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Hey! That's a great looking tire Lamont! Where did you find that?
It looks a lot like MY tire! You haven't mounted it have you?
I'm going to have NMN talk to the UPS driver again. I liked it better when all your stuff was getting delivered to my house....
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I imagine that Tire Rack.com would have this tire. That is the source I used when I was searching for the tires that I put on the rear of my dual-sport Yamaha trike conversions.
Since those trikes are homebuilts I needed to look through a lot of tire choices. Tire Rack.com had the most tires to choose from of any place I saw on the internet (I finally chose a Firestone snow tire for those Yamaha trike's 14" rear rims).
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Has anyone replaced the front tires with something other than stock...who now has a quieter ride because of that? I have had a persistent hum at about 40-45 mph, and I'm guessing it's the tires. Would like to see if anything might eliminate that; I've already tried different pressures.
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Lamonster....that's got better looks. Is the air pressure an experimental thing with this, or do you run the low pressure? I take it you're going to change it yourself and use Ride-On for balancing?
Called around for Ride-On..nobody sells it here in Alabama. Got a number from manufacturer...still an issue though.
Looks good man.
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Originally Posted by Twodog185
Lamonster....that's got better looks. Is the air pressure an experimental thing with this, or do you run the low pressure? I take it you're going to change it yourself and use Ride-On for balancing?
Called around for Ride-On..nobody sells it here in Alabama. Got a number from manufacturer...still an issue though.
Looks good man.
Call the company main 800 number and ask for George...he will help you...the stuff is back-ordered right now...
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toyo tire
I hace those tire's and I love them.
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What is the price on the Toyo tires?
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I just followed your link and saw the pricing.
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Originally Posted by Putt-Putt
What was the price?
Price varies depending on where you get it. Tire Rack (a great place to do business) does not carry Toyo tire. (What's up with that?).
So we went elsewhere. The best price I could find was $106. Shipping was about $18 to us. That may vary depending on location.
The tread on this thing is incredible. You don't see this much tread on a car tire very often.
It's more expensive than the Kenda Lamont and others are running now but if we can get a few more miles than the 13000 or so we're getting now it may be worth the additional expense.
The reason I chose this Toyo is that from everything I've read the wet traction and resistance to hydroplaining is better than any other tire that will fit our Spyder (except that I could not find any data on the OEM Spyder tire)
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Originally Posted by BajaRon
Price varies depending on where you get it. Tire Rack (a great place to do business) does not carry Toyo tire. (What's up with that?).
So we went elsewhere. The best price I could find was $106. Shipping was about $18 to us. That may vary depending on location.
The tread on this thing is incredible. You don't see this much tread on a car tire very often.
It's more expensive than the Kenda Lamont and others are running now but if we can get a few more miles than the 13000 or so we're getting now it may be worth the additional expense.
The reason I chose this Toyo is that from everything I've read the wet traction and resistance to hydroplaining is better than any other tire that will fit our Spyder (except that I could not find any data on the OEM Spyder tire)
What pressures are you running?
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Originally Posted by Twodog185
What pressures are you running?
I don't have it mounted yet but I will probably start at around 30 psi. There are others here already running this tire. I am not sure what pressures they are running.
Personally, I do not think it is extremely critical as the tire is designed to carry much greater loads than the Spyder will ever exert. So tread patch should be good at a wide range of tire pressures.
This is not the case with the much lighter and less ridged tread area of the OEM tire. It is not only pressure sensitive but also distorts in the middle with high rpm.
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Does anyone know what steven888 is running for his front rims and tires? I'm assuming they are aftermarket rims since the tires are wider than our stock tires.
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Originally Posted by BajaRon
I don't have it mounted yet but I will probably start at around 30 psi. There are others here already running this tire. I am not sure what pressures they are running.
Personally, I do not think it is extremely critical as the tire is designed to carry much greater loads than the Spyder will ever exert. So tread patch should be good at a wide range of tire pressures.
This is not the case with the much lighter and less ridged tread area of the OEM tire. It is not only pressure sensitive but also distorts in the middle with high rpm.
That's because Lamont mounted it on his
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I have a little over 4000 miles on this tire now and I love it. It handles great and really handles the rain well. We got into some serious down pours on the Sturgis run and there were no issues, the tire stuck like glue. Now I got to see if I can get at least 13K out of it.
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Originally Posted by Lamonster
I have a little over 4000 miles on this tire now and I love it. It handles great and really handles the rain well. We got into some serious down pours on the Sturgis run and there were no issues, the tire stuck like glue. Now I got to see if I can get at least 13K out of it.
Better than the Kumho?
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Originally Posted by Lamonster
I have a little over 4000 miles on this tire now and I love it. It handles great and really handles the rain well. We got into some serious down pours on the Sturgis run and there were no issues, the tire stuck like glue. Now I got to see if I can get at least 13K out of it.
I hope your right, I got 17,500 from the original tire and hope to get at least that from this one. Have not hit any rain since this was installed but expect to soon.
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Originally Posted by bjt
Better than the Kumho?
I've never been in rain as hard as this with the Kumho so it is as good for sure if not better. If you look at them side by side the grooves are much deeper in the Toyo.
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