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Tire size
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Check out this thread (one of many on this topic) http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...timax-replacement-tire&highlight=altimax+rt43
They lied. Both my RTs have this tire on the rear.
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Highwayman2013
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I have that exact tire on my F3L. They lied.
Woodaddict
Active member
WHAT DEALER??????
MUST NOT BE HONDA OF W/S. I TOOK THEM THAT REAR TIRE AND THEY PUT IT ON AND BALANCED IT. I TOOK IT OFF MYSELF. STAY AWAY FROM KP MOTOSPORTS IF YOU WENT THERE
MUST NOT BE HONDA OF W/S. I TOOK THEM THAT REAR TIRE AND THEY PUT IT ON AND BALANCED IT. I TOOK IT OFF MYSELF. STAY AWAY FROM KP MOTOSPORTS IF YOU WENT THERE
. It happens all to often.
Lew L
Well-known member
I changed lots of tires. Low profile tires ( aspect ratios of 40 or less) can be real tough with out the extra equipment on the tire machine. A tire technician who can't put a 60 series( aspect ratio) tire on a correct diameter rim is:
1. lying to you.
2. ripping you off
3. doesn't know his job.
( all three??)
As I said before----- hundreds if not thousands of us on this site have auto tires on our :spyder2:'s.
Lew L
1. lying to you.
2. ripping you off
3. doesn't know his job.
( all three??)
As I said before----- hundreds if not thousands of us on this site have auto tires on our :spyder2:'s.
Lew L
What does that even mean? Not making sense.
Anyone know anything about these tires?
https://www.bikebandit.com/tires-tu...MI1Iy97pjG3gIVx7bACh0hhALYEAQYAiABEgJVWvD_BwE
https://www.bikebandit.com/tires-tu...MI1Iy97pjG3gIVx7bACh0hhALYEAQYAiABEgJVWvD_BwE
Lew L
Well-known member
Low center in rim
Hi Pete,
When installing a tire ,one MUST keep the tire bead in the smallest diameter of the rim---- or you CAN'T get the tire eased onto the rim. That low spot is called the low center.
It's usually 4 to 8 inches short of getting the tire bead on if you don't. Any one who has changed a few tires KNOWS this.
Lew L
Hi Pete,
When installing a tire ,one MUST keep the tire bead in the smallest diameter of the rim---- or you CAN'T get the tire eased onto the rim. That low spot is called the low center.
It's usually 4 to 8 inches short of getting the tire bead on if you don't. Any one who has changed a few tires KNOWS this.
Lew L
I wonder if they've just NEVER fitted a car tire before (ie fitted any tire onto a Spyder or any auto rim?) and so don't know about the low centre thing?? :dontknow:
Motor cycle rims, especially those that have spokes, often don't have quite the same rim features; & the narrower rim & tire width on most motorcycles means the fitter usually doesn't need to do anything but stretch the bead over the lip of the rim using levers or their fitting machine... that's one of the reasons 'real' motorcycle tires & rims have different bead profiles to car/Spyder tires & rims!!
That 'don't forget to drop the first bead fitted into the low centre' thing is often a rookie trap for newbie car tire fitters in auto service or retail tire outlets, so maybe an experienced motorcycle fitter who's only ever done motorcycle tires before could get sprung when faced with a Spyder & its car tires & rims for the first time, but surely a fitter at a BRP dealer must've fitted some tires onto Spyders before (& therefore should know a little about fitting car tires on car rims?) & surely BRP would include something about this in their Spyder accreditation training for technicians?? I guess there just aren't that many accredited Spyder Technicians around?!? :shocked: Or someone at that Dealer is just telling porkies? :yikes:
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canamjhb
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I wonder what the dealers' thoughts are about the two people on this thread who said they (this dealer) mounted this exact tire for them. If I were in your shoes, I would confirm the Altimax specs. and make sure your tire meets those specs. If so, then revisit this with the dealer. I would also PM those two people who have had your size tire mounted by this dealer and ask for their permission to have the dealer look at their records to know that your new tire does, indeed, fit. The good reports of the others using this dealer just don't match how the dealer is treating you. Makes me wonder..............
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