:agree: The OE Spec Kenda tires really
NEED to be pretty close to the pressures indicated in the operator's guide &/or on the tire placard - they
NEED those pressures to safely carry the load that you & your Spyder impose on them!! :lecturef_smilie:
However, that
will mean your rear tire is quite likely to wear out in the centre of the tread first, possibly even fairly rapidly, but that
IS NOT necessarily any indication of over-inflation on these lightly constructed tires - this wear is largely due to the light construction of the tire not being heavy enough to be capable of stopping the centre of the tread on what is really a fairly wide tire from being 'thrown outwards' by centrifugal force as it stretches the lightweight sidewalls in and up, causing the tread centre to 'balloon out' and effectively forcing the tire to run on
only that narrow centre strip of tread!
Lowering the pressure on OE Spec Kendas to counter any supposed 'over-inflation' & centre tread wear has not only proven to be mainly useless at minimising this wear characteristic, but it will also compromise the Kenda's load carrying capacity, usually making that 'ballooning out' even
worse AND introducing a lot of tire casing instability with a resulting loss of easy directional control & increased 'tire squirm' while cornering!! So keep the pressures on the OE spec Kendas (and any of their clones, Kanines, Arachnids...) at or close to the operator's guide recommended pressures! :lecturef_smilie:
Pretty much all of the 'lower tire pressure' discussion on the Forum here is
ONLY directed at those running alternative
auto tires, with their heavier/stronger construction & higher load ratings that are well able to carry the heavier loads imposed upon them by most autos, on their Spyders/Rykers! When auto tires are fitted to your Spyders/Rykers, where the loading imposed is maybe around or possibly a bit less than one third of that imposed by the auto's those tires
usually carry,
that is the only time and
those are the only tires that'll fit our Spyders/Rykers which are up to being operated at lower pressures than those indicated in the operator's guide! :thumbup:
