I am starting to shop for tires for my 2015 Can Am Spyder RT. I am thinking of going to car tires but do not know what is best for the Spyder. After looking on the internet I really got confused. There is so much different priced tires. This will probably start a big conversation but I do need some help.
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Tires
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ARtraveler
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We have you mostly covered. Go to the search engine and type in "Tires," you will be pleasantly surprised. :yes:
Fatcycledaddy
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Or scared to death!:shocked:
HankD
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After having read several of the tire discussions on the forum, I've pretty much decided on Schwinn bicycle tires for the fronts, and a Mickey Thompson N-50 Drag Racing tire for the rear. I'll be stylin....
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Sorry I came on here I do my own.After having read several of the tire discussions on the forum, I've pretty much decided on Schwinn bicycle tires for the fronts, and a Mickey Thompson N-50 Drag Racing tire for the rear. I'll be stylin....
Highwayman2013
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There are many options for the rear in 215/60/15. I have experience with this size on an RT and it works well. There are Federal EVO's or Formosa's available online for the front in the stock size. Good luck on your hunt
Fatcycledaddy
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That was ll sort of tongue in cheek.
There is a ton of GREAT information on tires on here with several brands and sizes that will work on your spyder listed.
There is information explaining all of the info on the side of the tire and the most important part of that information is when was the tire manufactured.
Then you will find several discussions on tire pressures and some of them can get rather heated at times.
I will tell you this, the factory or stock tires on your spyder will require a lot more air pressure to keep them safe than a car tire will. The reason being is the sidewall of the stock tire is only 2 ply and therefor very soft requiring a lot more air pressure to keep the spider riding on it as it should. The car tire is normally about a 4 ply sidewall allowing you to run less air pressure to keep the spyder riding the way it should.
I followed Bluenight, Igetaround, and Peter Aawen sugestion of 18 PSI in the rear and 15 PSI in the front with the car tires I have. Spyder handles great and the wet traction is awesome.
I did have to run a little more pressure when riding two up, fully loaded, towing a fully loaded trailer just to stay in the 4 PSI rule. If you are unfamiliar with that rule, it basically is that check your tire pressure cold, ride for about 30 min for the tire to warm up, if the pressure increases more than 4 PSI over what it was cold, you should add more air to it. The bigger increase in tire pressure over the 4 PSI means your tire is creating too much heat because of being too low on pressure.
Hope this helps.
Bob Denman
New member
I tried a Falken ZE912...
It was great when it was new, bur got downright scary, once it wore down. nojoke
So I went to Kumho Ecsta AST for the rear.
I always stuck with the OEM sizing: why rock the boat?
It was a VAST improvement over the Kenda, and I felt no loss of traction as it wore down.
Everyone will tell you that their choice is the best: I'm just saying that the Kumho is worth some consideration. :2thumbs:
It was great when it was new, bur got downright scary, once it wore down. nojoke
So I went to Kumho Ecsta AST for the rear.
I always stuck with the OEM sizing: why rock the boat?
It was a VAST improvement over the Kenda, and I felt no loss of traction as it wore down.
Everyone will tell you that their choice is the best: I'm just saying that the Kumho is worth some consideration. :2thumbs:
Friendly advice.
Putting car tires on any lighter weight vehicle will cause your braking distance to increase. (see all tire manufactures for more)
Putting car tires on a motorcycle is illegal and voids your inspection. (see both Federal and State DOT websites for more)
Putting car tires on a motorcycle will/might void your liability coverage in an accident. (visit or call your insurance company for more)
These are a few of the thrills you will encounter if an investigation ensues because of an accident.
Motorcycle accidents are very expensive because of the injuries sustained in them. (VERY EXPENSIVE!)
So if you want a few extra miles out of the tire tread you might want to rethink that initial savings.
More friendly and fun advice.......
1. If you are going to call or visit your insurance company I suggest you do it anonymously, they keep track of stupid things customers do for future claims denials. I know, I used to do those investigations.
2. If you still want to put car tires on an MC don't post your stupidity online for an investigator to find. (they love admission!)
