Yet Another Tire Thread

Not a bad looking tire. I already had my Knobby's ready to spoon on so I went with these:

I’m in need for fresh rubber on my bike!
I have Shinko 804/805 right now and I liked them . So I’m looking at the Shinko 705 rear for more road oriented and they seem to perform well in hardpack.
There cheap. They look good.
Any feedback?

Chaz said:

I’m in need for fresh rubber on my bike!
I have Shinko 804/805 right now and I liked them . So I’m looking at the Shinko 705 rear for more road oriented and they seem to perform well in hardpack.
There cheap. They look good.
Any feedback?

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I have had them on my bike. I liked them, and they performed really well in the rain, and light off road. Mine lasted about 8K miles. I would put them on again if I decided to get away from more aggressive type tires.

I have ran through two sets of Shinko 705's. I got good mileage out of them. They felt good in dry and wet conditions. Of course I really don't push my bikes hard on the street. Off the paved surfaces they were great in gravel and good in packed dirt. Not so good for anything more than that. I did have a balance issue with one of the front tires. It stayed balanced running around home. First long interstate trip after a 1000 miles it felt square. I got home balanced it again all was fine till the next long trip. when I got home had to balance it again. I was not loosing wheel weights and the tire was not out of round. the second set I didn't have that problem. I did have problems with the fronts cupping bad. Not too bad till about 6000 to 8000 miles. Most people will have them off there by then. I rode one till 14000 miles on the front but I am cheap!

jjc1957 said:

Mitas e07 the old ones with almost 12,000 miles. Look at the front tire it seems to wear faster then the rear but also seems to be breaking down a bit. Look at the small cracks on the front tire and no chicken strips. I purchased a set of Shinko 705's and will be mounting soon.

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Those tires are not even close to done. The small cracks are normal and not anything to worry about. I've had much larger cracks in other brand tires that concerned me, but that's just from flexing of the tread blocks. Nothing is separating or about to separate. I got 17k miles from my rear E07 Dakar. You should easily get 14k if not more judging from what they look like at 12k.

Mak10 said:

Just got a delivery of the Bridgestone AX41 tires. Rocky Mountain ATV has these for a great price, and with a $60 rebate on two tires makes them around $90 each. Killer deal through the end of April. I ordered two rears as my front is looking good still. View attachment 54493

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So, it's a month+ later, how do you like them?

ballisticexchris said:

Not a bad looking tire. I already had my Knobby's ready to spoon on so I went with these:



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Hey Chris. Even though that's the way the rear tire looks like it should go, my AX41 has the directional arrow pointed the other way.

jeckyll said:

So, it's a month+ later, how do you like them?

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To be honest, I thought I would get two back tires worth of wear out of the front tire. The front wore out first ( Kenda Big Block) and I am still deciding on a front tire. In the meantime I spooned the OEM battlewings back on. I don’t have any real dirt plans until late July and am doing a mostly road ride here in a couple of weeks.

My last Mitas E07 Dakar front went over 22k. Put it on with a new rear Dakar. Changed that one at 10-12k and then the other with the front.

I was lucky as I had a set mounted at the last Romney camp out. Then a friend sold his Triumph and had a rear he sold me cheap.

So I should be good another 18k plus!

Don in Lodi said:

Hey Chris. Even though that's the way the rear tire looks like it should go, my AX41 has the directional arrow pointed the other way.

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That's kind of strange Don. I should be able to give a decent review on my tires after another ride or 2. Looking forward to how yours are working out as well.