I have been unable to find anyone who carries “non” BRP rear tire. 😬
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I have been unable to find anyone who carries “non” BRP rear tire. 😬
Here's what use: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...omCompare1=yes
Moogully, do you mean any local BRP dealer who carries a "non" BRP Kenda rear tire? You can purchase many oft recommended rear tires for Spyder's from Walmart, TireRack, Amazon, Ebay, and others as long as it's the correct size etc. My last list (for my '13 RTL) included
General Altimax RT 43 in size 215/60-15Kumho Ecsta AST 225/50 R15 91H
Kumho Solus KH17 225/60R15
Yokohama S.Drive 205-55-15"
Michelin Premier A/S in 205/60R-15
Federal Formoza AZ01 All-Season Radial Tire - 165/55R15 75V (Sorry, this was my latest fronts, not a Rear as OP asked about.)
Like " DGoebels " has mentioned BRP dealers sell ONLY BRP tires ..... There is another " OFFICIALLY Labeled Mtc " tire for the rear of the Spyder ...it is made by Vee Rubber co. and it's called the Arachnid ....however it has shown to be even more inferior to the Kenda's ....very high rate of defective tires and mediocre response from the seller ..... at least this is what has been said from many on this Forum ...... Mike :thumbup:
As Mike mentioned there are only two tires stating for motorcycle use only. Kenda and Arachnids of which BRP dealers only carry Kendas. Many have gone to car tires of which there are many. Dealers will not install them. I have no complaints, have used Kendas with good results and currently have an Arachnid which is doing well. Lots to read up on here if you go to car tires....:yikes:
Some dealers will install non BRP specified tires. I just had a BRP dealer mount and balance my new (Federal Formoza AZ01 All-Season Radial Tire - 165/55R15 75V ) front tires, and mount and balance all three of my friends General Altimax's
Tireseasy.com great price 3 day delivery on federal tires for front.General Altima on rear.
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[QUOTE=moogully;1345452]I have been unable to find anyone who carries “non” BRP rear tire. 😬[/QUOT I am running the General Altimax RT43 ( 215/ 60 R15) on the rear, and I have 16,164 miles on the General Altimax RT43. Replaced the OEM (Kenda) in 2015.
Deanna
Dropped by my dealer's showroom the other day and found several new crapenda's on the tire rack. Parts man said they just got them in recently. I looked at them with my hands and the sidewalls for both the front tire and rear tire were stiffer than 3/4" plywood. They were much different and heaver than the OEM tires that I took off my spyder. The tread patterns are still the same but the new Kenda's seem to be much stronger and stiffer than the OEM Kenda's.
I've heard (read) comments here that Kenda's have been improved over their famous 6/7k max life OEM tires. As sad as it is you can't 100% trust any dealer/parts person/service manager to be competent or fully knowledgeable about the product they handle. You may trust but you absolutely must verify. They'll BS you trying to make you think they know it all. There's an entire Britannica full of reasons why not to completely trust a dealership. Posters here are an excellent source for verification. I have to go to town in the next couple of days and I'll stop by the dealership and speak to the parts girl about the new tires. She's pretty sharp and if she doesn't know the answer to a question, she has the skills to at least find the answer. The spyder tech is most knowledgeable however they keep him sequestered in the shop away from the public. I'll add to this post or send you a PM.
I checked out the new Kenda's on the tire rack along with a couple of older Kenda tires. The older soft side wall types were all 14"ers. They were the front tires. The dealer didn't have any of the older Kenda rear tires to compare. All the tires were marked "J" as designates a car tire with a car tire bead. Also on the tires they were clearly marked "motorcycle use only'" and each one of them were marked 3 ply side wall. There was a very notable difference in the side wall stiffness between the older front tires and the newer front tires even though both were marked "J" and "3 ply side wall," The parts person did not recall exactly when the last shipment of Kenda's arrived but said it was last year sometime in late summer. All the newer stock of Kenda tires had very stiff side walls, so, maybe they got the message as some posters here have said they're getting better millage on their Kenda rear tires.
That's one of Pete's trailer tires.