Front tire vibration

[Claimbo]

I have had a front tire vibration since I bought my 2016 RTS a year ago. I have put on a tensioner, replaces tires twice, had the all balanced and 3 wheel aligned. Its had new rims and tires put on it today and it still vibrates at 74 to 80- MPH. I have replaced the front end with a baja ron bar as well. I run the tires at 20 pounds in the front and 29 to 30 in the rear. BTW, I got 14k miles out of my rear tire! I don't know what else to do with it. Its done this since day one and Can Am has no idea whats wrong.

Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have a fix for it?

I have had this bike in the shop for this problem more than a dozen times. Anyone have an idea?
Claimbo

 

[DGoebel]

Dynamic Balancers from LaMonster or TricLED, try just the front set and see if they don't smooth it out. They did for my Spyder running PPA wheels with no wheel weights even.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

FRONT VIBRATION

99% of the time it is caused by tire imbalance ( rarely wheel imbalance ) however if you have Kenda tires it could very well be the tires ..... they are known to have defective tires frequently ..... or whoever did your tire/wheel balancing didn't know how to do it :dontknow: ........ Mike :thumbup:

 

[Peter Aawen]

Wot 'e ^^ says!! If you are still running Kendas, then that's most likely gonna be your problem!! Toss them & get some quality tires!

I reckon you'll be surprised at how well your Spyder CAN feel & behave once it's got some good rubber under it! :thumbup:

 

[Mazo EMS2]

Did they check other mechanical stuff like bushings, bearings, rear tire balance, rear rim, rear sprocket, front sprocket, the drive belt...etc...? Could there be a body panel loose underneath somewhere?

 

[Claimbo]

Dynamic Balancers from LaMonster or TricLED, try just the front set and see if they don't smooth it out. They did for my Spyder running PPA wheels with no wheel weights even.

I tried that. It didn't work. Thanks anyway.

 

[Claimbo]

99% of the time it is caused by tire imbalance ( rarely wheel imbalance ) however if you have Kenda tires it could very well be the tires ..... they are known to have defective tires frequently ..... or whoever did your tire/wheel balancing didn't know how to do it :dontknow: ........ Mike :thumbup:

I saw the tires being balanced. They were done correctly. Its not balancing. This is the third set of Kendras. I can't imagine all three sets and rims can be bad. Thanks anyway.

 

[Claimbo]

Did they check other mechanical stuff like bushings, bearings, rear tire balance, rear rim, rear sprocket, front sprocket, the drive belt...etc...? Could there be a body panel loose underneath somewhere?

Yes, they checked it all. I just had my 13k maintenance . Everything has been has been checked. Its supposably all good.

 

[trikermutha]

You know how many times I had my tires/wheels balanced and they were still not right.
Finally the last place did them right

I went with a road force balance ..Locate one of those machines and someone that knows how to use it and you should be better. Oh and they will need a small cone for there machine most shops don't have the small cone.

I bring one with me and have them balance the Spyder wheels that way.

Stock wheels maybe the problem as I went with a whole different tire than stock and same results until the balance was corrected properly

good luck

 

[davehirst]

Vibration

2015 RT S, had the same problem. Dealer tried different wheels off of a demonstrator they had in stock the the problem went away. They replaced the tires, balanced and lazer aligned and problem went away. I feel your frustration, as mine was similar. By the way they put kendas back on. They don't use anything else they said. Have 4000 miles on them and they still run nice. I have 13500 on the rear Kenda and still have tread. It will need to be replaced end of season, but seems ok to me. (By the way, I looked at the wheel weights on the front tires they installed and the left one has A LOT of stick on weights, but again, runs fine. Just can't see a new tire needing that much weight. )

 

[wd8ajj]

I just replaced my front tires to Federals and removed the Vee brand. What a difference. The Vee tires would shake the front end something fierce , even with Lamonsters balencers. Talking around found out that the Vee tires are made as bad as the OEM's are. Out of round and never be able to balance them.
After 2 months of fighting front end problems will NEVER buy Vee brand tires again. There even made for the Spyders. Wonder if they make the Kendas under contract.......

 

[DJFaninTN]

kendra's suck. get rid of them and you'll love your bike again

 

[Roadster Renovations]

I have Federals on the RT and love them. Just bought another set for the F3. Kendras suck.

 

[papanorm]

Another vote to toss the Kenda's. You will be amazed at the immediate improvement in smoothness and ride quality. You can order Federals, Continentals Yokohamas and so on and take the wheels and tires to a local tire shop to mount and balance them.