I ran two Shinkos about a decade ago, I got a 70/30 and a full street one (can't remember the model for my supermoto. The 70/30 was complete garbage. In anything wet it was like jelly and offroad it tore up even in light dirt/gravel very quickly. When I changed over to my street rim/tire it was more of the same but super fun. The ass end could slide out easier and getting the rear to spin was a lot easier. It had grip but on a light bike it was far less then the Supercorsas I had put on when I bought the bike.
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The Victory is a good bike. Keep up with the maintenance and it will serve him well. Its not even broken in at 7,500 miles. My Girlfriend and I owned KingPins my 09 and her 2011. We put some miles on those bikes. When I moved to Idaho from Minneapolis her 2011 blew a head gasket in Missoula Montana. It looked like a factory defect on the cylinder which allowed the gases to eat away at the gasket and cylinder top surface and to an oil passage. I think she had 27,000 on hers and I had 35,000 on mine. I fixed it with a used cylinder and piston/rings with new head gasket. Parts may become a problem in the near future as the models get older and Polaris stops making parts for them. I would have kept them if Polaris didn't drop the line. Lost some value quickly which did not make me happy. But then I came across the 2013 FJR and the rest is history.
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