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Another Tire Thread
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NZSpyderRyder
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Your original was well past it's sell by date, wear in the middle like that normally points to over inflation.
Your original was well past it's sell by date, wear in the middle like that normally points to over inflation.
SpyderAnn01
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No, it wasn't over inflated at all. This is what they are all doing, I was actually lucky that I got as many miles as I did. Several others have had to replace theirs at 4,000 to 6,000 miles.
NZSpyderRyder
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Apologies
Sorry I didn't mean to offend you, it was just a technical observation, I have worked in the automobile and tyre industry for over 30 years and was just making a technical observation one my experiences of over inflated tyres.
Must admit I'm new to the world of seders and I'm realising that they are a completely different beast.
Sorry I didn't mean to offend you, it was just a technical observation, I have worked in the automobile and tyre industry for over 30 years and was just making a technical observation one my experiences of over inflated tyres.
Must admit I'm new to the world of seders and I'm realising that they are a completely different beast.
garb55
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does the Arachnid tire say how many plies it has in the sidewall or tread?
Still haven't seen any specs on this tire
Thanks
Don
Chupaca
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As I see it..!!
there is a premature wear on these tires due to the added horse power and low end torque. Most of the ryders coming off the twins are used to the high rpms and pulling away quickly. I think till you get used to the new engine there is a lot of wheel spinning and not the sceeching burn out kind. Just enough to chew up these tires. Don't know if the other brands will fare much better...:dontknow:
there is a premature wear on these tires due to the added horse power and low end torque. Most of the ryders coming off the twins are used to the high rpms and pulling away quickly. I think till you get used to the new engine there is a lot of wheel spinning and not the sceeching burn out kind. Just enough to chew up these tires. Don't know if the other brands will fare much better...:dontknow:
mastertek2000
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that use to happen with my 2 wheeler but it was because we towed a trailer all the time i use to get about 10000 miles out of them
Silvervette05
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[QUOTENZSpyderRyder;817946]Sorry I didn't mean to offend you, it was just a technical observation, I have worked in the automobile and tyre industry for over 30 years and was just making a technical observation one my experiences of over inflated tyres.
Must admit I'm new to the world of seders and I'm realising that they are a completely different beast.[/QUOTE]
I, m with you, I was in the tire business I saw that wear and thought to much air, it turns out that is not the
Case, It is the nature of the beast
Must admit I'm new to the world of seders and I'm realising that they are a completely different beast.[/QUOTE]
I, m with you, I was in the tire business I saw that wear and thought to much air, it turns out that is not the
Case, It is the nature of the beast
Bob Denman
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It's completely counter-intuitive... :shocked:
That's normally what over-inflation would look like...
So you reduce your pressures a bit.
These two-ply tires then balloon even MORE at speed.........
.....wearing the center section out even faster! :banghead:
That's normally what over-inflation would look like...
So you reduce your pressures a bit.
These two-ply tires then balloon even MORE at speed.........
.....wearing the center section out even faster! :banghead:
As an "outsider looking in", that is considering going to a '14 RT-S, this "premature" rear tire wear on the 1330s is very disconcerting. I'm thinking that a rear tire failure on an RT is just as bad as it is on a motorcycle. The only thing similar in my 3-wheel experience is how the stock GL1800 front tire doesn't hold up after triking due to the forces put on the front tire. That's why most GL1800 trikes go to a BT-45, a Michelin Pilot Activ, or similar tire on their trikes and run them @40 PSI. I've also ridden EFI H-D Road King, UltraClassic and CVO Road Glide. These bikes have lots of grunt. The Dunlop specific rear tires for these would last 12,000 miles with proper inflation.
I know absolutely nothing about the OEM tires that a RT comes with; but I've got to wonder about the construction (# of plus and compound) of the rear tire. Did BRP just carry over the same rear tire that was on the '13s, and older Spyders? The other issue is the factory recommended tire inflation pressures. Were they just expedient carry overs from the V-Twin? Got to wonder if the previous model tires are not appropriate for the operational parameters of the new motor???
Did I read some place else on this forum that this issue has finally got BRP's attention, or is this "wishful thinking" that got expressed in writing????????
