Tire date code comfirmation

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

My front Q-5s have been running 9 months now, 24,200 miles, and still have almost 9/32 tread depth remaining. I run 15-17 psi.
I did have them re-balanced at 20K miles, and that helped... I was getting some handlebar vibration, and that fixed it.

Color me Happy! :yes:

:clap::clap::clap: Glad to hear this .... I get lots of PM's about these tires, and they always ask " how long will they last ( miles ) " .... so your mileage info is very helpful .... Thanks ....... As to your needing to re-balance - it doesn't happen often, but sometimes a Weight comes loose from the wheel .... this is generally because it wasn't cleaned and wiped with alcohol before attaching the weights. The folks I use to balance my wheels ( for all my veh's. ) do an excellent job .... However I always watch and bring my own Alcohol to wipe it off .... have never thrown a weight yet :roflblack:..... Mike :thumbup: ................. Glad you using the proper PSI for those tires hyea:

 

[missouriboy]

My front Q-5s have been running 9 months now, 24,200 miles, and still have almost 9/32 tread depth remaining. I run 15-17 psi.
I did have them re-balanced at 20K miles, and that helped... I was getting some handlebar vibration, and that fixed it.

Color me Happy! :yes:

WHOA! Big mistake here... I said 9 months. But it's been a YEAR and 9 months! (I only looked at the month, and not the year, of the purchase date. Dummy!)

 

[MONK]

Got these mounted today. Balanced, too. I think it took 1.25oz on the left side and .75oz on the right side. The guy said the factory had 2.25oz on one side and 1.5oz on the other (or close to it). I told him to put 16# in the tires. He said 61# is a bit much, how about 38#. I said, NO! I want 16#, ONE SIX. I watched and the balance is now PERFECT. When I hooked my FOBO2 back up it showed 16/15.4. (I think one of the sensors on the FOBO2 is off. I've check the tire pressures on the OEM tires and gotten them PERFECT, side to side and the FOBO2 would still show 1 about a 1/2# more.) He had to add misc pieces to his balancer to make it work. Ya know, that's one thing BuRP could improve upon. Make that hub hole more "normal" size so balancing is easier. I even called the local bike shop (who doesn't normally service Spyders). He said they've tried balancing front Can Am tires before but couldn't because they don't have the "right equipment".

 

[Possible]

Too bad you aren't closer to Missouri. I've got a Mark Parnes balancer with the VFR adapters, so I should be in good shape. And
got the longer shaft to balance the rear too.

 

[MONK]

Too bad you aren't closer to Missouri. I've got a Mark Parnes balancer with the VFR adapters, so I should be in good shape. And
got the longer shaft to balance the rear too.

They were able to balance them. They just had to think outisde the box again and use multiple pieces instead of the single cone they normally would.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

They were able to balance them. They just had to think outisde the box again and use multiple pieces instead of the single cone they normally would.

Interesting. I don't remember my local tire shop having to do anything extra to balance my fronts.

 

[canamjhb]

I wonder...... Why tires are built in "codes". Why couldn't they just put the date of manufacture on the tire? And that goes for speed rating too. Why couldn't they just put "07/20 and 120MPH" so we all don't have to decipher the tire codes.....? Jim