Tires again

[Northofthesix]

A couple of days ago, I noticed the center of the rear tire on my 2018 RT was showing wear. I contacted a dealer about 40 miles from here to check on options for replacement. Since they are fairly new to the Spyder game, they advised me that they had never done that job before. They said the book shows it as a 3 hour job. They have Kendas in stock, but said they would install another brand if I provided one of the same size.
Does 3 hours sound reasonable?
I'm still looking at other options.

The shop that did my rear tire charged me $100... of course, it was an actual tire shop, run by a guy who rydes an RT so I figured that was fair. Took him about an hour, and he chatted with me for a LOT of it

 

[Piratezz]

Maybe I should look into, shipping Michelin Cross climate, to the USA, wonder If it could be cost effective, I paid for two fronts 175/60-15 200 euro, incl. mounting and balancing, sofar I have driven these tyres for a little over 750km's, and they are indeed, way better then the stock kenda's. If there is interest for, i am happy to look into it.

 

[nycgordonf]

165/60/15
Also fills up the wheel-well quite nice with the slightly higher sidewall.

Thank you. I suspected as much. I almost bought them in 175/55 size only to realize that size is only rated T (118mph). Went back and bought the 165/60 which were H rated. In fact it’s the only tire that size that tire rack carries that’s rated H. Everything else is T.

Looking forward to putting them on my Spyder.

 

[AZCanAm]

Thank you. I suspected as much. I almost bought them in 175/55 size only to realize that size is only rated T (118mph). Went back and bought the 165/60 which were H rated. In fact it’s the only tire that size that tire rack carries that’s rated H. Everything else is T.

Looking forward to putting them on my Spyder.

My pleasure bud. I love the turns now. The feel is amazing and they look great (in my opinion).

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Maybe I should look into, shipping Michelin Cross climate, to the USA, wonder If it could be cost effective, I paid for two fronts 175/60-15 200 euro, incl. mounting and balancing, sofar I have driven these tyres for a little over 750km's, and they are indeed, way better then the stock kenda's. If there is interest for, i am happy to look into it.

Shipping ( on top of the price of the tire ) would be more than the cost of the tire. .... a couple of years back I mailed a very small and less than 1lb. package to Australia and that cost $27.00 :gaah::gaah::gaah: .... Yes it was a lot further but it wasn't the size and weight of two tires....Mike :thumbup:

 

[Mikey]

Tires, then motor oil and finally sway bars. Pick your poison. I am hitting on all three cylinders. Federal x2/General x1 tires, Rotella T-6 and Bajaron's sway bar, how bad of me!

:banghead: Oh please!!!!!!

 

[Mikey]

my pleasure bud. I love the turns now. The feel is amazing and they look great (in my opinion).

nice!!!!!!!!

 

[ricford]

Based on posts about the performance of Vredestein tires, I bought Quatrac 5 SL for the front and Sprint +SL for the rear. Tirerack for the three sat 375. HAD to get 215/50R15 for the rear. Apparently Vredestein does not make a 225. I hope it does well. On the rear, I replaced the Kenda rear at about 1 K miles. i used Altimax 43 which didn't last long. Then used Kumho AST for 20K miles plus and will change this week at 42k miles. i changed factory Kenda at 1000 miles with Continental Conticonticontact Pro and have used them for 5 years. I still have 9mm tread. Based on this forum, I am expecting exceptional performane. Like taking a 90 at, ok, less than that but with confidence. I will leave next week for a couple thousand mile ride. I'm thinking of coffee in Fargo. I'll let you know.

 

[ricford]

All thanks to the generous donation from RayBJ.

 

[Pooch]

Ok... really dumb girl question here... please don’t beat me..too hard anyway... been reading ALL the tire threads out here... I know NOTHING about tires and sizes and what brands are good or bad... so why are people putting one brand and/or type of tire on the front vs. a different tire on the back? For example, why not put the Vredestein Q5 tire on all the way around? Thanks.

 

[Little Blue]

Vredestein Q5

I was going to have a 'car tire' installed on my Spyder RT, but couldn't find a dealer that would install it.
So as other people have said about the OEM.

I had my local dealer install the new K9.

The installed time was 1/2 of an hour.
The K9 was on sale and cost less than the OEM.

Some times you have to bite the bullet.

I had 14K on the OEM Tire and it was ready to be replaced.

If you can remove the rear tire from your Spyder this is a different way to go.

Happy Trails .........:thumbup:

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Ok... really dumb girl question here... please don’t beat me..too hard anyway... been reading ALL the tire threads out here... I know NOTHING about tires and sizes and what brands are good or bad... so why are people putting one brand and/or type of tire on the front vs. a different tire on the back? For example, why not put the Vredestein Q5 tire on all the way around? Thanks.

Hi Pooch, I'm one of the " tire experts " ( Peter Aawen is another ) and I discovered the Q-5. Currently it's the best all-around tire for any Spyder. ... There arn't many dealers, so most by them on-line at either TireRack, or Vulcan tire , or Simple tire. .... Q-5's come in many sizes for the front ( 14 & 15 in. ) ... but only TWO sizes for the rear ... a 205/60-15 and a 205/65-15 either one will correct the speedometer error that occurs with the 225/50 - 15 OEM size... if you like the looks of a wider tires get the General Altimax RT 43 ( in V-speed rating ) in 215/60-15. .... These are widely available from numerous sources even E-bay :roflblack: ... good luck ... Mike :thumbup:

 

[Pooch]

Thank you ... I appreciate your time and knowledge..