This is how SHINKO 777 tires are made.

[Marcarl]

53 minutes ago, N3FOL said:

Just got the chance to remove and install the new tire on my RSV yesterday.   Shinko 777s are great tires.  The old rear tire had 16024 miles.   

Looks to me like you could have got more corners out of the old ones, lots of tread there.

[N3FOL]

@Marcarl  I agree it does have a lot more on the sides.  Once I was aware that the tire had a little over 16K, I said to myself....it is time.  

[TTrax]

I would love to get over 10K miles on any tire I have bought. I used to run the D404's, I like the tire but seemed to wear out around 5-6K miles. Got me some E4's (front and back) a few years ago. That rear tire made it about 7K or a little over. Went back to a D404 and on a trip it got a leak so had to have it replaced in Arkansas. The dealership only had a Michelin Commander 2. Worked out as it forced me to try it but I had been too cheap to go for that during normal tire change intervals. Now I have 6-7K miles on that rear tire and still has decent tread but I can hear it when it is on the left side of the tire when in light turns or leaning a little. I don't know if I'll get a full season of riding next year out of that tire. I am starting to think it is just the way it is running the weight we are putting on it and the speeds. A lot of straight roads around here and fairly high speed limits (55-75 MPH). My wife and I are not lean and mean and also a lot of chip and seal roads around here as well. Running around 39-41 PSI on the rear for the last 4 years. Used to run 36-38 psi and definitely didn't have good tread wear at that rate.

Now that I look at my records, looks like the E4 I have on the front is now around 17K miles, but does need to be replaced. So thinking I must be overloading the rear. Not sure why else I would get that many miles from the front and only 7K from the rear.

[RDawson]

12 hours ago, TTrax said:

I would love to get over 10K miles on any tire I have bought. I used to run the D404's, I like the tire but seemed to wear out around 5-6K miles. Got me some E4's (front and back) a few years ago. That rear tire made it about 7K or a little over. Went back to a D404 and on a trip it got a leak so had to have it replaced in Arkansas. The dealership only had a Michelin Commander 2. Worked out as it forced me to try it but I had been too cheap to go for that during normal tire change intervals. Now I have 6-7K miles on that rear tire and still has decent tread but I can hear it when it is on the left side of the tire when in light turns or leaning a little. I don't know if I'll get a full season of riding next year out of that tire. I am starting to think it is just the way it is running the weight we are putting on it and the speeds. A lot of straight roads around here and fairly high speed limits (55-75 MPH). My wife and I are not lean and mean and also a lot of chip and seal roads around here as well. Running around 39-41 PSI on the rear for the last 4 years. Used to run 36-38 psi and definitely didn't have good tread wear at that rate.

Now that I look at my records, looks like the E4 I have on the front is now around 17K miles, but does need to be replaced. So thinking I must be overloading the rear. Not sure why else I would get that many miles from the front and only 7K from the rear.

On MC tires I always got one front to two rears. Weight and the acceleration wears the rears faster. Now that I’m darkside I get two or three fronts to one rear.