Positive Camber on my Ryker 600 -- Warranty?

[SportsterDoc]

According to the sticker on the trans filter cover, recommendation is 25 front and 28 rear.

Mine currently is 24 front and 28 rear, with very even wear.

At 17 front, I would expect wear on the outside, both sides, rather than center wear, as to be expected for over inflation.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I ran 25 rear and 17 front for nearly 5k miles. A few hundred miles ago I raised it to 28 rear and 25 front. The ride is much improved.

If 95% of that tire wear is from only 5,000 or so miles at 25 R and 17 F ...... it was not an over inflation situation ..... I'm back to bad alignment ../.... Mike :thumbup:

 

[Peter Aawen]

:agree: - well, that AND the fact that you clearly missed out on scoring any 'luck' in the Kenda tire draw... those were pretty obviously crappy tires to start with!! :gaah:

 

[SportsterDoc]

I think the stock Kendas are 10/32 tread depth, new.
Mine was down to 9/32 at 2000 miles and 8/32 at 3000 miles, so life expectancy is probably 9,000, maybe 10,000 miles maximum for my type of riding.
Doubt I will go less than 3/32, so perhaps a total of 8,000 miles. Must be cornering more aggressively than the first 2,000 miles.
Plus, on the Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon, Zion trip, I hit the brakes hard a few times for a photo op.

Fronts started at 26 PSI and are now 24 PSI (normal pressure loss), measured as cold as practical (garage this morning is 95F).

See post 3

https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums...e-RYKER&p=1526685&highlight=tread#post1526685

 

[jcthorne]

I might have come into something here. My garage floor has rubber/vinyl interlocking tiles. Today I was pushing the Ryker around before going after the caster alignment. Well, I could hear definite screeking from the front tires. Just like rubber soled shoes on any hard flooring. Wait a minute, me thinks. It can't be this simple !! I get on my f3 and start moving it around and nothing, quiet as a church mouse. Okay, here goes nothing. I adjusted the caster one full turn in and rolled the Ryker again. Quiet ! It is entirely possible that this may be all we need to get the caster alignment close to spec. I'll bet all it would take to experiment yourselves is a couple dozen or fewer peel and stick floor tiles in your garage. Thanks for all your comments to get me going on this.

There is no caster adjustment on Ryker or Spyder.

 

[SportsterDoc]

Hopefully, the OP has new realized that adjusting tie-rods affects only toe.