IdahoMtnSpyder
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Keep in mind that when the Spyder was introduced in 2007 no one knew how many would be sold. BRP had to search for a manufacturer who would supply tires made specifically for the Spyder. I'm guessing Kenda was the only one willing to take the gamble back then. You know the old adage, "Beggars can't be choosy!" Look back through some of my previous posts about tires to see what the main reason is, I believe, that BRP never installed car tires as OEM.
Junk is an excessively harsh term to use. The fronts generally have been fairly decent tires providing decent tread wear but with a somewhat high percentage of defective ones. It's a good question why BRP and Kenda haven't done more to give the rears better tread life. They're not the best tires by any means, but they aren't junk tires either. If they were there would have been many lawsuits already in the past 14 years.
Oh, and a point of clarification. The company is BRP, not Bombardier. BRP was the recreational products division of Bombardier years ago but was sold off as it's own company. Bombardier makes jets and trains.
