shinko front for a while and it did fine, but I heard of a couple guys that had the tread fly off... Chinese tires... so I opted to spend a little more on the Dunlop.
Didn't see it for myself but worth the extra $ IMHO
Shinko tires are not made in China. Make sure you have your facts straight before posting please. I find the Shinko tires to be of good quality at a very good price. I have been running them on my vintage Z1900 bikes and will be ordering a set for my Victory Kingpin.
Shinko is a Japanese company that purchased all the molds and technology from Yokohama Rubber Co. in 1998 when Yokohama got out of the motorcycle tire game. Shinko manufactures its tires in South Korea. In my estimation, Shinko is a “bang-for-the-buck” manufacturer.Jul 15, 2014
That prompted me to look up Dunlop and see where they're made nowadays, because it's been a while since the Dunlop plant in Birmingham UK closed.
The Dunlops you refer to might be made in the US, so you'd probably be ok with that, but bear in mind that Sumitomo are half owners of that.
Cheese, there's nothing what it seems any more.
Even at that, the Chinese rubber industry has improved hugely over the years. It used to be that Cheng Shin tyres were known as ditchfinders and were iron hard with very little grip, wet or dry. The only good thing was, that they never wore out, so plenty of penny-pinching commuters on tiddly bikes used them.Yeah I guess I was misinformed by a guy that said they were Chinese. But I have known some bad compounds in cheap Chinese car tires so that's probably what sketched me out when I was told they were from there. Like I said my shinko worked fine but my k70 has been great for what I ride now.
Hello, sorry about chiming in late here...but I too went with the Shinko tires, the 270 sawtooth tread pattern. I actually brought my loose wheels in to a shop to have the old cracked weather-checked tubeless tires swapped for the 270’s. Kind of weird, but they had to be installed with tubes, even though my bike has mags. They fit fine (4.00 x 19 front 5.00 x 16 rear) but I haven’t been too impressed with them. They seemed heavy as far as a wheel on a motorcycle should be, when I was putting them on. I also noticed that they tend to wander on the road when I get up past 60 mph, almost like I am riding on a steel grate bridge deck. All of my suspension is stock, fore and aft...with the exception of recently installing a Hugh’s Handbuilt 2” lowering kit on the front forks. The lowered forks have improved the handling some. But as of late, I decided to ditch the Shinko 270’s for the 712 tubeless tires. I was wondering what you think of those Shinko 240 classic tread tube type tires?Tires were delivered today, WOW that was fast. View attachment 113921
I have not put them on yet. Cold out yet and now I pulled my back out. Hope to get to them this weekend.Hello, sorry about chiming in late here...but I too went with the Shinko tires, the 270 sawtooth tread pattern. I actually brought my loose wheels in to a shop to have the old cracked weather-checked tubeless tires swapped for the 270’s. Kind of weird, but they had to be installed with tubes, even though my bike has mags. They fit fine (4.00 x 19 front 5.00 x 16 rear) but I haven’t been too impressed with them. They seemed heavy as far as a wheel on a motorcycle should be, when I was putting them on. I also noticed that they tend to wander on the road when I get up past 60 mph, almost like I am riding on a steel grate bridge deck. All of my suspension is stock, fore and aft...with the exception of recently installing a Hugh’s Handbuilt 2” lowering kit on the front forks. The lowered forks have improved the handling some. But as of late, I decided to ditch the Shinko 270’s for the 712 tubeless tires. I was wondering what you think of those Shinko 240 classic tread tube type tires?
My back is messing with me also...it doesn’t help that I’ve been doing my own tire swap (trying to save a little time and hassle...has been a giant time suck and a hassle). Well, I hope your back feels better.I have not put them on yet. Cold out yet and now I pulled my back out. Hope to get to them this weekend.
Thanks Thumps. Back is finally starting feel better. Hope to tackle the rear wheel on the XS tomorrow. I change my own tires so i don't want to over due it with my back yet.My back is messing with me also...it doesn’t help that I’ve been doing my own tire swap (trying to save a little time and hassle...has been a giant time suck and a hassle). Well, I hope your back feels better.