TIRE PSI

[Motorcycledave]

Warning.......
Remove the old wheel weights !!!!
they were there to balance the OLD TIRE not the new tire.
Any good tire store can balance your tires front AND back but you will have to remove the back tire
and take it in to them. the air pressure on the tire is the MAX pressure air on a car your Spyder is much lighter
so 51 lbs would be way to much pressure, start with the Spyder recommended air and go from there.

 

[SteveandBelinda]

I have the stock Kenda's still on front on 2014 RTL , and I have 30,000 on bike, so the fronts have 30,000 miles, and I run them at 19psi. The rear is a Kuhmo, and it has a little over 20,000 with somewhat good tread left, and I run the rear at 28 psi.

 

[007james]

I have the stock Kenda's still on front on 2014 RTL , and I have 30,000 on bike, so the fronts have 30,000 miles, and I run them at 19psi. The rear is a Kuhmo, and it has a little over 20,000 with somewhat good tread left, and I run the rear at 28 psi.

I may as well chime in to add my 2 cents. I am really starting to believe no 2 Riders will get the same results. It all depends on one or two up, Freeways or Country Roads, and I recently read some one post in a Harley Forum that tires wear out faster when riding on the Blue Ridge Parkway, because the Federal Parks Sytem uses embedded glass particles mxed with the asphalt as a deterent! I don’t know if this is true, but I do know that I only got 12,300 miles out of the Khumo I just took off the rear of my 2016 RT Limited. I had 3 on my 2012 RT 998, and I got in the low to high 14,000s on them. The Khumo I just removed from my 2016 was bald all the way accross, and I did a lot of experimenting with that tire, on pressures. I started at 28 psi, and kept going lower every time I read another Blue Knight post by Mike, and I settled at 21 psi when I finished. I replaced the Khumo with the General Altimax, and started at 26 psi, and reduced by 2 psi increments, and am now at 20 psi where I intend to stay,....in spite of Blue Knight’s recomended 18 psi. My fronts on my 2016 are OEM Kendras, and have 26,500 on them, but are worn on the insides in spite of my having the ROLO Laser alighment done out of the door when new. I might squeeze another 1000-2000 miles out of the tires, and I have a new set of car tires in the garage. I have been running 20 psi on the OEM Kendras. I will run 18 psi on the car tires. I even think tire wear varies when riding in hot or cold weather.
So, IMO, it isn’t a Slam Dunk or the same for every rider.

 

[UtahPete]

I am really starting to believe no 2 Riders will get the same results. It all depends on one or two up, Freeways or Country Roads, and I recently read some one post in a Harley Forum that tires wear out faster when riding on the Blue Ridge Parkway, because the Federal Parks Sytem uses embedded glass particles mxed with the asphalt as a deterent!

I don’t know if this is true, but I do know that I only got 12,300 miles out of the Khumo I just took off the rear of my 2016 RT Limited. I had 3 on my 2012 RT 998, and I got in the low to high 14,000s on them. The Khumo I just removed from my 2016 was bald all the way across, and I did a lot of experimenting with that tire, on pressures. I started at 28 psi, and kept going lower every time I read another Blue Knight post by Mike, and I settled at 21 psi when I finished. I replaced the Khumo with the General Altimax, and started at 26 psi, and reduced by 2 psi increments, and am now at 20 psi where I intend to stay,....in spite of Blue Knight’s recomended 18 psi.

My fronts on my 2016 are OEM Kendras, and have 26,500 on them, but are worn on the insides in spite of my having the ROLO Laser alighment done out of the door when new. I might squeeze another 1000-2000 miles out of the tires, and I have a new set of car tires in the garage. I have been running 20 psi on the OEM Kendras. I will run 18 psi on the car tires. I even think tire wear varies when riding in hot or cold weather. So, IMO, it isn’t a Slam Dunk or the same for every rider.

I'm inclined to agree. I appreciate factual responses such as yours, but I think there is a lot of emotion involved in many of the 'recommendations' and endorsements for a particular brand or style or whatever and those are less than useful.

You shared your actual experience with those tires, rather than jumping to some extremely prejudicial conclusions. Thank you for that.

 

[Wildrice]

there are other ways to balance it you have no shop to help. Most will mount but do not line up the mounting marks or even know about them. I hear the balancing disks that Lamonster garage has work well. Then there are some balancing beads and liquids that I don't care for but others do. As to the air pressure....the kuhomo tire is much stiffer with the added plys so I would go lower than the OEM kenda. If you feel the back end bouncing especially in corners lower the pressure. :thumbup:

True Story--if you have a cone supporting the wheel parallel to the floor--like a static balancer--you can balance the tire. Pro-track riders mostly use static balance & they exceed Spyder speeds.
Darrell