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tire pressure
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NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
:agree: I like 20 front/30 rear. Most folks run 18-20 front and 28-30 rear.
Sarge707
Active member
It says 15 Front and 28 Rear +-2Pds.
Is 20 of benefit in the front??
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Please note that 15 pounds is the minimum recommeded tire pressure marked on the front sidewalls. Marking a minimum pressure on a tire is unusual, and usually indicates a possible safety problem below that point. I would personally never run the -2 pounds in front that BRP recommends, for that reason. Twenty in the front will make a night and day difference in the cornering stability and firmness, no matter where the shock preload is set. The difference will amaze you!
Sarge707
Active member
Thanks Scotty! I did a search and found out that I,ll be trying 20 -30 as many suggested. Should make them sweeping and sharper corners LESS mushy as you say!! Great Info here!!
Hmm, I have been running 20/30 consistently and my tires are not down to the wear bars yet at 18,000 kilometres. :dontknow:
Bruce
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Not necessarily in the case of the Spyder. The stock tire has quite a thin tread belt, and is prone to distortion at speed. Many of the higher speed riders seem to see more center wear than those of us that do less highway work and stay within the speed limit. Rider weight or carying a passenger also seems to have an effect. At 5K we show very even wear and at least half the tire life remaining, but we ride like the fuddy-duddies we are.
Dudley
New member
"Premature" rear tire wear has many factors attributed to it...throttle abuse, low air pressure, high air pressure, passenger/no passenger, etc. For the most part, how long you keep your tire will depend on no one else but you. My wife and I are always riding together and my first tire went 16,000 miles. I have 11,000 miles on my second OEM tire and will get over 20,000 out of it. Tire discussions are like gas octane discussions...a lot of personal inputs, all relative to the one doing the input. Let's just ride and enjoy instead of worry about what we, for the most part, cause because of our habits.
After different pressure trials, I have settled on 19F and 28R. Works for us.
After different pressure trials, I have settled on 19F and 28R. Works for us.
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NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
:agree:
BajaRon
Well-known member
In my opinion...YES!
The front tires on the Spyder tend to roll under at the speeds our Spyder is capable of in corners. You can see it in demo videos and you can feel it when cornerning hard.
Even if you don't corner hard normally, you may, someday, come into a corner faster than you realized or intended and you'll appreciate the better traction afforded by 20psi in the front tires.
The Spyder holds the road better with 20lbs in the front. Some say it rides harder with a higher tire pressure but I think you have to be pretty sensitive to really notice a big difference in ride quality.
For me it's 20-Front and 28~30 rear.
NancysToy is right on about the thin tread belt and center distortion with speed on the stock tire. So, the faster you go and the more time you spend at high speed the more likely the stock tire will wear out in the middle.
The Toyo I'm running now has 4 tread belts (as opposed to the 2 tread belts on the stock tire). The tread area is noticably stiffer on the Toyo and is specifically designed not to distort at higher speeds.
Will this translate to more miles? Don't know yet. But it should.
fastfraser
Blazing Member
Run 20 front 30 in the back both with Ride-ON . Only got 6,500 miles on front tires. Down to the wear bars on the inside of both front tires. BRP Tecs say this is with-in spec. (6-15,000 ) I know some of you are getting 20-30,000 . Anyhow i found the :spyder2: handled so much better with the Evolution sway bar. Most of my rides are two-up.
Star Cruiser
New member
I run 17 front and 28 rear. Tire wear is pretty good at 29,000km (18,000 miles) I ride pretty hard in the corners but overall, gradual on the throttle. Based on the first 29K iit looks like I can expect near 50,000km (30,000miles) on the rear tire. The front tires are still like new.
This may be why mine is wearing so fast. I spend a lot of time at 70+.
Tom in NM
New member
just to add one more point to consider . . .
. . . . according to Kenda, 30 psi is the max you should have in the tire - either front or rear, and hot or cold.
see this thread; http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=133603&postcount=4
It ( as Dudley and Scotty mention in that thread ) confusing and a lot of factors will influence the PSI, like ambient temperature, altitude, riding speeds, bike load and so on.
Something to consider.
Tom
. . . . according to Kenda, 30 psi is the max you should have in the tire - either front or rear, and hot or cold.
see this thread; http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=133603&postcount=4
It ( as Dudley and Scotty mention in that thread ) confusing and a lot of factors will influence the PSI, like ambient temperature, altitude, riding speeds, bike load and so on.
Something to consider.
Tom
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