- Joined
- Sep 25, 2009
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- 3,054
- Age
- 68
- Location
- West Des Moines, IA
- Bike
- 2022 Kymco AK 550
- 2024 Miles
- 001353
- STOC #
- 8058
Took off on a ride today before the rain (and possible light snow) set in for the next few days. Rode on one of the favorite roads for motorcyclists in the area and did see several other bikes and a Spyder going the other way, either solo or in pairs. Lots of gentle curves and hills on this road just enough to be interesting. Ignored the yellow suggested speed limit signs for the curves and the new rear tire was ready to handle those with no issues. In fact grip was better than my last tire on the rear providing a bit more confidence around the curves. Temps stayed right at 59F +/-1 almost all the way around. was overcast so didn't have any sun in my eyes... which is sometimes nice. The sky just getting ready to rain tonight. No destination. No riding TO any place in particular. Ended up about 60 miles for this ride with no place to go, but just having fun going.
Went for only my second "fun" ride this year on Tuesday after removing the heated gloves cables and controller from the bike. Figured I wouldn't need those for a few months now with high temps forecast to stay above 40F until next winter. Went only 40 miles on that ride but was still fun to get out on that sunny 70+F day.
My last rear tire was a Shinko SR568 (made for the Burgman 650) and I was not impressed with the performance. The Shinko lasted longer than the former Bridgstone at 8800 miles vs 6000 miles, but I was never really confident on it on wet roads. When I added the Shinko front tire the performance went from mediocre to just plain bad. I still have the Shinko on the front but now have returned to the Bridgestone on the rear and performance was back where it should be. At least so far. Haven't been in rain yet on this pair. I wanted to at least try Shinko tires since the cost is less than half the Bridgestones for each end. So far the front Shinko is looking like it will last a long time. Usually, when I've used Shinko tires on my other bikes, they perform really well in wet or dry so this experience was a surprise for me.
Went for only my second "fun" ride this year on Tuesday after removing the heated gloves cables and controller from the bike. Figured I wouldn't need those for a few months now with high temps forecast to stay above 40F until next winter. Went only 40 miles on that ride but was still fun to get out on that sunny 70+F day.
My last rear tire was a Shinko SR568 (made for the Burgman 650) and I was not impressed with the performance. The Shinko lasted longer than the former Bridgstone at 8800 miles vs 6000 miles, but I was never really confident on it on wet roads. When I added the Shinko front tire the performance went from mediocre to just plain bad. I still have the Shinko on the front but now have returned to the Bridgestone on the rear and performance was back where it should be. At least so far. Haven't been in rain yet on this pair. I wanted to at least try Shinko tires since the cost is less than half the Bridgestones for each end. So far the front Shinko is looking like it will last a long time. Usually, when I've used Shinko tires on my other bikes, they perform really well in wet or dry so this experience was a surprise for me.