How many miles do you get on your tires?

[Yamerhaw]

Originally Posted by ZUKIMON

Any of you ever run the Shinko's?? I had them on my Kat when I first got it and I got around 2500 out of them and the PO said he had got somewhere around 2 on it already. I thougth that was pretty good. I ended up buying another set and I thought they did really well for the type riding that I do, and seemed to heat up fairly quick.

I was just looking at Bike Bandit and I could get a complete set for $170. I think that's awesome as if I were to bust one or what have you, I wouldn't be out much money and I could afford to have two sets of tires a year and still get more mileage than what most get at the same price for one set. I'm not a track rider and I don't totaly eat up the twisties, but I do need something to handle pretty well and I thought that these did.

http://www.bikebandit.com/product/13854

i would pass on those, you can get pirelli diablo's on ebay from the guy i got my corsa iii's for $265 shipped for a 120/70 front and a 190/50 rear!

[ZUKIMON]

Originally Posted by Yamerhaw

i would pass on those, you can get pirelli diablo's on ebay from the guy i got my corsa iii's for $265 shipped for a 120/70 front and a 190/50 rear!

Yeah, and what kind of mileage are they going to yeild?? Not much, probably. I'm not using this bike for racing and buying tires just for the name is not my thing either.

Do I make any sense?

[Yamerhaw]

Originally Posted by ZUKIMON

Yeah, and what kind of mileage are they going to yeild?? Not much, probably. I'm not using this bike for racing and buying tires just for the name is not my thing either.

Do I make any sense?

wouldnt skimp on tires, but hey if ya wanna run ching chang choo tires on a liter bike, go ahead

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by ZUKIMON

Yeah, and what kind of mileage are they going to yeild?? Not much, probably. I'm not using this bike for racing and buying tires just for the name is not my thing either.

Do I make any sense?

Corsa III's with the type of riding you describe... around 3-4K my guess.

Shinko's are generally considered a drag tire, hence the quick warm up.

[Dnyce]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Shinko's are generally considered a drag tire, hence the quick warm up.

the shinko stealths 003's are the drag tire. they make other tires as well, although ive never ran em. the ones he posted are touring-ish i believe. shinkos are good tires



dont confuse shinko with cheng shin lol

[ZUKIMON]

Yeah the one's that I linked to are the sport touring tires. I'm thinking really hard about getting another set of those tires. I have had two set already and they were awesome for me and my riding style. Yamerhaw did bring up a good point today on the phone, they may do and handle very differently on this bike compared to the Katana. ???

Hell, for the money, I could give 'em a try and see what happens. If I don't like them, I could always sell them for a profit up here. (don't laugh......I'm bad for shit like that )

[Dnyce]

Originally Posted by ZUKIMON

Yeah the one's that I linked to are the sport touring tires. I'm thinking really hard about getting another set of those tires. I have had two set already and they were awesome for me and my riding style. Yamerhaw did bring up a good point today on the phone, they may do and handle very differently on this bike compared to the Katana. ???

Hell, for the money, I could give 'em a try and see what happens. If I don't like them, I could always sell them for a profit up here. (don't laugh......I'm bad for shit like that )

wear em out at the dragstrip

[FT BSTRD]

I've never gotten more than 4,000 miles out of any tire.