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How is the car tire vs bike tire working out?

Big Bird

Big Bird

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I'm nearing the point that some feed back would be great... Weather to stay with the stock tires or change over to the auto tires... :dontknow:
Glenn as Big Bird
 
Big Bird said:
I'm nearing the point that some feed back would be great... Weather to stay with the stock tires or change over to the auto tires... :dontknow:
Glenn as Big Bird
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I'm running the Kuhmo in the rear and so far so good. It isn't as sticky as the stock tire, but for most riding conditions, you won't notice. It is a little more slippery in the rain on take off than stock as well... However, I expect to get at least double the mileage out of the Kuhmo versus the stock tire based on other owner's experience.

I stayed stock on the fronts, though others have noticed longer wear on auto tires... They were cheap enough, and after hearing reports of weird behavior of front car tires once you cross 100MPH, I'd rather stay with the direction stocks and just rotate them from now on.... I'm hoping to get 24k out of this new set.
 
Car tires

We now have 2 rs's we changed the first one to car tires the stocks were go
gone in 6000 mi switch back and forth between the two and there is no comparison the real tires ride better handle better are less darty and I'm sure will out wear the stickers 3 or 4 to one
 
WackyDan said:
I'm running the Kuhmo in the rear and so far so good. It isn't as sticky as the stock tire, but for most riding conditions, you won't notice. It is a little more slippery in the rain on take off than stock as well... However, I expect to get at least double the mileage out of the Kuhmo versus the stock tire based on other owner's experience.

:agree:
I changed the rear stock at 11,800 miles. I have about 13,200 on the Kuhmo and it is still going strong.
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I am running the BF Goodrich gForce Sport rear tire in my Spyder in the stock size. I replaced the stock one at 10K as it was done. I currently have 8K on the gForce and it still looks new to me. I am very happy with the performance of it so far.
 
SpyderWolf said:
I am running the BF Goodrich gForce Sport rear tire in my Spyder in the stock size. I replaced the stock one at 10K as it was done. I currently have 8K on the gForce and it still looks new to me. I am very happy with the performance of it so far.
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BF will be my next rear as it is stickier. How is the BF in the rain?
 
WackyDan said:
BF will be my next rear as it is stickier. How is the BF in the rain?
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I haven't had any problems with it holding in the rain at all. There were a couple of times that I hydroplaned with the stock rear on, but that hasn't happened yet with the BFG. I'm not saying it can't, or won't, but it hasn't so far. :thumbup:
 
WackyDan said:
I'm running the Kuhmo in the rear and so far so good. It isn't as sticky as the stock tire, but for most riding conditions, you won't notice. It is a little more slippery in the rain on take off than stock as well... However, I expect to get at least double the mileage out of the Kuhmo versus the stock tire based on other owner's experience.
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I'm also running a stock size Kumho on the rear of my 2010 RT. I agree with Dan that it isn't as sticky as the OEM tire but it's not a problem. We haven't had any rain to ride in so I don't know how it will be in the rain. Just less than 2,000 miles on it so I don't know how the wear will be but I hope it's better than the OEM. Only got 9,000 miles out of the first OEM and changed the second with about 5500 mile although it wasn't completely worn out.

Cotton
 
I understand that people were a bit aprehensive when the Spyder first came out and few people were running auto tires. However, so many have made the switch with positive results there is no reason to have any major concerns. I am completely happy and feel that the spyder is better than ever with my stiffer auto tires and upgraded suspension pieces.
 
bikeguy said:
I'm also running a stock size Kumho on the rear of my 2010 RT. I agree with Dan that it isn't as sticky as the OEM tire but it's not a problem. We haven't had any rain to ride in so I don't know how it will be in the rain. Just less than 2,000 miles on it so I don't know how the wear will be but I hope it's better than the OEM. Only got 9,000 miles out of the first OEM and changed the second with about 5500 mile although it wasn't completely worn out.

Cotton
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I ran all day in rain north of Philly this past September. Back country roads all the way, and that Kumho held the road fine in the turns, when just touring around... so don't worry about the rain.. Be as careful as you always are in the rain and the Kumho is just fine.
 
WackyDan said:
I ran all day in rain north of Philly this past September. Back country roads all the way, and that Kumho held the road fine in the turns, when just touring around... so don't worry about the rain.. Be as careful as you always are in the rain and the Kumho is just fine.
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Thanks for the report. I just wish we had some rain to ride in. We had a little rain about 5:00 AM Friday morning and I thought about getting out of bed and going riding just so I could get wet. It's been really hot and dry here. Nice to know I can trust the Kumho if we ever get any rain.

Cotton
 
Both my wife and I are on our second set of Kumho tires. We love them (especially for the price) and they've been working great on our Spyders for over two years and over 20,000 miles.
 
I also have a bf goodrich rear tire and i like it because it's a much smoother ride. Where stock was hard.
 
bjt said:
:dontknow: I'm still riding with the original fronts at 33,000 miles. :2thumbs:
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Wow that's amazing. My fronts are showing uneven wear on the inside. I asked the service guy if it was an alignment issue and he said it is a camber issue and he didn't know how that could be fixed.
 
SpyderAnn01 said:
Wow that's amazing. My fronts are showing uneven wear on the inside. I asked the service guy if it was an alignment issue and he said it is a camber issue and he didn't know how that could be fixed.
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Wear on the insides of both fronts is normally a toe-in issue, and can be addressed
 
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