just curious if anyone had tried out any of the shinko tires? i have dunlop qualifiers and am wondering if the shinko's would be any stickier ? ive been looking at the 003 stealth tires.

 

2 of my friends ride shinko, they like them if you push them really really hard in the curves they walk a bit though

 

They're pretty good tires. My buddy picked up a 009 raven I think for a new front recently, and it seems really good. I may soon be buying a set myself for my old hurricane, if I can find appropriate sizes.

 

hows the wear on them? ive got 2500 miles on my qualifiers and the rear is due to me changed already again. i figure if shinkos are close to performance as the dunlops ill go with them and save some money

 

Im not sure on shinko's. Ive heard some bad things concering grip, but dont know personally.

If your going to spend the money on a set of tires, instead of dunlops, get some Pilot Powers. They grip a lot better and they have a crazy amount of life considering the traction they provide. I clocked over 6000 miles on my current ones and they are just past the wear bars. Dunlops are notorious for wearing too fast.

 

I tried a set once, i thought they took way to long to warm up, felt really hard, and did not stick well during aggressive riding. After about 400 miles i took them off and gave to a friend in need of tires. Now he rides pretty easy and he liked them. He also got prolly 6-8k miles out of them if i recall, he had them forever it seemed. Thats on a 97 gsxr 750 for what its worth.

 

Nobody over here would even consider putting Shinko's on a sportsbike.
They are OK for older CB500's and the like, but they have poor grip...........
Spend the extra for Pilot Powers IMHO. I have Pilot Road 2 's on my 1000F, 7000 miles and counting, and there are no chicken strips on my tyres.
TK954 is right

 

not popular in my area. Met a few that had em and only one really pushed em n liked em. The others were squids.