teninospyder
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Tires and things
Blueknight911 I always take your input seriously and yes I'm shifting to car tires "when the time is right", but let me just say this please and it is NOT with the intent of adding fuel to the ongoing volcano eruptions here over tires in general. As you type a lot, this is IMHO :thumbup: This is more for "new" people who may read all the other posts as "get off your current tires as fast as you can" .
My front Kendas on our 2014 RTL SE6 now have 22,000 miles on them and around half the useful tread left. They appear by measurement to be wearing evenly across the tread, with the right one having "slight" cupping visible at the lighting right angle. The cupping hasn't gotten any worse that I can tell over the last 5,000 miles. Tires and wheels have not been rebalanced since new. The original rear tire was replaced at 12,000 and the current one has approx. half of it's tread left also. It DOES show some sign of center wear more than sides, but not really that much different.
With respect to pressures I usually run 16 psi cold in the fronts, which I settled on after checking for flat wear pattern many times. The rear is 26 psi cold, and anything more I believe will balloon the tire more and wear the center out faster.
I consider myself an "average" spyder rider meaning no aggressive cornering, speeding or hard stops if not necessary. We always ride 2 up. So far I have not noticed anything indicating a potential problem that would cause us issues like tires breaking the bead or such.
In closing - Again, I'm just giving my observations on maybe getting the most out of what we bought, before changing to something else. Of course changing anything is the owners right always.
opcorn:opcorn:opcorn: Feel free to add something to your coffee anytime.
Blueknight911 I always take your input seriously and yes I'm shifting to car tires "when the time is right", but let me just say this please and it is NOT with the intent of adding fuel to the ongoing volcano eruptions here over tires in general. As you type a lot, this is IMHO :thumbup: This is more for "new" people who may read all the other posts as "get off your current tires as fast as you can" .
My front Kendas on our 2014 RTL SE6 now have 22,000 miles on them and around half the useful tread left. They appear by measurement to be wearing evenly across the tread, with the right one having "slight" cupping visible at the lighting right angle. The cupping hasn't gotten any worse that I can tell over the last 5,000 miles. Tires and wheels have not been rebalanced since new. The original rear tire was replaced at 12,000 and the current one has approx. half of it's tread left also. It DOES show some sign of center wear more than sides, but not really that much different.
With respect to pressures I usually run 16 psi cold in the fronts, which I settled on after checking for flat wear pattern many times. The rear is 26 psi cold, and anything more I believe will balloon the tire more and wear the center out faster.
I consider myself an "average" spyder rider meaning no aggressive cornering, speeding or hard stops if not necessary. We always ride 2 up. So far I have not noticed anything indicating a potential problem that would cause us issues like tires breaking the bead or such.
In closing - Again, I'm just giving my observations on maybe getting the most out of what we bought, before changing to something else. Of course changing anything is the owners right always.
opcorn:opcorn:opcorn: Feel free to add something to your coffee anytime.
