2014 RT pulling right

[Olddood]

I got the new RT-L and to my surprise it pulled to the right quite a bit. No way you could release your grip on the handlebar, if you did, you'd be off the pavement 25 feet further. Also had a bad vibration when reaching 80 KPH and higher. Alignment was suggested but I thought I would try swapping the tires from side to side. Wouldn't you know, the pull changed side with the tire swap. At that point I thought for sure the right tire was bad so I went to my dealer and asked for a different wheel and tire to eliminate possibility of bad tire. Put the other wheel and tire on the right side and went for a ride....no change. Got another tire and rim for the left side and went for a ride and I was blown away at how smooth and the pull was gone....I drove about a half kilometer without holding the handlebar and could have gone much longer if conditions permitted. LEFT tire was the culprit, not he right as I suspected because of the right pull, go figure. All is well now with no jiggling in the hands or the tush. My dealer was very cooperative in the troubleshooting and resolving the issue, we both learned something. One happy camper here................Two thumbs up for our Niagara Region dealer.

 

[Chupaca]

Great..!!

glad you were able to get the problem solved. Strange that it was not noticed at delivery they should have road tested the roadster before they released it to you. So now enjoy the ryde the way it should be...:thumbup:hyea:hyea:

 

[Olddood]

They checked the bike at delivery and so did I but the problem didn't seem to be there then. Maybe a belt separated in the tire after a few miles were put on.....(just guessing)

 

[SpyderAnn01]

If I have kept track correctly, you are the 4th person with this same problem on a 2014

 

[Guzzi]

I got the new RT-L and to my surprise it pulled to the right quite a bit. No way you could release your grip on the handlebar, if you did, you'd be off the pavement 25 feet further. Also had a bad vibration when reaching 80 KPH and higher. Alignment was suggested but I thought I would try swapping the tires from side to side. Wouldn't you know, the pull changed side with the tire swap. At that point I thought for sure the right tire was bad so I went to my dealer and asked for a different wheel and tire to eliminate possibility of bad tire. Put the other wheel and tire on the right side and went for a ride....no change. Got another tire and rim for the left side and went for a ride and I was blown away at how smooth and the pull was gone....I drove about a half kilometer without holding the handlebar and could have gone much longer if conditions permitted. LEFT tire was the culprit, not he right as I suspected because of the right pull, go figure. All is well now with no jiggling in the hands or the tush. My dealer was very cooperative in the troubleshooting and resolving the issue, we both learned something. One happy camper here................Two thumbs up for our Niagara Region dealer.

It's called radial runout. The kenda factory does not always get the belts laid on correctly, and when the tire is finally vulcanized (molded under heat), the tire tries to follow the out of line belt, resulting in a pull to the side. I just finally gave up, and put a complete set of car tires on the front of my new 2014, after 2 bad new Kenda's, in 2000 miles. Took the out of round new rear off and installed a new Arachnid from ROLO. All is well now.

 

[Princeau99]

maybe mounting issues?

My son looked at my 2014 RTS and seemed to think the tires may not be mounted properly (He is a district manager for Good Year) There is a red dot on the sidewall that he believes is supposed to line up with the valve stem to match high and low spots. On commercial trucks this error will create radial run out or be out of round.

Mine is "clocked" 90 degrees. will add pictures later as my Spyder is at a different location. He also has a low opinion of Kenda tires.
Anybody know if this is true on Spyders?