Shinko Raven Tires

[hojo in sc]

Hojo, The Raven is specifically designed for sport touring, so the tire is different from the Shinko sport bike tires.
I have had no problems with the Raven in the rain even at freeway speeds. I also contacted Shinko about making a matching front tire for the ST and was told the demand is too low to make the 18" front. Why doesn't the ST have a 17" front tire? What does the larger size do for the rider?

I agree they are two different tires, but I now wonder about the quality they may have in general. I just saw some more photos within the last hour of some more failed tires.

[Big Red]

Quality control problems?

[hojo in sc]

Quality control problems?

That or the rubber compound on the 705's at least. If you want to read more, you can find it below (but again, it is a different style of tire than for the ST).


http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...ghlight=shinko

[Britman]

[Britman]

June 29th

I've the Raven on for just over 5,000 miles and it still looks good.

Mainly used zipping around the N GA mountains so the wear rate seems pretty good to date

[georgiast]

I bought a Shinko, but tore a chunk out of the bead trying to install it myself. Never got to try it out... Lanman had a Shinko on his at CampStoc, but he had to get a new tire over that weekend as the Shinko wore rapidly towards the end. He only got something over 3k iirc.

[Britman]

Another update.

The rear Raven is toast. It's down to / below the wear bars in the center of the tire.

Total mileage about 5,900 miles. As usual the last bit of tread looks like it could last a 1,000 miles and with a blink of the eye it was gone.

Cost with instalaltion was $125

I used Metzler ME 880 for the past 50,000 miles and they've averaged about 7,000 miles.

Cost with installation $246

Both costs include me removing the wheel and taking it to the tire guy.

I have the time to do this and prefer it so I can clean the wheel, exhaust pipes and amke sure everything get correctly cleaned and greased up etc etc.

I'm waiting for another Shink Raven to be delivered. I have no qualms about using this brand.

I have used the 705 on my KLR and now use the 244.

ps

At nearly 83,000 miles the splines look factory new.