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Cheng Shin ?
Posted: 06:58 pm Jan 02 2007
by saddletramp
My local Kawi. dealer sold me a cheng shin rear tire, $43. Has any one tried this brand? I took the rear wheel off of my kids pw 80 and noticed that was also a "cheng shin" from the factory.
Posted: 07:00 pm Jan 02 2007
by Indawoods
Take it back....
Find a different dealer.
Posted: 07:01 pm Jan 02 2007
by m0rie
It will work fine, but not last very long...
Posted: 07:04 pm Jan 02 2007
by Indawoods
For $10 more you can get a truely long lasting hooking up tire.
Chin Chits as we call them are made from brittle rubber.... It is over processed and will chunk pretty bad.
Check prices on a D952 which is a Dunlop.
Posted: 07:10 pm Jan 02 2007
by m0rie
Or a Kenda Millville, good intermediate tire and cheap price.
Posted: 07:14 pm Jan 02 2007
by Indawoods
Most folks put Cheng Shins on bike to sell them since they are about the cheapest tire you can buy. There is a reason for that.
Posted: 07:32 pm Jan 02 2007
by 2001kdx
Many high quality tires go for about $50-$55.
I have used a Dunlop D756, and It's held up great.
Posted: 07:57 pm Jan 02 2007
by saddletramp
Well I did tell the guy I wanted a cheap mud tire and it sounds like thats pretty much what I am gettin. He says the KTM guys run the chengs in the summer with a diff. tread for rock riding, for $30 a tire.
Posted: 02:18 am Jan 03 2007
by thebleakness
Holy crap! $43 for a rear Cheng Shin!? I payed almost that for a new set of both front and rear Cheng Shins for a race when i was in a pinch money wise. The front is holding up very well but the back is going fairly fast. But for the $20 odd i payed for it, its not a bad tire.
Most of the guys I ride with ride Maxxis IT in the rear and a Maxxis SI in the front. I personally havent tried that combination but people here seem to swear by it.
Posted: 04:27 am Jan 03 2007
by quailchaser
thebleakness wrote:Holy crap! $43 for a rear Cheng Shin!? I payed almost that for a new set of both front and rear Cheng Shins for a race when i was in a pinch money wise. The front is holding up very well but the back is going fairly fast. But for the $20 odd i payed for it, its not a bad tire.
Most of the guys I ride with ride Maxxis IT in the rear and a Maxxis SI in the front. I personally havent tried that combination but people here seem to swear by it.
http://www.answers.com/topic/cheng-shin-maxxis you guys (including myself) are aware that running the Maxxis tires you are really running the beter versions of Chen Shing?
Can't say anything about the rears...but the SI 21" hooks up well and stay predictable even anfter the knobs wear. I won't run any other front tire down here. I have no preferance on the rear. Many work well in our varied terrain.