just put a shinko raven on the rear , always ran pirellis and I have to say this tire feels great , at slower speed around turns the bike feels lighter , ill get back when mileage gets higher.
I used to run 34-36/36-38 on my ST because that’s what Michelin recommended back in the mid 2000s for the ST1300 but I couldn’t get relatively even wear or mileage past 6000 miles on a set of tires until I increased pressures to 38-40/40-42. No problem with grip and traction at those pressures. Michelin, Metzeler, Bridgestone I ran them all on that bike. Two track days on my ST running 30/34 cold.I got over 13k-miles out of Raven 009 on my VFR. One main cause of low-mileage is over-inflation. Manual's recommendation is just corporate CYA to protect tyre manufacturers. Sure you'll never overload tyre at max-psi, but you'll lose lots of mileage and traction due to eeny-tiny contact patch. But you'll never be able to sue tyre-manufacturer because you'll have crashed and died due to no grip. Cops will just write it up as "biker going too fast for conditions". Which is actually true since you had much less grip at max-pressure.
BTW - max-psi listed on tyre is for max-load at tyre's rating for 1-hr at it's max-speed without unsafe temperature-rise (typically +195F limit). So that means 536 + 805 = 1341 lbs load on those tyres going 168mph for 1-hr!!! Unless you are doing that, there's absolutely zero need to inflate to max-pressure. I don't even think our bikes can go that fast, much less for 1-hr straight.
Ouch Can you apply for warranty replacement? That looks like it could delaminate!!O K I put about 500 miles and this is what I have
there going to get back to me tomorrowOuch Can you apply for warranty replacement? That looks like it could delaminate!!
Now try to add "fast" to the mix.They try but cheap is rarely good and good is rarely cheap.
In that case I would look further into the crack to see if cords are cut.That looks like you ran over a sharp piece of metal (can) etc.
I had that same cut on a brand new Pirelli rear tire after only a couple hundred miles.