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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5401 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Shinko Reply #15 - 01/30/21 at 10:35:49 And your right Springer , gettin old sucks ! Sometimes I feel young , usually when I’m riding. I better hurry and finish the tracker , I need to lose twenty years !
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Reply #16 - 01/30/21 at 11:11:15

I was in a motorcycle store yesterday, and I saw that they had a Michelin Commander III in a 130/70-18 size! MM Ranch could get close to 20,000 miles on his Commander tires.

Unfortunately they don't make a size suitable for the front in an 18" size...they do have a 100/90-19 in the Commader II for those who are running the stock size front rim.

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Reply #17 - 01/30/21 at 12:09:31

Wow ,

I could put Commander II's on Kate if I keep her long enough to wear out the K-70 rear she has now !

But , then again ...

The K-70 (400x18) will let her go almost anywhere I point her ... I did even think about putting a K-70 (3.50x19) on the front too ?
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It would be nice if Shinko would produce the K-70 because I think Dunlop is a little pricey for what it is , at least compared to Shinko Huh

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5401 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Shinko Reply #18 - 01/30/21 at 17:01:45 I’ve always run Dunlop’s on everything and never had a issue. If I don’t like the Continentals then it will be a set of Dunlop K81s and call it DONE.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5401 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Shinko Reply #19 - 01/30/21 at 18:18:47 Ain’t nothing wrong with runnin K70s MM. The original scrambler tire , in the old days they were the best flat track tire available. That tire has a ton of history and came on Triumph & BSA from the factory on certain models. A very capable old school tire with modern rubber technology , can’t really go wrong.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Shinko Reply #20 - 01/30/21 at 21:18:07 OK , now I have to look up what a K-81 is ?
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Shinko Reply #21 - 01/30/21 at 21:21:01 Hay that K81 looks like the original equipment for the W650 ! It had about 12k miles when I got it and the rear was about 90% slick.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5401 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Shinko Reply #22 - 01/31/21 at 01:01:25 Another Legendary Dunlop tire from days gone by !
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5401 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Shinko Reply #23 - 01/31/21 at 02:57:47 My current tires are Kenda 761s , front 110/80-18 , rear 120/80-18 the Continental Conti Tire are front 110/80-18 , rear 120/90-18 perfect sizes for the tracker. And almost identical to the Shinko 777s , Continentals it is ! Wow a set of stickies , baby gonna get some new shoes and I know just the road to test them out !
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engineer Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 872 Gender:	Re: Shinko Reply #24 - 02/01/21 at 12:58:32 I put Continental Conti tires on my Moto Guzzi and I like them. They don't follow the grooves in pavement as much as the Metzelers that were originally on the bike. The Continentals were recommended to me by another Guzzi rider and they have been good tires.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Shinko Reply #25 - 02/01/21 at 16:40:21 engineer are you on the "Wild Guzzi" site too ?
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Reply #26 - 02/02/21 at 12:05:47

I’m almost wishing the front wheel 19” for a better selection of tires. A lot of cool 17” tires , but if both wheels were 17” my tracker would look like a Grom and I don’t think it’s got clearance for 19” in the rear. So I stuck with 18” hoops , it does take some researching to find a matched set of skins but there is a fair selection of tires but a performance tire being maybe the hardest to find. A sport/touring/performance is what I was after for smooth speed runs and less weight and I’m thinking that if I don’t have adventure/dual purpose tires on the tracker I may be able to keep it out of the dirt & trails. Spend less time cleaning it and more time riding the crap out of it. But when it comes down to it , aint no tire gonna stop me from exploring a trail I haven’t been down before. Motorcycling is a about exploring places you’ve never been , street or dirt , I wanna see whats at the other end of that trail or road. That’s why we ride , it’s in every one of us. So go find a place you have never been before , meet some interesting people , find a killer place to eat , find out where that road or trail takes you. Gas up and Go !

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