Quiz time....

[RykerUSA]

I go to my dealer to get my rear tire changed out. I get my byke home and I hear a sound - a rubbing sound as I roll into the garage. It is periodic which means I hear it, then the wheel rolls little further and then I don't hear it until the wheel does a full Revolution and then I hear it again.

What did they do wrong?

First correct answer gets my full respect and admiration!

[SPYD3R]

maybe a 'bubble' in the side-wall of the tire....
Dan P
SPYD3R

[Netminder]

Drive belt tight against back sprocket? Belt guard?

[Warlock]

forgot to remove tire tape?
David

[SteveLaoyster]

They left the sticker on the tread.

[Jeriatric]

Brake pad contacting the rotor? WAG

[garb55]

Forgot to torque rear axle so sprocket is not seated and wobbles

[youngers]

it has too be the " comes and goes " nut adaptor that is very close too the " almost never hear it bearings " going to have too lift the rear end up off the ground , and roll the tire in neutral , and see the alignment of the tire it must be real close but enough too rub , in one spot ...

[odogg1963]

Possibly dropped a weight inside the tire?

[Bob Denman]

I would guess that they didn't get the rear wheel seated against the adjusters...

...But it sounds terminal... Time to trade it in, and get a fresh one!

[pegasus1300]

So who had the right answer?

[RykerUSA]

I'm not sure what the right answer is yet. Tomorrow I'm going to jack it up and take a closer look and I wanted to get some good ideas before I dug into it.

[Peter Aawen]

I go to my dealer to get my rear tire changed out....

So that means there's a good chance you had another Kenda fitted, right??

If so, a fairly high percentage of that particular brand of 'tires' really don't ever qualify as being truthfully called 'round' or of running true, so there's a good chance that the tire is rubbing on something even if everything else IS true & aligned properly!! That's probably even more likely if you have one of those a/mkt belt guards fitted on the swing arm.

If your Spyder is an RT, it could also be due to low air in the Rear Air-bag letting the suspension droop low enough to allow the 'out of round' tire to touch on one of the under body placcy mud shields; but I reckon the 'out of round' tire (or possibly a poorly mounted tire?) rubbing on something like a belt guard or brake caliper, ABS sensor, etc is probably the most likely cause of your noise...

Be interested to hear the actual cause once you work it out?!