I have Never had a problem with the Stock tires except that the rear is too expensive?
That doesn't mean that the Kendas spec'd & supplied by BRP for our Spyders aren't on the
far low end of the 'quality tire' scale Sarge, it just means that
you are satisfied with the tire for the ryding you currently do, & that's fine by me, there are times when I too really don't want (or need) anything much more from a tire too! But in my case, that's usually when my Spyder is parked in the shed not running; at most other times, I & many others out there want something better in the way of tire performance, wear, handling, ride, cost, & all those other factors where the Kendas fall short.... :dontknow:
Clearly, from all these threads & posts about tires & alternatives, it's not just me - it seems there are MANY Spyder Ryders out there (
including me at times) who ryde a little differently than you do (possibly more, differently, &/or arguably harder?) & as a result want the tires on
their Spyders to handle & perform somewhat better than 'just good enough' for whatever it may be that they are doing at the time... or maybe they are just more demanding or tight fisted & want better or cheaper?.... Whatever, they obviously have different needs & wants from the tires on their Spyders than you! And many of those Spyder Ryders, if not most of them, have discovered that just about any reasonable quality car tire in a similar size with better load & speed ratings does pretty much
everything waaayyy better than the BRP Spec Kendas!! :shocked:
Hey, I even know of one Spyder Ryder here in Aus who's modded his Spyder to run different sized rims & now runs different spec & sized KENDA tires that for his ryding behave in all respects waaaayyyyy better than the low end BRP Spec'd Kendas, so it's not that Kenda
CAN'T make tires that are better quality & will work better across the board on our Spyders, it's more that
BRP can't or won't accept that some (more likely many, if not even most!) Spyder Ryders actually want
better tires than the low spec Kendas BRP is pushing; and the millions of miles of testing provided to them for free by the many Spyder Ryders out there riding in/across a vast range of conditions who HAVE changed to alternative tires almost invariably shows that pretty much
any car tire
WILL & DOES work even better than the low spec Kendas that they are trying to force everyone to use! :gaah:
So if you are happy with how they work for you, I'm glad for you - but for me & many (many!) other Spyder Ryders & for a vast array of reasons, needs, or wants, the BRP spec Kendas are
barely good enough to serve as black round things to keep the metal of our relatively expensive Spyders off the ground while our Spyders are parked in the shed! :sour:
