Tire picture.

[missouriboy]

Two photos I made today...
I don't have a tread gauge but the original Kenda fronts have one to two 32nds above the wear bar, at 70K miles!

 

[Chupaca]

Oh the other thread....

I saw the other thread with no pictures .... Now I see them on this one. I have had good results with the Kenda tires.Two rears and two fronts. I am to running a Vee Rubber Arachnid rear and it is doing well. I do have some Missouri mule in me and have to see for myself. Niether tire are liked here but work for me. Glad to see others out there getting the most out of them...:thumbup:

 

[h0gr1der]

This is what puzzles me about the Kenda tires. Some folks report totally worn out at 8000 miles, and then a story like this comes along. I know front end alignment makes a difference, but this much? 70K on one set of tires? I don't expect that much out of the car tire I put on.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

This is what puzzles me about the Kenda tires. Some folks report totally worn out at 8000 miles, and then a story like this comes along. I know front end alignment makes a difference, but this much? 70K on one set of tires? I don't expect that much out of the car tire I put on.

8000 to 12,000 mi for the REAR. ….. 70,000 K for the front is really unusual …. It seem Calif. and Texas have the perfect combination of Temperature and Road surface to enable the Kenda to last that long ……. Maybe some folks from those states will report what Auto tires are getting …… Mike hyea:

 

[Thopper]

In Southern California I usually get 60-70K on my pickup tires and my jeep wrangler....doesn't really matter what brand although I prefer Continental. I do an immense amount of freeway driving.

 

[missouriboy]

This is what puzzles me about the Kenda tires. Some folks report totally worn out at 8000 miles, and then a story like this comes along. I know front end alignment makes a difference, but this much? 70K on one set of tires? I don't expect that much out of the car tire I put on.

I didn't really expect this much mileage either, but there it is! That tire looks too good to throw away yet, doesn't it? But I'm going with some new Vredesteins anyway, to enjoy them while I can.

Alignment: the other tire is not this good... the inside half is worn twice as thin as the outside, which approximately equals this tire. I don't think I need to worry about alignment! Although it either steers straight, or pulls a little bit to the right... never to the left. But isn't that how car alignments are favored?

I'm on the third rear tire... 16,000 miles now, and it seems hardly worn at all.

 

[BoilerAnimal]

If I paid for an alignment on a vehicle and it didn't go straight, but rather pulled to one side or the other, I would be going straight back to get it adjusted til it did go straight down the road.

When we got our Spyder "Squared Away", Joe didn't ask me if my Spyder pulled to the left. I'm quite sure he was proud of the fact that it now went straight down the road and I didn't have to fight the corners in any way.

It does go straight if I pull my hands back just a bit from the handle bars and doesn't seem to be affected by the crown on a normal road. The before and after difference is really amazing. By the way, we had that done about 15000 miles ago and it's still just as good as the day we had it done. Joe and Ann are the best.

 

[missouriboy]

I've never paid for an alignment. That's factory only, which I know isn't perfect. But the amount of pull, and the amount of wear doesn't indicate any dire error.

 

[missouriboy]

My new Vredesteins have been on for 6 months and 10,200 miles, and it does go pretty much straight down the road now. So I suspect the Kenda side-wear and side-pull was just due to a crappy tire. Note in the picture that the "good" Kenda wore evenly all across the tread.

I don't yet see any wear at all on those new babies. They are superb! I'm trying to run 17psi all around.

 

[Dudley]

Change them while you still can.

 

[lwedwards]

Back when I was riding my Harley in California I would only get around 7,000 miles on the stock 402's, when I moved to Oklahoma I was getting over 17,000 miles on the 402's. Most my riding in California was stop and go in town. In Oklahoma most is freeway. I only have a little over 5,000 miles on my Spyder and it is only 5 months old so the tires currently still look good. I will wait and see what kind of mileage I get but I am already looking for replacement tires and reading all I can to be ready.

 

[Revalden]

I saw the other thread with no pictures .... Now I see them on this one. I have had good results with the Kenda tires.Two rears and two fronts. I am to running a Vee Rubber Arachnid rear and it is doing well. I do have some Missouri mule in me and have to see for myself. Niether tire are liked here but work for me. Glad to see others out there getting the most out of them...:thumbup:

If all the back roads in Missouri are as GREAT as the ones that I've ridden on, that might be why you've had good performance out of your Kendas. I've ridden on Arkansas' twisties and the twisties here in Oklahoma and the Kendas were soooo hard to control it was :yikes: SCAREY!! Don't get me wrong, I love riding in Arkansa b'cuz the state absolutely caters to bikers/bikes, probably their main money making enterprise for both commercial and mom and pop stores.

 

[rbell0]

If you don't have a tire depth gauge put a penny in the grove with Lincolns head down. If you can see all of his head the tire is worn out (2/32's).

 

[ARtraveler]

I have been a OEM Kenda person since day 1 (08 GS SM5). Over the length of five different Spyders, I have averaged between 20K and 25K on the front tires. I have averaged 15K on the rear tires.

Once exception, the 2014 RT's came with a new "soft" rubber Kenda. That one got me 8.5K before giving up the ghost. Changed it out with the "old" style Kenda.

Fast forward to 2019. We moved from AK to AR. Our first service appt. in July 2019, we had all "new" tires put on both Spyders. The 2011 and the 2014. Yes, we went to the "darkside."

The jury is out on mileage since we now are dealing with oranges instead of apples. The 2011 has been traded off and since been sold. Someone got a brand new set of tires there.

I am thinking I have at least a couple years before tires are needed on either of the Spyders. The beta testers are now going to be giving the Kanines a run. I like the "beefier" look. Will be a consideration on future tires when the time comes again.

 

[Wahrsuul]

My '14 RTS came with Kenda's on the front. With around 35-36K miles, they're starting to look like the OPs. There's a Kumho on the rear, and I think I'll replace all three at once.