Bias Rear Tire Up Front

[DFragn]

I wouldn't have done this without the OK from a Major MC Tire Manufacturer. Metzler states it's ok to mix radials & bias tires on a motorcycle. BUT, the radial must be installed on the rear - never install a radial on the front with a bias in the rear.

So for $60.00 I put a Kenda K671 150/70-17 [OEM is 150/80-17] Rear between the forks. I believe tread depth is 10/32. The lower profile does incrementally affect indicated speed. According to my GPS I'm 5 mph under an indicated 55 mph.

Ground clearance is slightly reduced so maybe that will slow me down a bit!

It handles just great, I can't tell a difference that it's a bias. It's matched with a GoodYear Triple Tread on the rear.

Ordered it from JC Whitney

OUCH   Went to copy a link to paste. That tire went up $40.00. I must have gotten in on their winter pricing or some such dumb luck...Remember this is a bias mc tire. With item surcharge & shipping it was $78.00. Gee maybe I should check the sidewall date code since I haven't. I'm back - Well, it's dated 37th week of '09. Maybe that's the reason for discounting. Less then 16 months old is OK with me.

http://www.jcwhitney.com/k671-cruiser-st-tires/p2015164.jcwx?skuId=394281

Mileage should be incredible. BTW I did reverse mount the directional rotation as suggested here.

[R J]

Used to do that with the 1100 and 1200 Gold Wings all the time....

Our Harley motors were shod that way also............

They never tried this with the Moto Guzzi, or the Cog-a-sock-i's....

[Garland]

That looks like a nice tire-I would have thought it was a motorcycle tire except for the tread depth. Please keep us posted regarding wear/mileage issues over time.

[DFragn]

That looks like a nice tire-I would have thought it was a motorcycle tire except for the tread depth. Please keep us posted regarding wear/mileage issues over time.

I thought it was a car tire too when it arrived. Out of the box is was quite square and thought for a rear axle motorcycle tire it wouldn't work up front. I squeezed the side walls in to 3.5" [front rim width] and it rounded a bit. So I decided to throw it on assuming once mounted the air pressure would round it further. As you can see Kenda's Rear MC tire shapes up well once mounted.

It's scuffed in in the pic. I just haven't pushed it hard in the curves yet. Taking it slow as I don't know yet how much sooner the lower profile will drag hard parts. Pavement temps are still rather cool here yet.

[Dave Weaver]

How do you like the Goodyear Assurance?  I'm leaning that way whenever this bike tire I have on wears out.

[DFragn]

How do you like the Goodyear Assurance?  I'm leaning that way whenever this bike tire I have on wears out.

My first CT experience was on KingBee's. I didn't care for it. Several months later, needing to save a few bucks and increase mileage, I put the TT on there. I love it, especially when i dropped the 36 psi down to 33. Bike is more stable with a few less pounds and I don't know it's there except when memory kicks in.

The bias front seems to be doing well with it. The bias is at 33 psi also.

Now that the handling [bikes setup] is where it should be and good rubber on both ends I'd have to say, this day, I won't go back to any other setup.