750 miles past hitting the wear bars

[DEEBS11]

Maybe it's time to turn to the Darkside.

[cajun31]

I have to say if I put as many miles on my bikes as you do I would probably be leaning towards a road worthy tire at a lower price. With the weight of your gear and the trailer I would think that any tire you put on the bike is going to wear faster than a bike with just a one up rider aboard. I know you have to be somewhere way south of the mason dixon right now.

[LAB3]

I have never used the Shinko's, although I know many people do. The reviews on them are not bad from a performance standpoint, however they tend to wear quickly. I have stuck with Bridgestone H rated tires. For my purposes I know they cost quite a bit more than the Shinko's, but I do believe they last a lot longer. I hate changing tires so I would rather pay more to alleviate the frequency of having to change the tires. I wish Bridgestone still made the RWL Spitfires. I just replaced those, over ten years old, with the Battlax BT46 ply H rated tires. They are rated the same as the original Mag Mopus tires that originally came on the Midnight Specials. They just don't come in a RWL variety. I chose to just buy the white paint sticks and painted the raised black letters. They look ok and ride the same as the OEM. Of course I don't ride as much as I used to so I can't really say what the wear rate on them would be for high mileage riding seasons.

In that picture you'll see a piece of another tire, that's a Bridgestone BT46 front that I ran about 12k miles, that was replaced with a Shinko 733 this time

I'll fully admit that the ride and handling on the Bridgestone is top notch but the wear rate is about the same as the Shinkos on my bike, that's a big price difference when you go through three rears and one or two fronts every calendar year.

I'm running an 80 standard with ali the touring gear and pulling a trailer, really wish there was a touring tire in 130/90-17. I've considered going dark side on the rear and there is a tire available but still, I like to carve the Twisties when I'm in the spot to do that

[cajun31]

I have never used the Shinko's, although I know many people do. The reviews on them are not bad from a performance standpoint, however they tend to wear quickly. I have stuck with Bridgestone H rated tires. For my purposes I know they cost quite a bit more than the Shinko's, but I do believe they last a lot longer. I hate changing tires so I would rather pay more to alleviate the frequency of having to change the tires. I wish Bridgestone still made the RWL Spitfires. I just replaced those, over ten years old, with the Battlax BT46 ply H rated tires. They are rated the same as the original Mag Mopus tires that originally came on the Midnight Specials. They just don't come in a RWL variety. I chose to just buy the white paint sticks and painted the raised black letters. They look ok and ride the same as the OEM. Of course I don't ride as much as I used to so I can't really say what the wear rate on them would be for high mileage riding seasons.

[LAB3]

If you're running a Shinko 712 don't count on it being too long after you hit the wear bars before you replace it! Besides, tires are supposed to be round, not square.