Any tires that are good for street and trail?

[Rich82GS750TZ]

OK. I think I've settled on the Shinko 705's based on reviews and price. Prices below are from cheapcycleparts.com, but I haven't shopped around at all yet. I know I can get tire irons and stick-on wheel weights on Amazon.

This is what's on the rear now:
Rear Wheel (original AFAIK): 17 x MT 2.5
Rear Tire: Duro 120/90-17

Will Replace with:

SHINKO 705 DUAL SPORT
Item: 87-4520
SHINKO 705 DUAL SPORT BIAS TT
Size: FRONT/REAR 120/90-17 - $56.26

This is what's on the front now:
Front Wheel (original AFAIK): 19 x MT 1.85
Front Tire: Duro 100/90-19
This size is apparently not available in the Shinko 705, so, will this work?
SHINKO 705 DUAL SPORT
Item: 87-4527
SHINKO 705 DUAL SPORT BIAS
Size: FRONT 110/80-19 - $46.88

If what I've recently learned about tire sizes is correct (somebody please correct me if I'm wrong) the difference is that the front Shinko will be 10mm wider than the Duro and 2mm shorter ((100*.9)-(110*.8)) =2mm. so, will this work?

Thanks for all of the input fellas.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Sinko 705 Initial thoughts:

So I had my mechanic mount and balance my tires. I just wasn't comfortable doing it myself. But anyway...
I paid a litte bit more to get a radial front, only Bias Ply were availble in the rear size.
I rode with them at the pressure in my manual of 24f -28r for a few days back an forth to work. This seemed a bit "squishy" to me on the road and a bit too eager to drop in to the curves. Boosting them to 28f-32r gave them a much better feel, to me. And the only time I ever feel any "knobbiness" is below 10mph, coming to or leaving a stop. I put over 150 miles on them this weekend. Dry steet, wet street, I was not disappointed at all. But on the type of forrest roads that I like to ride, that look more or less gravelly than the pic below, the tires were absolutey awesome, made me feel very sure footed. I am definitely impressed so far with this tire choice.

 

[alke46]

So you are running radial front and bias ply on the rear? Sounds a little strange in my opinion but IDK, maybe it's ok. Just not sure I would do it.

I remember when I 1st put radials on my Honda, it felt like it would just simply fall into a tight corner. Got used to it real quick though. Good luck with yours.

 

[LAB3]

I've done pretty well on the 777's until this last couple of weeks but yesterday in particular I wished the 705 was on at least the back again. Found a WAY cool spot off the beaten path a few weeks back down a two track road and used that as my home base. After 12 hours of steady rain the little bit of loam on top of the coarse sand underneath made for a hair raising ride out. I'm considering going with Continental TKC70 next time, the 777 on back is showing more wear than I like with only about 3500 miles on it.