Need a New Front Tire

[AlaskaWing]

My tire is looking a bit bare.

Anybody know a good place to get an affordable new front tire??

I currently have a Dunlop D404F 120/90-18 M/C

 

[Omega Man]

Switch to Bridgestone S11's and you can get them cheap at https://www.americanmototire.com/catalog/

D404's never lasted long for me.

The S11s were the sh*t :yes:

~O~

 

[AlaskaWing]

So... This one?

https://www.americanmototire.com/catalog ... ts_id=4948


1982 GL1100

 

[joedrum]

man they went up in price shinko tourmasters seem good too

 

[Ansimp]

Love the Shinkos

 

[Ansimp]

Unless they come with nails in them like Backlander's :head bang:

 

[backlander]

and I was just about over being bummed out :head bang: :swoon: Now I got to start all over with the therapy. :cheeky: Open up that other bottle of black label # 7, yeah the gallon one.

 

[Omega Man]

AlaskaWing » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:18 pm[/url]":2dvykpym]
So... This one?

https://www.americanmototire.com/catalog ... ts_id=4948


1982 GL1100

The price went up a bit but they really last, mine were a year old(daily rider in the desert) when I sold my 1100 and still looked new.

~O~

 

[AlaskaWing]

So I am finding a S11 Bridgestone 120/90-18 on ebay easily enough, but... they list as front and rear tires. Is there a difference? I also see ones with raised white lettering for the same cost. Better???


Front with white lettering:
[url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/BRID...w.ebay.com/itm/BRIDGESTONE-SPI ... 4f&vxp=mtr[/url]

Rear tire listing
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bridgeston...Parts_Accessories&hash=item35c9fc8e79&vxp=mtr

 

[Ansimp]

Get on the American Moto Tyres site and use their tire selector. You will see a difference in load and speed ratings normally between front and rear tires. With their site it is really easy to compare. As stated by Mike I wouldn't go past the Shinkos as they are a great handling tire for not a lot of money. They won't last as long as some of the others but at least you will be running newer tires as they wear out a bit quicker, and if you destroy one like Mike did it doesn't hurt the hip pocket quite so much.

 

[brianinpa]

joedrum » Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:25 pm[/url]":d20fjxe7]
man they went up in price shinko tourmasters seem good too

I just put a Shinko 230 on my bike last week after running the Shinko 712 all last summer. I had to change it due to a dang nail in the tire. I had no complaints with the 712 and so far nothing to complain about the Tour Master either. Best of all: $67 shipped from Motor Cycle Superstore.

 

[NCScooter]

brianinpa » Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:49 am[/url]":2izwe97q]

joedrum » Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:25 pm[/url]":2izwe97q]
man they went up in price shinko tourmasters seem good too

I just put a Shinko 230 on my bike last week after running the Shinko 712 all last summer. I had to change it due to a dang nail in the tire. I had no complaints with the 712 and so far nothing to complain about the Tour Master either. Best of all: $67 shipped from Motor Cycle Superstore.

If I ever get this beast on the road, I'll need tires before long. When y'all get 'em online, do you mount 'em yourself or take 'em to a shop? I did change out the tube (leaking around stem) on my 400F Supersport.

 

[brianinpa]

I change my own. I spent $30 for a bead breaker and $10 for two tire spoons: both at harbor freight. I also use dyna beads for the dynamic balance and so far I am on the second tire for the beads, but I have tubeless tires. A local car shop where I get my bike inspected offered to mount the tires for me, but I am just stubburn... my wife might agree with me on that fact.

 

[NCScooter]

brianinpa » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:05 pm[/url]":1nscus4c]
I change my own. I spent $30 for a bead breaker and $10 for two tire spoons: both at harbor freight. I also use dyna beads for the dynamic balance and so far I am on the second tire for the beads, but I have tubeless tires. A local car shop where I get my bike inspected offered to mount the tires for me, but I am just stubburn... my wife might agree with me on that fact.

You and me both. Pahdon my ignorance, but are tire spoons the same as tire irons? My GL 1000 has spoked aluminum (alloy?) wheels. Are they easy to mar/ding?

 

[brianinpa]

Spoons and irons... I meant irons. They are easy to ding, but what aluminum alloy isn't? The nice thing is that the wheels are easily dressed up if something does slip.

 

[Ansimp]

There are some cheap polly blocks that protect the rims when using the irons, most motor cross sites have them.

 

[NCScooter]

Ansimp » Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:14 pm[/url]":16sg93aj]
There are some cheap polly blocks that protect the rims when using the irons, most motor cross sites have them.

Yup, got 2 of those, ~4" curved w/ strings?

 

[Ansimp]

That's the ones :good:

 

[AlaskaWing]

has anybody ever made a how-to video or picture walk through???

 

[NCScooter]

I searched utube when I did the tube on my other bike, there were good videos, nothing specific to wings that I noticed.