Full Bore USA M-40 Adventure Sport Radial Rear Tire

These tires are almost identical to Shinko 705s, which I've used and liked in the past, but they're a couple bucks cheaper and rated for higher speeds so I figured I'd give them a try. Turns out that even though the tread pattern is the same, the gaps between lugs are slightly wider on the Full-bore than the Shinko (on the 150/70-17 at least), so these tires may do slightly better in the dirt. On-road handling is excellent. Can't judge wear yet because I just put the tire on.

A lot of people will look at this tire and think it's identical to a Shinko 705, but it's actually not. Same basic tread pattern but in the 150 size at least, the spaces between the tread lugs are wider on the Full Bore. The result is a tire that works far better off pavement than it looks like it should; yet it's also capable of peg-scraping lean angles on paved twists. Furthermore, it's V-rated, and wears extremely well. I wore out a Shinko 705 rear in 4500 miles; the Full Bore under the same types of conditions got me about 7500 miles. If anything, it actually had to deal with worse conditions because I ran it almost entirely in hot weather while the Shinko saw a lot more cold weather. The Full Bore is definitely going to be my standard go-to tire for my Triumph Tiger 800 XC.

I have a Vstrom 650. My previous tires were Bridgestone's Battlewing. I got these Full Bore tires because I found myself riding on dirt roads more and more, and the street oriented Battlewing's just didn't provide enough confidence on dirt roads. The Full Bores are great on the dirt roads, and are surprisingly smooth on tarmac - way better than I had even expected. The only caviat about these tires, is that when new, they do exhibit unusual turn-in characteristics on pavement, at least til the tire carcass breaks in and relaxes.My advice, if you have these tires, ride thru the initial break-in weirdness, for the tires are quite nice afterwards. I'd definitely get'em again. for more info, check out this thread: http://www.stromtrooper.com/general-v-strom-discussion/80095-full-bore.html

I have 3300 miles on these, 97% on road doing some long distance trips. Thus heavily loaded. I am a load in myself. Rider, bike gear 1000+ lbs. The reason i state this is because I feel it increases wear rate. About 18% of my miles have been in the wet of some sorts. These tires look good, ride good, flat perform well on road...dry and wet. I do not push the envelope though. Off road from the little I have seen gravel and thin mud they seem to be okay. The extra speed rating comes from the extra air pressure specified on the tires. I expect to get maybe 5000 out of the rear, the front looks like it will last twice as long as the rear.