Shinko Verge 011 Tires

[RichKat]

Purchased a set of Shinko Verge 011 tires for Moby
Recommend by Larry (Igofar), so far liking them
Great ride quality, more stick than I need
Shinko is a Yokohama brand
Will report on my mileage with them
Thanks Larry

 

[dduelin]

Yokohama got rid of their motorcycle tire business 25 years ago. Shinko bought 1998 technology and tire production equipment from Yokohama and have manufactured tires under the Shinko name since then.

 

[Sidekick]

I've used many sets of Verge 011 and have never been disappointed. They provide light steering, good feedback, and are surprisingly good on wet roads. However, they are not as comfortable as a set of Michelin and I could only get 8K miles out of the rear tire. I now have a set of Pirelli Angel GT II and I can't find their limits. Feedback is essential in tires and Verge does a good job in this regard.
Maybe the cheapest rubber on the market fitting the ST sizes.

 

[Jethro]

I think Pirelli now owns Metzeler.

 

[Sidekick]

Video: How Shinko motorcycle tires are made from raw rubber to the final product, a lot of manual handling here.

 

[SMSW]

@RichKat, what is the yellow reflective ring on your wheel?

 

[Mellow]

@RichKat, what is the yellow reflective ring on your wheel?

Those are rim stripes, you can get a millions different ones on amazon.

 

[Andrew Shadow]

@RichKat, what is the yellow reflective ring on your wheel?

He works in a sign shop. He made them for his ST.
It's orange reflective vinyl.

 

[Mellow]

I put some on the tracer when I had it.. Still thinking they would look good on the RT as well.

 

[dduelin]

You can also apply 4 or 5 mm reflective wheel tape pin stripe from a cycle shop or online. I did this on my 2015 NC700X (now sold). When I bought my current NC700X it came with eight 5 mm dots of SOLAS grade white reflective tape applied evenly spaced around the wheels. If you don’t like the look of stripes the dots are less intrusive to the eye but just as effective when rotating as a continuous stripe is.

 

[Sidekick]

I think Pirelli now owns Metzeler.

And on the top of that, Pirelli and Metzeler are owned by the giant China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina)

 

[drbuzzard]

i had a Verge on the front and a Raven on the rear of my ST 1300, they played well together

 

[RichKat]

LoL the reflective stripe was dirty, makes it look like little pieces instead of a solid stripe

 

[Terminator2]

LoL the reflective stripe was dirty, makes it look like little pieces instead of a solid stripe

Richkat....I'm envious of your wheel striping. To me, it appears you very likely have 10mm wide tape (resulting in complete side coverage). My 2006 has 7mm, I errored. Yours looks so much better.

 

[RichKat]

Richkat....I'm envious of your wheel striping. To me, it appears you very likely have 10mm wide tape (resulting in complete side coverage). My 2006 has 7mm, I errored. Yours looks so much better.

Thank you

 

[RichKat]

A report on the tires, wet traction is great, ride is noticeably better than the Roadmaster III 's I had on it, especially 2 up. Like others have said, there is a slight weave (?) At certain speeds (20-25 mph), I think it's a product of the tread pattern on the front tire. Not scary or dangerous, it's just a feeling in the bars, not an actual wobble (not enough for my wife to notice it). Not enough miles yet to comment on longevity at this time. But I'm happy with them

 

[Igofar]

I still say if you break the bead, and clean things up again, and clock the tire on the rim four times, your faint feeling would go away.
I’ve removed these shimmy’s on a couple sets of Shinko tires already.
They are just really fussy if you don’t get OCD when installing one.
But you are right as far as grip and sound level etc.

 

[Larry Fine]

. . . clock the tire on the rim four times . . .

What does that mean?

 

[Erdoc48]

I have that slight weave on my 94 and at low speed as well with a Verge front tire.

 

[Erdoc48]

What does that mean?

I may be wrong, but maybe move the tire on the rim after breaking the bead to see if there’s a ‘sweet spot’ where it doesn’t weave any longer.