I put Bridgestones on my 08 as the first replacement tires, hated them for lots of reasons, easier to list what I did like about them, nothing. Went darkside then and never even considered another rear motorcycle tire since. 200,000 miles since.Blinded....I appreciate your insight. I was leaning towards the bridgestones simply for economic reasons however I dont put economics above saftey.
a RF ZP tire will never come apart on a motorcycle, it is not loaded heavy enough to even begin to get it warm.
I used an IR Temp gun, and the rear tire nearly always is about 127*F with a max of ~ 140*F
Once at a Love's I stopped for fuel, measured all of my axles, bike and trailer, all of them were within 5* of 127*F
and a Harley pulled up next to me, and his axles were the same temps as mine
I put Bridgestones on my 08 as the first replacement tires, hated them for lots of reasons, easier to list what I did like about them, nothing. Went darkside then and never even considered another rear motorcycle tire since. 200,000 miles since.
We used to say "come to the dark side, we have cookies" but I think we ran out.Ok Dave, I've seen that expression now several times on this site. I will fully submit my childlike ignorance on the subject and ask if it involves black masses or putting babies on spikes. You all seemed like such gentlemen. Lol
Bridgstones. Open your trunk and look at the tag that's on the right side and look for the Bridgstone sizes and pressures. I have an 08 with 72,000 miles on it. I bought it with 24,000 miles. I will be putting my second set of Stones on it at the end of the season. I get about 18,000 to 20,000 miles per set. I'm in Oregon and run into rain and the Stones grip very good taking corners on wet roads and they have good grip on dry roads. I drive in the 60 mph zone on public back roads and 70 to 75 on the freeways. I rub the pegs ALOT going onto freeways that have one of those 180* curves (and it scares the crap out of me when I do it having my right or left foot kick up).It's time for me to purchase my first set of replacement tires for my 08 viiia 1800 gl. At 924 lbs dry they need to be good quality. I read good reviews on shinko any advice?
That's pretty close to the experience I had with Bridgestones.Stay as far away from Shinkos as you can. I won a free set at Americade three years ago. Had them mounted about 6 months later. Dealer had a hard time balancing them, had to turn the tire three different times ans still ended up with almost 6 ounces on the rear. The tires were noisy from day one and the rear developed a weird wear pattern. I was running 39 front and 41 rear, the same as my Stones. The front tire followed every little groove in the pavement and were terrible on tar snakes. Wet traction was really bad.
6000 miles and the tires were just about worn out and I'm not an agressive rider.
Del,It's time for me to purchase my first set of replacement tires for my 08 viiia 1800 gl. At 924 lbs dry they need to be good quality. I read good reviews on shinko any advice?
It might have been a fun experiment to take the weights off and put beads in the tires. I had 1 shinko and it was always slippery. Sold the bike telling the guy that other tire brands work better.Stay as far away from Shinkos as you can. I won a free set at Americade three years ago. Had them mounted about 6 months later. Dealer had a hard time balancing them, had to turn the tire three different times ans still ended up with almost 6 ounces on the rear. The tires were noisy from day one and the rear developed a weird wear pattern. I was running 39 front and 41 rear, the same as my Stones. The front tire followed every little groove in the pavement and were terrible on tar snakes. Wet traction was really bad.
6000 miles and the tires were just about worn out and I'm not an agressive rider.