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What did you do to your Spyder today?

We swapped the standard Baja Ron sway bar for the Ultimate version. My initial impression is that the bike is much more responsive - some might call it twitchy. It seems a bit more planted in corners. Only a short ride today over Santa Susana Pass (for those of you in the area). Santa Sue is not as tight as Latigo but more than Encinal Canyon. Anyway, my initial impression is very positive. I've now ridden my bike with the stock sway bar, the "normal" Baja Ron, and the Ultimate Baja Ron and for my money and for the small difference in price, the Ultimate is the way to go.

jdg
 
Well, I did get the wife's Spyder inspected yesterday. It made it to 70 degrees and was beautiful. Even though I am in need of a new rear tire, it passed inspection. Plan is to get one before the trip in June. Was kinda disappointed that I only put 2k miles on that bike last year, but considering riding was split between that one and 2 others, I still did pretty good.
 
Got it lazer aligned today for the 1st time after installing new Vred 175/55 on the front Yesterday. The tech said it was out of spec by .75". I got 47,000 miles on the last set, so I can't wait to see how much I can get this time. Today is quite windy, so I'm anxious to give them a proper workout soon!
 
jjc54 said:
Got it lazer aligned today for the 1st time after installing new Vred 175/55 on the front Yesterday. The tech said it was out of spec by .75". I got 47,000 miles on the last set, so I can't wait to see how much I can get this time. Today is quite windy, so I'm anxious to give them a proper workout soon!
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Did you notice any unusual wear patterns to suggest it was .75" out? What Psi did you keep them at?
Good to hear about the good milage you got out of the Vredesteins.
 
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Dasmoetorhead said:
Did you notice any unusual wear patterns to suggest it was .75" out? What Psi did you keep them at?
Good to hear about the good milage you got out of the Vredesteins.
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The wear pattern was on the inside of both tires but was not consistent all the way around. Lots of cupping and several areas where the tread was noticeably thinner than other areas. Ran them at 17PSI. Had them remounted and rotated at 38,000 miles.
 
jjc54 said:
The wear pattern was on the inside of both tires but was not consistent all the way around. Lots of cupping and several areas where the tread was noticeably thinner than other areas. Ran them at 17PSI. Had them remounted and rotated at 38,000 miles.
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Cool thanks.
I've got 10k on mine so far, with no noticeable wear, and I run them at 19 psi. Wonderful tires. I hope they're still in production when it's time to replace them.
 
jjc54 said:
The wear pattern was on the inside of both tires but was not consistent all the way around. Lots of cupping and several areas where the tread was noticeably thinner than other areas. Ran them at 17PSI. Had them remounted and rotated at 38,000 miles.
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While you're right about them being over engineered for our Spyders, if those last set of front tires that wore like that ^ were Vredesteins or any other reasonable quality 'non-OEM Kenda/clone tires', then I'd suggest that maybe you should now be looking/checking for something wrong other than 'just' the wheel alignment?! :unsure:

Not consistent wear with lots of cupping and several areas around the tread with noticeably thinner tread than other areas generally would suggest that something is wrong/worn in the suspension itself, the steering, &/or tie rod ends... :oops: Look for worn ball joints or tie rod ends maybe; or possibly worn 'A' arm mounts on the inboard end of each wishbone; or it could even be due to worn/damaged shocks &/or coils; maybe even other suspension &/or steering components that are worn &/or damaged too?! And if they were rotated & remounted almost 10K miles ago and yet the tread wear isn't bad on both the inner and outer edges of the tire (that sort of milage is plenty to have scrubbed the 'other' edge that'd now be on the inside of each tire with a 0.75" wheel misalignment, leaving both inner & outer edges worn badly), I'd suggest that it just adds to the concern that there's something else wrong!?! 🤨

I'd think that if it was JUST that much out in the wheel alignment, then reasonable quality tires should've been scrubbed fairly savagely but likely pretty evenly all the way around on both sides - the lack of consistency suggests there's something else adding some unevenness to the nature of the wear that needs to be found and rectified ASAP. :oops:

Just Sayin' ;)
 
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