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Posted by pcarrell
- May 04, 2014, 10:03:30 AMIt came time for a new set of tires recently. When I bought Nadine, my 1500 Drifter, she had a set of Dunlop's on her. While I didn't much care for those tires, I ended up putting 4,000 miles on them before swapping them out for a set of Continental Milestones. The Conti's were somewhat pricey, but an excellent tire overall. I got 14,000 miles out of the rear Conti (still had a little tread left) and at 36k I swapped it out for a Metzler 880. The front Conti was still in great shape, so it stayed on. Friday, Matt, one of the guys from my local shop, Fatty's Cycle ( http://www.fattyscycle.com/ ) called and said there was some chick up there named Nadine who was looking for me. I busted on over there to find Miss Nadine all ready to go with a new set of Shinko 777's on her. The Conti that was on the front was about worn out, but to be fair, it did give me 27,450 trouble free miles, which is outstanding in my book! The rear Metzler was just beginning to have the center of the tread pull away (very dangerous if it had been allowed to continue) after 13,450 miles.
So, at 49,450 miles on the clock, we'll see how these new Shinko's work out. So far I'm a big fan of the Continental Milestones, but I have to admit, the Shinko's do look good! (The tread pattern is similar on the Shinko's to the Conti's as well.)