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« on: August 02, 2011, 10:33:38 AM » |
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What is the best long lasting tire thinking about putting a rear kenda on it anybody have any luck with these? And why do some people mount them backwards
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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2011, 12:09:06 PM » |
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« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2011, 12:15:07 PM » |
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It's because of the way the belts are wrapped. The biggest factor on the rear is acceleration. Having no acceleration issues on the front, heavy braking or deceleration is the biggest force applied. Installing the tire backwards keeps the belts from loosening up, at least that's the theory.
I'm frequently on a darkside website and have yet to hear about a rear tire mounted on the front that actually seperated from not being backwards.
But I'm keeping my ears open.
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« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2011, 05:57:35 PM » |
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What is the best long lasting tire thinking about putting a rear kenda on it anybody have any luck with these? And why do some people mount them backwards
Give a shout-out to Jabba (click here) - he had the kenda on his, for a couple hunnert miles, and took it off. He didn't like the MPH being off so much, and that might have been the only reason for him taking it off. I'm supposed to go down and get it from him, and try it. Well, for almost a year now! I'm off all next week, hopefully we'll connect - I'm about ready to pull the front end down, and do all the maintenance, and that would be the time to swap it out. Anyway, he can give you the low-down. Roger |
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« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2011, 11:29:01 PM » |
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Size is the key.
Stock is 150/80HR-17, it's 120mm tall. I have a D404 130/90-17 rear bias tire up front, it's 117mm, and I get better mileage, but part of that is false speedo reading, as the tire is smaller than stock; and the speedo is about 5MPH high at 75MPH (being about 70MPH on the GPS) with the stock tire.
A 150/90-17 is 135mm, and may just bring the speedo closer to true, but you may have to mod the fender a bit to get clearance.
The tire manufacturer is moot for speedo correction. Radials supposedly outlast bias ply tires (though I have about 7,000 mies on the D404 with no apparent cupping or tread wear at all). I had the tire installed in normal rotation, as I'm more concerned with water repulsion than tread separation.
I had a Dunlop Elite 3 on the front when I bought her last year, and didn't like the wobble at mid to high speeds; though I got almost 20K miles out of it.
YMMV, Fred.
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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2011, 01:56:23 AM » |
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I think the rear tire size that is closest in diameter/circumference to the stock front is 130/90-17. You'll lose just under a hundred lbs of load carrying capacity on the front but it's not like we load the front end down.
Marty
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« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2011, 04:41:40 AM » |
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I think the rear tire size that is closest in diameter/circumference to the stock front is 130/90-16. You'll lose just under a hundred lbs of load carrying capacity on the front but it's not like we load the front end down.
Marty
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« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2011, 10:02:26 AM » |
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I think the rear tire size that is closest in diameter/circumference to the stock front is 130/90-16. You'll lose just under a hundred lbs of load carrying capacity on the front but it's not like we load the front end down.
Marty
I don't think the 16" tire will fit on the 17" wheel What? Aren't you fluent in typo? Hang around here any length of time and you'll find it's useful! Marty |
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« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2011, 11:37:12 AM » |
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good tires ain't cheap , cheap tires ain't good
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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2011, 01:04:59 PM » |
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The short Kenda tire changed the angle of the ride on my IS. i didn't like that. And I didn't like the massive amount that the speedo was off.
It was literally about 200 miles. ONE ride and I went back to a Metzeler ME880.
No complaints about the handling or anything else though. Just didn't like the angle of the dangle and the speedo mis-match.
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« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2011, 02:17:46 PM » |
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The Kenda rides good and will last a long time. I put mine on backwards over 20k ago. My speedo cable broke a while back so I'm not exactly sure of the miles but it's over 20k. I'm not sure if its as good as the Metz but it will outlast it. I like it better than the Avon vennom also. I didn't have any luck with it. It may have been just a bad tire out of the factory. They cost too much to take another chance though. I got right at 20k with the Metz but it is very sensitive to airpressure. The kenda .. not so much
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« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2011, 04:52:25 PM » |
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Size for size, the Metzlers run smaller than the Dunlops.
So, the problem will persist.
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« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2011, 04:18:18 AM » |
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good tires ain't cheap , cheap tires ain't good
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