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<blockquote data-quote="brianinpa" data-source="post: 93614" data-attributes="member: 2394"><p>Prior to riding out to Joe's place I had the Shinko 712 on the front and was happy with it except for the whistling sound that it had and then I picked up a nail with two weeks to go. I bought the 230 and had it shipped to my house for $68.00 from Motorcycle Superstore. I mounted it and installed dyna beads and took it for a test ride and instantly realized that this tire does NOT have the whistle installed. My initial opinion was: no complaints. I have the air pressure at 41 PSI and check it once a week. </p><p></p><p>On the trip out to Joe's, Gerry and I started out on semi wet roads (well actually Gerry started in a swamp, but I was lucky) and I never felt any looseness in the front end. We traveled anywhere between 70 - 80 mph on the freeways and the front end was rock steady. I kept checking the tread to see if there were any problems and never saw any. For a short while, we rode on some mountain roads through PA and WV and again, no problems with the tire's traction and that was while the bike was loaded with about 250 pounds of camping/traveling crap. The same thing can be said about riding around Indiana without the extra weight: no complaints.</p><p></p><p>I now have about 2,500 miles on that tire and I cannot really see any difference in the tread depth (I do not have a tread depth gauge, but will be getting one to keep track of it). The whiskers on the outer edge of the tire are just starting to wear off, and I am not afraid of dragging the floorboards so I am using all of the tread pattern. My current opinion of this tire matches my initial opinion: no complaints.</p><p></p><p>As I have stated in other threads, I am soon going to be looking at a new rear tire. Since adding the new to me bags and trunk on the back, I am just too heavy for the 712 tire, but I think I know what tire I am going with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brianinpa, post: 93614, member: 2394"] Prior to riding out to Joe's place I had the Shinko 712 on the front and was happy with it except for the whistling sound that it had and then I picked up a nail with two weeks to go. I bought the 230 and had it shipped to my house for $68.00 from Motorcycle Superstore. I mounted it and installed dyna beads and took it for a test ride and instantly realized that this tire does NOT have the whistle installed. My initial opinion was: no complaints. I have the air pressure at 41 PSI and check it once a week. On the trip out to Joe's, Gerry and I started out on semi wet roads (well actually Gerry started in a swamp, but I was lucky) and I never felt any looseness in the front end. We traveled anywhere between 70 - 80 mph on the freeways and the front end was rock steady. I kept checking the tread to see if there were any problems and never saw any. For a short while, we rode on some mountain roads through PA and WV and again, no problems with the tire's traction and that was while the bike was loaded with about 250 pounds of camping/traveling crap. The same thing can be said about riding around Indiana without the extra weight: no complaints. I now have about 2,500 miles on that tire and I cannot really see any difference in the tread depth (I do not have a tread depth gauge, but will be getting one to keep track of it). The whiskers on the outer edge of the tire are just starting to wear off, and I am not afraid of dragging the floorboards so I am using all of the tread pattern. My current opinion of this tire matches my initial opinion: no complaints. As I have stated in other threads, I am soon going to be looking at a new rear tire. Since adding the new to me bags and trunk on the back, I am just too heavy for the 712 tire, but I think I know what tire I am going with. [/QUOTE]
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