Shinko Manufacturing

[aldntn]

 

[paulcb]

Wow, that was fascinating. Thanks for posting Andy!

 

[Tedbrogden]

Do you ever watch things like this and wonder "who dreams this stuff up"?

 

[Mellow]

... and I thought they were made the same way Donuts were..

 

[Jim C-G]

That was very interesting and not just becaause I run Shinkos the past 4 tire sets.

 

[Pop-Pop]

... and I thought they were made the same way Donuts were..

Ive had donuts that tasted like that. Does that count for something?

 

[GGely]

Very cool, thanks for the post!

 

[Larry Fine]

I didn't realize that the color stripes and white text were printed before, and survived through molding.

 

[Grand Rouge]

Thank you for posting this. Very cool indeed.

 

[Uncle Phil]

Do you ever watch things like this and wonder "who dreams this stuff up"?

I have thought that after I see some of the repairs they have done to my old carcass!

 

[sirbike]

And suddenly it’s a tire.
Thanks for posting.

 

[Mr ed]

thanks for the post. interesting for sure

 

[nicksacco]

....so then the rubber stuff is like wrapped on a thing and then a big thing comes down and there's steam and stuff and then there's - like - a tire, man!

Thanks for that video. I love "how it's made" videos!

I actually have 2 bikes with Shinko tires and I think those were mine in that stack you saw!

 

[dduelin]

....so then the rubber stuff is like wrapped on a thing and then a big thing comes down and there's steam and stuff and then there's - like - a tire, man!

Thanks for that video. I love "how it's made" videos!

I actually have 2 bikes with Shinko tires and I think those were mine in that stack you saw!

The tread design in the tire video is that of the SR777 cruiser tire. I'd like to see a video of how a modern dual compound tire is made.

 

[MaconMan77]

One of my local shops will not mount shinko tires on heavier touring bikes, but they did put them on my Suzuki Savage.

 

[dduelin]

One of my local shops will not mount shinko tires on heavier touring bikes, but they did put them on my Suzuki Savage.

I wonder why as long as the tire's weight rating matches that found on the DOT tire placard on the bike. Weight ratings are almost perfectly correlated to tire size - if the tire size is the right size the rating should be the same regardless of brand.

 

[RaYzerman]

Seems like their personal bias is entering the picture due to some preconceived notion... do they know Shinko's parent company is Yokohama?

 

[dduelin]

Seems like their personal bias is entering the picture due to some preconceived notion... do they know Shinko's parent company is Yokohama?

24 years ago Shinko purchased some equipment and tire molds from Yokohama who was exiting the motorcycle tire mfg business.

That is the extent of it, there is no ownership of Shinko by Yokohama. Brand new 1990s technology but it does save significant R & D spent by other brands in the last couple of decades.

 

[GGely]

I didn't realize that the color stripes and white text were printed before, and survived through molding.

I didn’t realize that either, Larry. Very interesting

 

[OkieRider]

I was surprised by the amount of hand work