I am running Dunlop[ D404 tires and like them a lot. I was using the Bridgestone bt45 which was horrible.
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I didn't like these either. On the 650GL, it gave it a speed wobble that started at 75 and got worse up to 90.
YES! I was on the fence about Avon AM26's and Shinko's. My buddy and I both have a 110/90-18 Shinko 230 front tire, and because we didn't want the weight and handling of the tall sidewall of the only available extra wide 230 (130/90-18), we went with a tire with similar reported treadlife expectancy in hopes of getting the same rubber compound - rear Shinko SR741 140/70-18.
Wow. They are soft and grippy, good quality, balanced out very well, and allow me to push this modded GS750 harder into corners than I had ever imagined for a vintage sport bike! On our 6 day West Virginia mountains road trip, my buddy with a heavier KZ1000 said "Wow, it took me a little while to realize just how great these tires are!" Took a few hundred miles to unlearn old fearful instincts when the Kenda Challengers would challenge you to keep the bike from sliding out!
Now I have been thrashing these tires really hard for 6 weeks, blazing through turns in the desolate remote hills of SouthEast Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. I would definitely say that in the 2200 miles I have put on them so far, the rear is at about 55-60% tread before bald. I was a little surprised at that, being that I just mounted them 6 weeks ago, but I have racked up the miles and have been pushing the bike really really hard. Considered doing 230 front and AM26 rear to get more treadlife, but that 140 Avon is $155 compared to $120 for their 150/70-18 and less for their 130! Ouch! my upgraded 3.50x18 rim is ideally sized for a 140, although those other sizes one up and one down will work.