teninospyder
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Background - I bought these tires during the winter and was going to hold off installation for another few thousand miles on my ORIGINAL set of Kenda tires, which incidentally have 26,676 miles on them and still almost half the tread left, with no issues over the last 41/2 years.....just my experience, people. :dontknow:
HOWEVER...looking at our plans for extended summer trips this year, and realizing I "probably" won't wear out the NEW tires during my remaining riding years, I decided to swap tires last Saturday at a local tire shop. They removed my old tires (which they disposed of also), installed the 2 new Vredestein Quatrac5 tires, and spin balanced them for $20 total cost.:clap::clap: I returned home and put them on our :spyder: I torqued the nuts to 75FTLBs.
Today, after confirming I had put 15PSI in each (which was recommended by Blueknight911), we went for a 100 mile ride on highway, city, and country roads. Speeds from 0-67mph...depending of course on where we were:roflblack: I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW IMPRESSED I WAS WITH THE DIFFERENCE I WAS FEELING WITH THESE TIRES ! Just the act of turning the wheels or holding steady at any speed seemed so much easier, and the road noise was so much quieter too! The accuracy of the spin balance job also was evident in that I had NO vibration at any speed - something I did have a little of before. Not a lot, but I did notice it at times. My soul mate also agreed the ride overall "felt" much softer. I am now looking forward to many many miles of worry free and safe riding on these tires :yes::yes::yes:
Finally, I want to thank Blueknight911 for all his inputs to me on this subject. I know I asked way too many times, way too many questions, but he always took the time to explain to me what I needed to know and understand. Thanks again Mike:clap::clap::clap:
HOWEVER...looking at our plans for extended summer trips this year, and realizing I "probably" won't wear out the NEW tires during my remaining riding years, I decided to swap tires last Saturday at a local tire shop. They removed my old tires (which they disposed of also), installed the 2 new Vredestein Quatrac5 tires, and spin balanced them for $20 total cost.:clap::clap: I returned home and put them on our :spyder: I torqued the nuts to 75FTLBs.
Today, after confirming I had put 15PSI in each (which was recommended by Blueknight911), we went for a 100 mile ride on highway, city, and country roads. Speeds from 0-67mph...depending of course on where we were:roflblack: I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW IMPRESSED I WAS WITH THE DIFFERENCE I WAS FEELING WITH THESE TIRES ! Just the act of turning the wheels or holding steady at any speed seemed so much easier, and the road noise was so much quieter too! The accuracy of the spin balance job also was evident in that I had NO vibration at any speed - something I did have a little of before. Not a lot, but I did notice it at times. My soul mate also agreed the ride overall "felt" much softer. I am now looking forward to many many miles of worry free and safe riding on these tires :yes::yes::yes:
Finally, I want to thank Blueknight911 for all his inputs to me on this subject. I know I asked way too many times, way too many questions, but he always took the time to explain to me what I needed to know and understand. Thanks again Mike:clap::clap::clap:
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