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RT-S Front tires
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cyclekid58
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BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
A much better tire - IMO
" Vredesteins " Quatrac 5 , model ...... They are probably the best wet / dry road tire sold today ..... they have 14in. & 15 inch sizes to fit All Spyders ....... Tire Rack is currently shipping these FREE ....... Mike :thumbup:
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tire...ewall=Blackwall&partnum=865HR5QT5XL&tab=Sizes
TIRE RACK TEST RESULTS VREDESTEIN QUATRAC 5
Video; Are These Grand Touring All-Season Tires the Way of the Future? (06:25) Scroll down at link above to see this video comparison of 3 Grand Touring All-Season tires
Some drivers can be successful with a single tire solution for their year-round mobility needs. To see how three new three-peak mountain snowflake-branded tires perform and what, if any, tradeoffs come along with this enhanced snow traction, we did a Real World Road Ride and Performance Track Drive.
Read the Full Test Report
TIRE RACK TEST RESULTS VREDESTEIN QUATRAC 5
Video; Are These Grand Touring All-Season Tires the Way of the Future? (06:25) Scroll down at link above to see this video comparison of 3 Grand Touring All-Season tires
Some drivers can be successful with a single tire solution for their year-round mobility needs. To see how three new three-peak mountain snowflake-branded tires perform and what, if any, tradeoffs come along with this enhanced snow traction, we did a Real World Road Ride and Performance Track Drive.
Read the Full Test Report
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BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
VREDESTEIN TIRES
Did you scroll down into the GREEN - performance numbers .....this is why I think they are currently the best all-around tires today ..... compare them to Kumho or Toyo " S " drive ...... Mike :thumbup:
Yep, there's a lot of good info at that link
BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
GOOF INFO
There have been comments & complaints that those tests were done using Cars not Spyders and therefore are totally Invalid ............ I've been to school on this and I feel they are valid .... I have yet to see a highly rated tire become a Crappy tire just because it's on a Spyder annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd I've yet to see a poorly rated tire become a Great tire when used on a Spyder ..... For Spyders using Car tires it's ALL about what PSI you are using ....... JMHO ( and probably Peter Aawen's also ) ................... Mike :thumbup:
I haven't seen a lot of comments and complaints. What I've seen is people trying to get clear, unambiguous answers to their questions about tires from the experts, including yourself. Speaking from experience, that isn't always easy to do on this forum. I don't think anyone is trying to deliberately mislead anyone. I think it's because there are NO independent tests of car tires on Spyders, so everything is conjecture and narrative about experiences folks have had with them.
BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
SpyderAnn01
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I have run both on the RT and I prefer the Formoza. That’s what I’m running on my F3T now as well. They handle great and should last you upwards of 30,000 miles. Another benefit of the Formoza is it is asymmetrical so you can rotate them without dismounting and remounting the tire on the wheel.
Fat Baxter
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In truth, I think that since the stock Kendas are so crappy, anything else is a vast improvement!
FWIW, I currently have Kumho Solus KH16s on the 2014 RT-S. They work for me, but then I'm not an aggressive rider.
FWIW, I currently have Kumho Solus KH16s on the 2014 RT-S. They work for me, but then I'm not an aggressive rider.
jcthorne
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Yokohama Avid S34FA 175/55-15 Great tire for the Spyder.
blacklightning
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I have no comment on the Formosa, as I haven't tried them. But I did have the Federal 595 EVO on my 2014 RT, and I loved them. That is definitely what is going on my F3T when the need for new rubber arrives. I actually didn't know how bad the OEM tires were until using the 595's. The bike had around 18k when I installed them, and rode/drove better than the day it was delivered.
BTW, I am a very agressive driver.
:agree: Wot 'e says!! :agree:
But as Mike mentioned earlier, "....For Spyders using Car tires it's ALL about what PSI you are using ....." - simply because the Car tires are built to be capable of carrying so much more weight than we generally find in a Spyder, and it's the volume of air inside the tire (& therefore the pressure) that actually does the load carrying, so our Spyders need proportionally less volume/pressure than the volume/pressure required to carry a car.... Exactly what that pressure might be is going to be dependant upon many things, largely those related to you & your ryding, where & how you ryde, what you carry, but it IS going to be lower than the pressure needed to carry the weight of a car whichever way you look at it! And running at that (lower) pressure is what lets your chosen car tires flex & warm up & resist punctures & provide traction & clear water out from between the tread & the road so you don't hydroplane and basically let it do all those things that whichever car tire you've chosen has been designed & constructed to do best & excel at - well, once you drop the pressure down to one which is suited to the lighter load imposed by your Spyder anyway.
So once you decide to run a car tire instead of a Kenda, and you recognise the need to run it at a lower pressure than the lightly constructed Kenda or less than whatever pressure that tire might need in it if its being asked to carry something maybe 3 times heavier, then YOU need to choose the tire that has those characteristics that best suit YOUR Ryding needs & wants (be it a Kenda, a car tire, or a piano wire tire or whatever it's your needs and your choice!) Mike has researched what's available over in your part of the world & made an educated suggestion/recommendation about some tires that should be good; SpyderAnn01's done a whole lotta miles on some of the tires available & told everyone what her educated suggestion/preference is for tires that suit the miles she does; jcthorne has fitted more'n just a few car tires to Spyders & made his educated suggestion/recommendation about tires that suit those wanting a tire with better traction.... So you already have a few relatively 'highly educated' suggestions & recommendations, even preferences from people who between them have racked up a fair bit of experience running car tires on Spyders to go on, and then there's ALL THOSE OTHER MILLIONS OF MILES that all the other Spyder Ryders who were disappointed (or worse!) by the Kendas have done on the tires they chose - Ryders who have, in the large, found a tire choice that DOES DO what they need & want from a tire in a way the Kendas didn't & couldn't. And on the whole, like Fat B suggests, they've found that pretty much ANYTHING else is a vast improvement over the Kendas! :2thumbs:
Still, it doesn't really matter how many tires OTHER people try or test or how many miles we might ryde, or even how many independent tests there might one day be, there comes a time where YOU are just going to hafta make a decision about what tires YOU want to run on your Spyder.... maybe one based upon the recommendations & experiences of others; maybe one based upon someone else's published tests; but ultimately its gotta be your choice based upon your own perception of your needs & wants, or it's always going to be a guess or a compromise & that means it's waaayyy more likely to be a disappointment. :lecturef_smilie:
SO, over to you, it sounds like it's probably time for you to make YOUR choice..... :thumbup:
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Deanna777
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No we don't.
People should use the "Advanced Search box" top right hand corner, below the Log Out, Settings, My Profile tabs.
I know there are new spyder/current spyder owners that join this site.
Deanna
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BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
Tires evolve
Federal made changes to EVO and I guess decided not call it EVO II - I think the Formoza is a better tire than the EVO was ...... Michelin did much the same with the Defender , they now make the Defender - T&H, which has improved All around Performance ratings .......There are still " EVO's " for sale but they OLD stock & eventually will dis-appear like the Michelin Hydro-Edge did ...........Mike :thumbup:
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PMK
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Checked today, isn’t this the same EVO as always?
http://www.federaltire.com/en/products_detail.php?class=UHP&products_detail_sn=7
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