Hmmmmmm! Great News Regarding the Reversed Tire

[Jabbo]

The shop that installed the tire backwards has offered to replace the rear tire for free! That is how reputable Spyder Folks are!!! I declined the offer as we all are capable of making mistakes. Thanks my Friend!!!

[cuznjohn]

are they going to put it on the right way

[Silvervette05]

Did you put any miles on that tire? If you did have them replace tire, it is not good to run a radial tire one way and then turn it around and run the
other way

[Chupaca]

glad to see them set up. Whatever you decide to do hang on to them. Good shops are rare...

[MRH]

Unless they would rather not be named (which I can see), I think they deserve a shout-out for handling this well.

[3 Wheel Addict]

If your a "dry weather" rider it wont hurt a thing to leave it that way. However I would not turn it around.

[ARtraveler]

The shop that installed the tire backwards has offered to replace the rear tire for free! That is how reputable Spyder Folks are!!! I declined the offer as we all are capable of making mistakes. Thanks my Friend!!!

Glad to hear that the dealer stepped up. I would recommend having the new tire installed. Reasons have been posted above.

[kep-up]

Did you put any miles on that tire? If you did have them replace tire, it is not good to run a radial tire one way and then turn it around and run the
other way

Been doing that for years. Never had a problem.

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Did you put any miles on that tire? If you did have them replace tire, it is not good to run a radial tire one way and then turn it around and run the
other way

In case you missed it in his other thread about this, the dealer who installed the tire is 6 hours away. Pretty strong incentive to just be grateful for the offer and then let it go.

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

The shop that installed the tire backwards has offered to replace the rear tire for free! That is how reputable Spyder Folks are!!! I declined the offer as we all are capable of making mistakes. Thanks my Friend!!!

I don't remember from the other thread but do you have any idea how many miles are on the tire? If not very many I would just have a local tire shop, or bike shop, take it off and reverse it. Even if they charge you $20 that's a lot cheaper than a six hour trip to have the dealer change it.

[JerryB]

Hi Silvervette05,

Re: it is not good to run a radial tire one way and then turn it around and run the other way

I have always been of this opinion but last year I had a discussion about this very subject with the guys at Tire Rack. They told me that newer radials can be reversed.

Just sayin,

Jerry Baumchen

[SPYD3R]

Hi Silvervette05,

Re: it is not good to run a radial tire one way and then turn it around and run the other way

I have always been of this opinion but last year I had a discussion about this very subject with the guys at Tire Rack. They told me that newer radials can be reversed.

Just sayin,

Jerry Baumchen

Jerry;
have the TIRE RACK guys put that in written form, and post it for all of us 2 c.... i've never heard of this b4...
Dan P

[oldgoat]

By law we have to have snow tires on our cars in the winter. A lot of people have their summer tires removed from the rims & the snow ones put on. The Reverse in the summer(most buy 4 separate rims though).

I have never seen the tire guys mark the rotation & the car tires don't have it molded on them. I also used to think you couldn't reverse a radial tire but have read that these days you can.

[Magdave]

Most tires are marked with a rotation direction arrow. Mostly due to water shedding installing backwards will cause water to be drawn in not pushed out and may increase hydroplaning.

[bruiser]

Car tires are somewhat different. They are not normally unidirectional. Motorcycle tires are unidirectional for more than one reason. Tread wear is one. But water shedding is most important. They are designed to push water in one direction to prevent hydroplaning. Mounting them "backwards" will push water the wrong way increasing the chance of hydroplaning. There is also the possibility of belt separation. At the least, it won't run right if it's reversed because of tread wear.

[Magdave]

Car tires are somewhat different. They are not normally unidirectional. Motorcycle tires are unidirectional for more than one reason. Tread wear is one. But water shedding is most important. They are designed to push water in one direction to prevent hydroplaning. Mounting them "backwards" will push water the wrong way increasing the chance of hydroplaning. There is also the possibility of belt separation. At the least, it won't run right if it's reversed because of tread wear.

Most ( I think all actually) of my car tires are unidirectional. They are High performance tires. You can tell by looking at the sidewall for rotation arrow or the tread. If it has a "V" shaped tread it is unidirectional. Even if it isn't V shaped it may still be. here is an example of a unidirectional tire that may not look like one





This one is obvious and you can see how the V should be oriented this would be a right side tire on a car and that is how it should be oriented on the rear of a Spyder. Looking at the Spyder from the rear the "V" should be pointed up.

[Roadster Renovations]

Way I understand it is if it has an arrow on it, it is there for a reason to roll that way. When rotating those type tires, they should go front to back to back, not crossed. I would think that due to hydroplaning, tire wear, and especially starting it one direction then switching it, I wouldn't do it. I'll bet the radials designed to roll either way have no direction arrow.

Here is a link that I found:
http://www.barrystiretech.com/direct...icaltires.html