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Message: <blockquote data-quote="backlander" data-source="post: 204855" data-attributes="member: 2035"><p>I know nobody asked for it but here’s my two cents. It’s nice and well to have tires that last forever but you pay for the mileage up front when you buy that tire. One of the reasons you pay that premium price is to limit the labor or cost in putting that tire on the bike and that makes sense also.  What I think is detrimental in that is the preventive maintenance and or lubrication of the rear of the bike is being done at 15 to 20 thousand miles instead of 8 to 10 thousand miles which could lead to driveshaft failure, yoke binding, seal failure all kind of things that would happen on the road when those problems could have been addressed  or performed at shorter mileage intervals.  I admit I’m biased towards the Shinto 230 because of cost, traction and load rating and it wears out at what I think the proper mileage is to be doing checks and maintenance in the area that would require the same labor. So why would I put on a tire that cost two times as much as the Shinko.  Why not keep a fresh tire on the bike if I’m going to be tearing it down anyway. Like I said, my 2 cents. Lol</p></blockquote><p></p>