When I was a kid, we had knobby tires, street tires and the only thing in between was trials tires. They didn't do either street or dirt well, but every Yamaha Enduro and "dual sport" from Suzuki and Kawasaki back then came with them.
Many more choices these days.

Yamaha DT, Kawasaki KE and Suzuki TS did have those trials tires. Around here most of them had a knobby in the back because that's what you did and you liked it...

I have dunlop 606 tires on my ride. Best dunlop tire I have ever rode on but I will not replace with same because of the price. Will go shinko and not sure if it will be the 700 or the 705.

Shinko doesn't make a 705 that properly fits the rear rim, the closest you'll find is for a much wider rim.

btw, I had the 705's on my BMW F650 and they were pretty useless off pavement.

The tires that come on the TT feel pretty good on the street and I've leaned it almost to the edge with no feeling that it was gonna give. There's some squireliness on some surfaces, but I assume a lot of that is the small light bike as I'm used to 1000cc+ sport bikes. The only dirt it's seen is the short backyard travel to the back door of the house, it hooks up better than my street bikes for sure.

The link to golden tyre pulled up their home page. What It's the model?

The tires in the picture?


http://www.shinkotireusa.com/tire/700-series

Duh, nevermind, I didn't see where you wrote 216 front and 230 rear.

when I ordered my rx3 I ordered it with the 50/50 kenda,s .so far they do great on road and off road.

Completely agree Ron ... the Kendas are great on the road.

I would think the Shinko 244 would feel less skirmy on pavement than the Kendra 270 because the 244's outer perimeter knobs are wider.

You are correct sir. The 270's are a bit wonky cornering but predictably so. The 244's are much more planted.

Anyone else have problems with cracks forming around the knobs?

Is it just time to replace the tire?

IRC makes the GP-1 with less spacing and larger knobs but I ride off road to much for that tire. If I can't feel the knob bumps when I'm riding something is wrong.