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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.
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Take it back.... :shock: Find a different dealer.
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It will work fine, but not last very long...
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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.
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Or a Kenda Millville, good intermediate tire and cheap price.
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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.
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Many high quality tires go for about $50-$55.
I have used a Dunlop D756, and It's held up great.
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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.
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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.
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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? :wink:

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.
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