Putting car tires on any lighter weight vehicle will cause your braking distance to increase. (see all tire manufactures for more)
Putting car tires on a motorcycle is illegal and voids your inspection. (see both Federal and State DOT websites for more)
Putting car tires on a motorcycle will/might void your liability coverage in an accident. (visit or call your insurance company for more)
These are a few of the thrills you will encounter if an investigation ensues because of an accident.
Motorcycle accidents are very expensive because of the injuries sustained in them. (VERY EXPENSIVE!)
So if you want a few extra miles out of the tire tread you might want to rethink that initial savings.
More friendly and fun advice.......
1. If you are going to call or visit your insurance company I suggest you do it anonymously, they keep track of stupid things customers do for future claims denials. I know, I used to do those investigations.
2. If you still want to put car tires on an MC don't post your stupidity online for an investigator to find. (they love admission!)
bmccaffrey
New member
just put general altima back
federal evo front. Seem to work good so far
federal evo front. Seem to work good so far
Fatcycledaddy
Active member
One thing you are not taking into this whole reply.
A Spyder is not called a motorcycle by BRP, it is a
Raodster and in several states it is not considered a motorcycle and a cycle endorsement is not needed. Never heard of one failing inspection yet because of car tires.
Next, as stated in this quote, May 20, 2016 - The Motorcycle Industry Council puts it more directly, “Never mount a passenger car tire on a motorcycle rim; the flat profile of a car tire is incompatible with the dynamics of a vehicle that leans as it corners".
A Spyder does not lean in the corners, (just in case you haven't noticed that yet) so the argument has NO validity.
I will bet that I can stop quicker with my car tires than you can with your stock motorcycle tires. It's all about traction or how hard they hold the road. I could spin my stock tire at will and struggle to break lose the altimax I have on there now.
Last, the stock tire wore out in the middle only extremely quick with the recommended tire pressure in it. That tells me that very little of the tire was in contact with the road giving traction at highway speeds, and if I had a hard brakeing situation the load transfer to the front would reduce the amount of contact and traction that tire provided significantly.
Buckeye Bleau
New member
Federal Formosa AZO1 but move up to the 175 55R15 on the front it is incredible!
Joe
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This is the reason I posted on this website. I knew there would be smart remarks but this is what I was looking for. I have been riding motorcycles for 62 years and have had many brands but this Spyder is totally different. I have had it for 7 weeks and have put 3,000 miles on it. So far I love the thing. It is a 2015 and had 10,000 miles on it. The tires have the 13,000 miles on them and look good but not to far from the ware bars. The person that had it never rode it very hard or fast I think it will run 15,000 on the tires. It has Arachnid tires on it.
Fatcycledaddy
Active member
Be aware that those tires you now have on there are not the stock tires. They were changed before you got it. The stock tires are Kenda. Tells you how fast they wore out.:yikes:
I sure did not know that. I just check and the front tires are Kenda. That is why I am getting more miles on my rear tire than most. So I don't know how many miles is on the rear tire. The Spyder has 13,000 on it and the rear looks good. It is not near the wear bars. I have just been worrying about the tire. Rear has Arachnid and front has Kenda. Are Arachnid good tires for the Spyder?
SpyderAnn01
Active member
No, the Arachnid's are crap tires just like the Kenda. I have run 3 of them, two of which were given to me for free, on my 14 RT and they were all crap. I got less mileage out of them than on a Kenda. Go to car tires. Only you can decide which one you purchase and we all have our own opinions. I currently run the Federal Formoza in the stock size on the front and a General Altimax RT 43 on the rear. I have run this combo several times (I have 122,000 miles on my 14) and I like it. Great handling wet or dry.
ThreeWheels
Active member
I've always had good results with the stock Kenda tires up front. 20K to 25K miles.
The stock rear is awful. I went with a Kumho.
Just my opinion. I could be wrong, and I'm sure somebody on this site will tell me about it.
The stock rear is awful. I went with a Kumho.
Just my opinion. I could be wrong, and I'm sure somebody on this site will tell me about it.
Fatcycledaddy
Active member
Same combination I have and I love it.
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