Why would you want an asymmetrical rear tire?

[Chasinsparks]

Gladly; Fronts I am running 16 PSI Rear is at 18 PSI (Mostly 2 up riding combined weight of wife and I 290).

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Be nice if you added your tire pressure. Only because everyone is different and has his or her's preferred settings. Different tires like different air pressure' maybe a pound this or pound that way, but that's the way the owner like his. Just curious?

This will be a totally honest and frank answer ….ready …. the ONLY people who NEED to get that specific are the ones who RACE for serious money ie. Formula One , Nascar, etc... All the rest of us only need to get really CLOSE …. I know tires, I know the science, Myself and Peter pretty much recommend 15 psi front & 17-18 psi rear...… this will be for ANY auto tire that fits ….. I could go on for hours but I'm 72 and can't re-type everything I've ever written about tires ( which is extensive )….. All auto tires are about 92% the same, I recommend the best of what's sold to-day, why not, we deserve the best. This was My non-emotional answer - I give facts not feelings about tires and things related to tires. ….. ride happy - ride safe ….. :thumbup:..... Mike hyea:

 

[bayoubill]

Yes, but be wary of the sheep effect, imho.

i have been mostly harley lately and most run dunlop, but its not sheep effect, they are just good tires, a few run different brands but not many, at least with the 20 or so hd people i know

 

[CopperSpyder]

i have been mostly harley lately and most run dunlop, but its not sheep effect, they are just good tires, a few run different brands but not many, at least with the 20 or so hd people i know

I was looking at some Dunlop direzza tires, they look interesting.

 

[askitee]

Is anyone running Asyms on the front?

 

[PMK]

Is anyone running Asyms on the front?

Federal Formoza tires on the front of our 14 RTS. Yokohama s.Drive on the rear. 20 psi in all three. BajaRon bar and Fox front shocks.

 

[BoilerAnimal]

The Vredestein Quatrac 5 tires are asymmetric tires and I believe that everyone who's tried them is very pleased with them. We are very happy with ours at 16 PSI.

 

[Peter Aawen]

Is anyone running Asyms on the front?

For the moment, I'm running a set of 'Mildly Asymetrical' Kumho EcoWings sized 175/60R15 up front - they are pretty good All Season Grand Tourers in all respects!

Only thing is that after discussing their fitting with their local guy, I've got the Kumhos fitted onto the front of the RT with the side marked INSIDE facing the OUTSIDE, so that in the wet, they'll disperse water & any spray to the outside & away from the vehicle rather than pushing it in & under the vehicle like they normally do on a car, cos in this case, since they are fitted onto a Spyder, they'd be spraying more water directly into the path of the rear 225/55R15 Kumho.... and I really didn't think it was smart to push any more water into the path of the rear tire!

But these Kumhos have performed very well in all aspects for close on 30,000 km so far, racked up over an exceptionally hot summer doing some loong hi-speed trips followed by about 1/3rd of the total kms in what has been a pretty wet winter & thru a whole lot of water on the road with nary the slightest concern....altho I hafta admit the rear is fully worn out now... Good thing I'm expecting to get different tires to play with some time in the next few weeks! :thumbup: