Heres a topic probobly overkilled.... but since im new (using the new card) tell me ... manufactured specs or less and why?

I have Shinko tires...

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I run 34-34 on the street and 32-32 on the track. You sacrifice a little bit of the longevity for extra grip that we definitley need on our shitty azz roads. BTW I have Pilot Powers on the bike now.

what kind of tires are you running?

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Tire size, bike and rider weight have a lot to do with how much air pressure you should run.

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the racer's edge guys told me to run 36 front, 37 rear in the pilot powers on my bike... on the track
I didnt ask about street setting

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I haven't ran Shinkos so I personally can't help you on this. If you can't find any decent pressure settings, then use your recommended OEM settings as a baseline and go from there.

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But what about any rule of thumb with city riding... should the tire pressuer be max or a little less for like better traction or is there no difference?

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There is no "right" or "wrong" answer. Each bike/tire combo will be different (to a degree). I try to run the spec pressures on the street, because they work fine for me (36/36-42) and I get great milage out of the Diablo's. On the track, I went with Pirelli's suggested 31/32 and it works great for me. I have tried playing around with the pressures for trackdays, but lower pressures shred the tires, and with higher pressures, the tires take too long to heat up. So I don't mess with what works anymore.

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Totally, agree. Different for all tires. On Pilot Powers riding on the street, I go with around 34f/34r. At the track this past Saturday, I was running Pilot Race at was using the suggested 32f/22r and it was working out great. (Yes, that is 22 rear.)

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Damn Greg, 22 in the rear? I didn't take a good look at your tire but did you shred it?

Yup, that's what they told me to run a "race" rear at before...22 psi and that info was from Racers Edge at the track.

I've never even heard of Shinko...new brand? Is it just a stock tire that came new on the bike or what? Never even heard of it.

Anyway, I've been running Pilot Powers and have been running 33f/33r on the street just to add a little life in them, but with the way these roads suck...I woudln't add much more. Track I was running 32f/32r on the Powers just fine.

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It has some pretty good wear to it, not enough to trash the tire though. But that is what they recommended and it stuck like glue.

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50 front 50 rear

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Ok just kidding.

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Shinko tires are mostly used by Dragracers.. I first heard of them when frequenting Busa Forums and that is what they would use.. I haven't heard of too many peeps using them for daily riding.. But they are inexpensive esp if you are shredding them at the track.. I haven't heard anything bad about them from the peeps that use them..

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Ok does anyone have a suggestion what to run on my new bike . I have a 2008 yamaha r6 s with stock tires im 230 pounds any suggestion I think there both at 37 . Bought from ride now and thats what they said run

I'd go with the specs in the manual for the street.

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Power race and run 32F/22R for track days.

I'm curious to know what you think of the Shinko's and have you put them on the track yet? I have a buddy that picked up a set of Shinko slicks (I think they're more of a motard tire than a road racing tire?) for $100 so naturally I figured they weren't all that, but I still haven't heard anything about them, good or bad, and NEVER seen anyone at the track with them.

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I was doing that for a while till I found out the manual figures for 2 riders...I think my CBR they recommend like low to mid 40's