Ok, I needed a new set of tires for my newly accuired 94 Cane. I am a man on a tight budget, so the first thing I did was look for the least expensive tires on the market, and sure enough Shinko was there. I was skeptical of them at first so I did some research, I looked on dozens of sites reading reviews from Hayabusa riders, VFR riders, other CBR riders. And all of them are saying the best budget tire is the Shinko 009. Today I took them on an initial run, since yesterday was wet out. And my first impression is that they are pretty darn good. I had to take it easy since I am still breaking them in. Now I installed these tires my self, and balanced. I will update this thread probably every 1000 miles or so. Here are some pics from today.
Rear

Front


Till next post, ride on!
current mileage 18540

 

How on earth did you manage to balance them yourself? That's a real neat trick.
Spill the beans man, you could put a lot of tyre shops out of business if your method holds water.
Those Shinks look nice. Sensible amount of rubber where it matters.
Let us know how they feel after a few hundred miles. I may join the Shinko club pending your experience.

 

DYNA BEADS is how I did mine Henry ........balances 'em like magic !

Yeah me too want to see how the Shinko's hold up

I've been looking at their "Verge" style tyre --- Shinko 011

 

Balancing is easy, all I do is place freshly mounted tire and rim on the axle with spacers on the rim on two jack stands so it can spin freely. I leave the rotors on as well. Remove any old weights if you havent already, and let the wheel spin naturally till it stops. This will mark the heavy spot(at the bottom) I then start with 2 or 3 sticky weights lightly attached at the light end(opposite of the heavy spot). Move the wheel about half a turn and see if it moves. If it drops back towards the heavy side then you need to add more weight. If it spins to when you added weight then you used too much. Adjust untill when you move the tire and it no longer spins to a heavy spot, then place the weights evenly and test to ensure its still balanced. If you google it you will find a video on it.

Enjoy!

 

This is a very good vid I was thinking of posting up in the 'How Too's'!

This guy Scudman is great, watch his tyre changing videos!

 

So how much did you paid for the tires?

 

jajgarcia they were 141.98 shipped from rocky moutain atv.

This the video I followed for changing tires, as I dont have a bead breaker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ry6...eature=related

 

That's for both tires??? I paid twice as much for the Michelin's Pilot Road whatever...

 

Yea it was for both.

 

Well I have had the tires on for a while now, got 19016 miles on her now. Doing quite well, I havent felt her slip in a turn or lose traction in the rain. I ride them pretty close to the edge as well, maby have a 1/4" gap on the sides. So far so good, will report back when I get some more miles under them.