Mike
I know absolutely nothing about the OEM tires that a RT comes with; but I've got to wonder about the construction (# of plus and compound) of the rear tire. Did BRP just carry over the same rear tire that was on the '13s, and older Spyders? The other issue is the factory recommended tire inflation pressures. Were they just expedient carry overs from the V-Twin? Got to wonder if the previous model tires are not appropriate for the operational parameters of the new motor???
Did I read some place else on this forum that this issue has finally got BRP's attention, or is this "wishful thinking" that got expressed in writing????????
Mike
Bob Denman
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The OEM Kendas are a two-ply tire... :gaah:
They have increased the suggested tire pressures a bit.
I wouldn't really call the tire wear "premature" :shocked:
After all; how many of us have had to change tires on two-wheeled bikes at 4,000 miles or less in the past? :dontknow:
It's probably just the extra weight and torque combination...
Ann got well over 9,000 miles out of hers; so it may also be how the bikes are being ridden...
They have increased the suggested tire pressures a bit.
I wouldn't really call the tire wear "premature" :shocked:
After all; how many of us have had to change tires on two-wheeled bikes at 4,000 miles or less in the past? :dontknow:
It's probably just the extra weight and torque combination...
Ann got well over 9,000 miles out of hers; so it may also be how the bikes are being ridden...
SPYD3R
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WAY WRONG
something is WAY WRONG with the 'wear' on that tire.. looks to me as if your axle isn't centered properly... you may want to ask your service manager to check that out...
something is WAY WRONG with the 'wear' on that tire.. looks to me as if your axle isn't centered properly... you may want to ask your service manager to check that out...
SpyderAnn01
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Bob, are you calling me fat? :roflblack:
Bob Denman
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:shocked: Or since a lot of that center wear is from the tire ballooning; could it just be how it was blowing itself out at speed? :dontknow:
Everyone keeps saying that the Kendas are a pile of pig:cus:...
Maybe they do this because of how unevenly they're built. :shocked:
Since Ann and Joe are Wizards at alignments; I wouldn't bet that anything is wrong with the bike itself... nojoke
Everyone keeps saying that the Kendas are a pile of pig:cus:...
Maybe they do this because of how unevenly they're built. :shocked:
Since Ann and Joe are Wizards at alignments; I wouldn't bet that anything is wrong with the bike itself... nojoke
SpyderAnn01
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I'll pull out my reading glasses and see what I can see.
Bob Denman
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Ann,
I hate to have to ask this...
pps:
Since even the actual name of the tire gives me... trouble :shocked:... there aren't any graphics of those eight-legged monsters on that tire; are there?
If you "Google-up" arachniphobia; there's a picture of me crying like a little girl...
I hate to have to ask this...
pps:Since even the actual name of the tire gives me... trouble :shocked:... there aren't any graphics of those eight-legged monsters on that tire; are there?
If you "Google-up" arachniphobia; there's a picture of me crying like a little girl...
Bob Denman
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:shocked: Oh; heck no!
:2thumbs: That would probably be the LAST adjective I'd use to describe you.
cuznjohn
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why
can someone enplane to me why spyders eat tires so fast. is it poor craftsmanship on the tire mfg. if so why doesn't BRP drop them, or is it that the bikes ride different than others. i had metzlers on my 08 wing and they lasted 13 thousand miles, i really don't understand tires and if we can buy a tire that gets better millage, than why will some dealers only instal the tires that came with the bike.
can someone enplane to me why spyders eat tires so fast. is it poor craftsmanship on the tire mfg. if so why doesn't BRP drop them, or is it that the bikes ride different than others. i had metzlers on my 08 wing and they lasted 13 thousand miles, i really don't understand tires and if we can buy a tire that gets better millage, than why will some dealers only instal the tires that came with the bike.
Guzzi
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Have 2500 miles on the new Arachnid rear tire on my 2014. Rides nice and handles great. No issues yet, and am not to worried about tire wear. Never got much over 8000 miles on the rear tires on my Goldwings, and good tires are the only thing between my A!! And the pavement, so I consider good tires cheap insurance.
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