New tires?

[Guest]

I need to buy new tires for my 1982 GS650 GL because it sat in a garage unheated for 20 years(currently restoring it). So what are the best tires I could get for a good price? I live in quebec so the roads aren?t exactly perfect. Some that could take a gravel road from time to time would be great( i know its not exactly the bike for that but gotta adapt to the region!)

thanks!

L.Leblanc

[Rich82GS750TZ]

This subject probably has almost as many threads as engine oil. Tip on using the site's search function: Put your keyword in, Select Titles only, Search now. Reveals 48 posts containing the word Tires.
That said, I like the Shinko 705. Shinko calls them a 70/30 (Road/Dirt).

[tom203]

I’m been running Shinko 712’s on mine....I ride on pitifully maintained paved roads and lots of dirt. Good performance on pavement. I only get about 4K miles on rears,while current front is pushing 8k and still looks good.

[LAB3]

Shinko 705 is an excellent tire, I got 9,000 miles on my rear before it it the wear bars. They didn't have a front that would fit on my bike so I went with the Shinko 777, it did as good on gravel as the Kenda 761 did. Tried a Shinko 777 on the rear after the 705 and it did well enough off road but only went 7k miles before hitting the wear bars.

Whatever you do, avoid the Kenda 761. The price looks great and the milage is OK but they're darn near useless on wet pavement. This seems to be the consensus on Kenda tires all the way around.

[wyly]

If you're going to put them on yourself Fortnine has all the shinkos mentioned above, listed under cruiser or dual sport.