Front tire wear

[docdoru]

Did your Spyder front tires experience uneven wear?
See http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25794

 

[boborgera]

Did your Spyder's front tires experience uneven wear?

No, 16+ Thousand miles on the stock tires, Looks like they'll last another 16 thousand.
And though i don't recommend this i rarely check air presser's.:dontknow:

 

[fastfraser]

No place to post. Wear on both inner front tires. Replaced every 6,000 miles for 3 sets of tires until I did the alignment myself and now all is well.

 

[pjp623]

Yes, inner edge wear on both front tires, worse on right.

 

[retired1]

My RT wore the front tires the same as pjp623. Replaced them at 12M.:gaah:

 

[GaryTheBadger]

2008 GS, at 8k miles BOTH inner front edges were nearly bald. Had them dismounted/remounted to get another 8k miles.

 

[retread]

2008 GS, inner edge of both fronts, became noticable after adjusting shocks to highest point, 19000 miles.

john

 

[3whlLefty]

Both

Both tires wearing on the inner half. I might get 8000 miles out of them. I'm going to try to find an alignment shop that can check the front end and then buy car tires.

 

[SethO]

the first set was dead in the inside of both at 12k, and about every 12 k until a real alignment was done at honda house in st cloud and I have about 16k and they are have a little bit of tread on them.

 

[kman]

Inner edge wear on both tires but worse on right side.

 

[kml354]

tires

My RT wore the front tires the same as pjp623. Replaced them at 12M.:gaah:

WOW you got 12 million miles on your tires, not bad. LOL

 

[Raptor]

11,000. Right inside was fried, left tire was perfect. Rear was completely gone, but wear was even. Too early to tell on the new set if the alignment that was done fixed anything, but I am hopeful.

 

[bone crusher]

keep the pressure down a little...

 

[WackyDan]

No place to post. Wear on both inner front tires. Replaced every 6,000 miles for 3 sets of tires until I did the alignment myself and now all is well.

12,500 and same amount of inner side wear on each of mine.

 

[bjt]

I've got 31,000 miles on my stock front tires. :thumbup:

 

[SpyderWolf]

Here are some pictures of my tire wear before replacing my fronts.

View of both fronts:

Left front tire:

Right front tire:

The left wasn't in bad shape at all, but the right was well on its way out. It was much worse than this after the SitS event and pushing it through The Dragon. I had new tires put on just before going to Biketoberfest in Daytona.

 

[jedd]

Inner on both for me I rotated on rims at 5000 miles at 10,000 they were back to even now at 12000 and will replace about 15-17000

Jim:thumbup:

Good poll Doc:2thumbs:

 

[Roadkill]

early tire $wap$ can be expen$ive

+Re the poll, I replied yes, inner right.

I swapped out the wheels/tires on my 2008 GS with Bridgestone Potenzas (P165/65R14 78S for a Honda Fit) after a repeat concern of extreme inner wear on the front right tire. At the service for the first tire change I'd been told this wear was normal.

Granted, the service manual states, "It is normal to see uneven wear on tires depending on how the vehicle is driven and road conditions. The front tires external or internal edges tread will wear unevenly depending on if the vehicle is driven smoothly or aggressively." I ride very aggressively, but this kind of wear is abnormal. (Tires are presented as they'd be mounted looking at the front of the bike.)
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10172.JPG

I didn't take any lift/swap images when I brought the unmounted wheels to a tire service center, but simply loosen the lugs, lift under the forward left or right frame segment (or under the lower suspension arms per the service manual), swap the wheel/tire, remount it, drop it back down on hand-tightened lugs, then tighten them to spec (77 lbft). Very easy. Very nearly everybody should be able to do this themselves. The aggregate cost was $110 per tire (mounted) vs. $114 per stock tire (mounted).

The service manual warns to tread lightly (my poetic license) to allow the VSS to recognize new tires during a 186-mile break-in period, and it also warns that the VSS is calibrated for specific tires (size & tread pattern). My experience has shown them similar in feel to stock, likely due to the stock sizing equivalence.

These tires have already lasted 21,000 miles, with one rotation, and lots more miles left. (Since they're not available in RWL, I hand-painted mine.)
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10150.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10178.JPG

Ride on.
Roadkill
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10319.JPG

 

[johnnyg]

I have mine changed every or rotated every 5000 mi I'am going to cuba with the with know worry at all about them. You are welcome to check them out when you see us. Oh by the way I run 28 pci in the front and 26 in the rear. cj