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How's everyone doing, considering?

I am looking at getting new tires for the bike. I have 160/60-R18 rear but also have the original rim 140/80-R17 and the original 110/80-R17 for the front.

What are you folks using and how do you like them.

Duck how are those T32s working out for you.

Thanks for the help.

Rich
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Flying Duck · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 6:13 pm Post subject:

I'm very happy with the T32s.

The T31s are still great too. If you can find anybody who has the T31s on closeout then you could probably get a great deal on those.
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Scott_Anderson · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 6:09 am Post subject:

Hey there Rich, good to hear from you again.....
The last tires I bought for the K's were the Bridgestone A41's.
https://www.bridgestone.com/products/motorcycle_tires/products/detail/pr142/

I got a set for each K bike in Sep of '18.
If you were a little closer I'd make you a good deal on a set.....
I got less than 2 years riding on the '97 before it was totaled. So it's now sitting in the garage with 3yr old tires.

I'm satisfied with how they ride, handle.
I searched for quite a while when I bought them, it's getting hard to find matched sets in LT stock rim sizes.
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N41EF · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:07 am Post subject:

I put Shinko tires on my water cooler RT. I was skeptical at the price, but my local Japanese dealer said they sell more Shinko tires that anything else, and have only had two tires come back for warranty. I believe Yokohoma became Shinko several years ago. I have their Raven 009 tires on mine, the front tire does have a central rain groove but hasn't caused any wandering. I've put almost 8k on them to Montana and back, still have almost half of rear tread wear.
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John Clauss · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:22 am Post subject:

I needed a new rear tire for the LT before my trip in August. The only tire available was the Michelin Pilot Active. Rode very nice. Really didn't notice too much of a difference since I did not replace the front tire. Probably will if I go to the MOA rally in Mo next year.
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