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Shinko Motorcycle Tires

Shinko is the brand to open when the size on your sidewall is an odd one: we list about 490 Shinko tires in Tires, from 3.50-8 minibike sizes and 4.00-19 classic fronts to 180/65B16 cruiser rears and 200/50ZR17 sport rears. Every listing is a motorcycle tire, and the title carries the family name, front or rear, size, load and speed rating, and whether it is tubeless.

Racer X reported in 2008 that the Shinko group was founded in Osaka, Japan in 1946, first making bicycle tires, and started producing motorcycle tires in 1998.

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Cruiser and touring bias. The 777 Cruiser is the biggest name, about 64 listings in front sizes like the 777 Cruiser front in 90/90-21 and HD rears like the 777 Cruiser HD rear in 150/90B15, many with white-wall versions. The SR 999 Long Haul adds about 38 touring rears such as the 150/80B16, and the 230 Tour Master front in 110/90-18 fills in standard-size fronts.

Sport radials. About 40 listings across the 005 Advance, 009 Raven, 010 Apex and 011 Verge lines. Examples: the 005 Advance front in 120/70ZR17, the 009 Raven rear in 170/60ZR17, the 010 Apex rear in 160/60ZR17 and the 011 Verge front in 120/70ZR17.

Dirt, enduro and dual sport. The 216MX has about nine listings, among them the 216MX front in 80/100-21, and the 505 Cheater series is sold in rears such as the 110/100-18. The 700 Dual Sport line, like the 3.00-21 front, is one of about three dozen dual-sport listings.

Vintage, classic and small-wheel. The Classic 240 and 270 Super Classic cover older sizes, including the 270 Super Classic in 5.00-16. The 244 and 241 series cover small vintage and trail sizes such as the 244 in 3.00-16, and the 560 series in 80/90-10 and 421 series in 3.50-8 reach down to 8- and 10-inch wheels.

Reading a Shinko title

Sizes here come in three styles. Metric sizes like 120/70ZR17 give width in millimeters, sidewall height as a percentage and rim diameter in inches, and ZR or R means radial. A B in the middle, as in 180/65B16, is a belted-bias tire. Inch sizes like 3.00-21 give section width in inches, then rim diameter. Check TL against TT: TL is tubeless, TT is tube type, and a tube-type tire needs the right tube for the rim.

About 160 listings are fronts, about 245 are rears and 68 are marked Front/Rear. Many titles list the years and models they fit, and the ones that do not still carry the exact size to match against your current tire.

Shinko questions

Are Shinko tires radial or bias? Both. Roughly 360 titles say bias and about 75 say radial, and the sport sizes written ZR, like the Verge, are radial too, so read the title.

Can one tire go on the front and the rear? Only the listings marked Front/Rear, such as the 244 and 241 series.

Do you carry white-wall Shinko tires? Yes, about 58 listings are marked W/W, including the 777 Cruiser, Classic 240 and 270 Super Classic families.

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