OK- I gotta buy new tires for my Kawasaki Mean Streak 1600. I heard nothing
but bad news for the OEM Dunlop radials that it came with, although I have
had no particular problems with them.

Since these damn things are so expensive anyway, I want to get the best
tires for my bike, SO WHAT BRAND/MODEL OF RADIAL TIRES WOULD BE BEST FOR MY
CRUISER?

Thanks

On Nov 11, 8:26*am, "That One" <x...@x.net> wrote:

> Since these damn things are so expensive anyway, I want to get the best
> tires for my bike, SO WHAT BRAND/MODEL OF RADIAL TIRES WOULD BE BEST FOR MY
> CRUISER?

Round black ones.

Go to www.denniskirk.com and buy what's on sale.

Don't worry, be happy.

"Shantideva Upasaka" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:83a78ab4-2979-40d2-9673-(E-Mail Removed)...
On Nov 11, 8:26 am, "That One" <x...@x.net> wrote:

> Since these damn things are so expensive anyway, I want to get the best
> tires for my bike, SO WHAT BRAND/MODEL OF RADIAL TIRES WOULD BE BEST FOR
> MY
> CRUISER?

Round black ones.

Go to www.denniskirk.com and buy what's on sale.

Don't worry, be happy.

Well this doesn't seem to be too awful ****ing helpful. However, they do
have one tire that will fit:

Bridgestone Exedra G850 Blackwall Tire

Are these things better or worse than the Dunlops I have now?

Other sites have Michelin, Avon, and Kenda tires listed for my bike. Maybe
more.

On Nov 11, 4:57*pm, "That One" <x...@x.net> wrote:

> Bridgestone Exedra G850 Blackwall Tire
>
> Are these things better or worse than the Dunlops I have now?

Worse. They will give you Excedrin headache #2 because they are so
hard.
>
> Other sites have Michelin, Avon, and Kenda tires listed for my bike. *Maybe
> more.

Personally, I like Metzlers (made by the same people that make
Pirellis which they charge more for.

When I can't get Metzler's, I go for Dunlops.

Cheng Shin is a Chinese brand which is trying to improve its
reputation by rebranding their tires as "Maxxis". I have a SuperMaxx
front tire on my Yamaha because nobody else makes a tire in that size.

Nagarjuna's Catuskoti clawed me! <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

Oh, look, KrustyUS has morphed again.

> Cheng Shin is a Chinese brand

No, it's not. It's Taiwanese. We've done this before.

>which is trying to improve its
> reputation by rebranding their tires as "Maxxis".

The Maxxis has nothing in common the CS tyres of the 1970s. In fact,
it's pretty good in my experience, if you want a decent touring tyre.


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The Older Gentleman <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Nagarjuna's Catuskoti clawed me! <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>Oh, look, KrustyUS has morphed again.
>
>> Cheng Shin is a Chinese brand
>
>No, it's not. It's Taiwanese. We've done this before.
>
>>which is trying to improve its
>> reputation by rebranding their tires as "Maxxis".
>
>The Maxxis has nothing in common the CS tyres of the 1970s. In fact,
>it's pretty good in my experience, if you want a decent touring tyre.
>
>
Indeed - I remember earl '80s Cheng Shins as being teflon terrors and
was pleasantly surprised when we tried them on my wife's bike a few
years back. They gripped better than the Pirellis they replaced & lasted
longer.

If they were readily available in the sizes my Laverda uses I'd be using
them on it.
--
Bob Scott

On 12 Nov, 08:55, Bob Scott <B...@bobandaileen.co.uk> wrote:
> The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk> writes>Nagarjuna's Catuskoti clawed me! <macmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Oh, look, KrustyUS has morphed again.
>
> >> Cheng Shin is a Chinese brand
>
> >No, it's not. It's Taiwanese. We've done this before.
>
> >>which is trying to improve its
> >> reputation by rebranding their tires as "Maxxis".
>
> >The Maxxis has nothing in common the CS tyres of the 1970s. In fact,
> >it's pretty good in my experience, if you want a decent touring tyre.
>
> Indeed - I remember earl '80s Cheng Shins as being teflon terrors and
> was pleasantly surprised when we tried them on my wife's bike a few
> years back. They gripped better than the Pirellis they replaced & lasted
> longer.
>
> If they were readily available in the sizes my Laverda uses I'd be using
> them on it.

I had a set on my Kawasaki GT750 (I think - might have been my 900
Diversion). Neither was an out-and-out sports bike, but the tyres were
"fine for the type of bike". Lozzo on ukrm rather rates them as well,
and his is an opinion to respect.

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:26:52 +1300, That One <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> OK- I gotta buy new tires for my Kawasaki Mean Streak 1600. I heard
> nothing
> but bad news for the OEM Dunlop radials that it came with, although I
> have
> had no particular problems with them.
>
> Since these damn things are so expensive anyway, I want to get the best
> tires for my bike, SO WHAT BRAND/MODEL OF RADIAL TIRES WOULD BE BEST FOR
> MY
> CRUISER?
>
> Thanks
>

The only advice I can offer is keep the same brand front and rear!

Greg.P.

On Nov 13, 12:56*pm, "Greg.Procter" <proc...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
*
> The only advice I can offer is keep the same brand front and rear!

Tires are designed in sets, of front and rear, and of course are
either bias ply or
radials.

A motorcycle owner is well advised to use the original equipment tire
(if he can still get it) and not to change the tire size or carcass
type.

Of course I learned all of this the hard way, by experimenting with
over-sized tires in the hopes of getting more traction from a
theoretically wider tire...

Nagarjuna's Catuskoti clawed me! <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> A motorcycle owner is well advised to use the original equipment tire
> (if he can still get it)

Nonsense.


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