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Rear tire mileage - How are you people getting 10,000 + miles on Kenda tires?

Leroy73

Leroy73

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How are you people getting 10,000 + miles on Kenda tires?
My OEM gave me almost 7,000 mi and Kanine 7,000. They wear in the center. I have lowered the pressure to 24psi, now to 22-23.
I do not hot rod. Almost all of my mileage is highway, solo, but loaded for touring.

I want to go to a car tire but mounting is an issue.

I might add, $450 for a tire and mounting and only get 7,000 miles is outrageous.
 
Leroy73 said:
How are you people getting 10,000 + miles on Kenda tires?
My OEM gave me almost 7,000 mi and Kanine 7,000. They wear in the center. I have lowered the pressure to 24psi, now to 22-23.
I do not hot rod. Almost all of my mileage is highway, solo, but loaded for touring.

I want to go to a car tire but mounting is an issue.

I might add, $450 for a tire and mounting and only get 7,000 miles is outrageous.
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@Leroy, please don't do this ^ to an OEM Kenda or any Kenda clone on the rear of your Spyder - it's DANGEROUSLY UNDER-INFLATED!! :eek:

The Kendas are tires manufactured with a lightweight construction that NEEDS the higher pressure specified for them simply to carry the load of your Spyder, and it's that construction that causes the centre of the tire to throw out during rotation and create the excessive wear, NOT over-inflation!! :cautious:

Pretty much no matter how low you drop their pressure, your OEM Kendas/Kenda Clones will STILL wear out the centre of the tread. So by lowering your OEM KENDA's/KENDA Clone's tire pressures like that,

You are risking catastrophic tire failure due to under-inflation,

which is not something you do when you lower the pressure on a much stronger constructed 'normal' car tire, which is capable of carrying much greater loads at the pressures the Kenda's/Clone's need just to carry your Spyder, and so they remain still well capable of carrying your Spyder's loads at the lower pressures talked about here! 😏

So please, for your own safety and that of the other road users around you,

DO NOT RUN LOW PRESSURES LIKE THAT IN AN OEM KENDA or KENDA CLONE FITTED TO THE REAR OF YOUR SPYDER! 😖

In fact, if you've run those 'too low pressures' for anything much more than maybe 100 miles, you've possibly, if not probably, irreparably damaged the internals of your tire anyway, and you really should replace it immediately - this is NOT a joke, nor is the damage anything that can be easily seen until you remove the tire and cut it up to inspect its internals; but having a tire explode and completely disintegrate at any sort of speed due to the sort of damage which is quite likely caused by running those 'too low pressures' in the lightly constructed Kenda's/Clone's, is really not something you want to experience - many who do experience this sort of catastrophic tire failure at speed on a motor cycle or trike do not survive! :(
 
Over the years I have had many motorcycles and have gotten various miles on a tire. On the Spyder I get about 7000 from the rear and 14-16,000 on the front with the Kendas. My Honda XR150L got a little over 4000 on the OEM rear tire and my Royal Enfield got 3000 on the OEM rear tire. I have gotten used to having tires changed at these intervals on the Spyder For the Honda and the RE there are several other tire brands to choose from, But the Spyder recommended Kenda, seems to have no direct competing brand that meets BRP Specifications. Car tires are not recommended by BRP, so I will not put them on.
 
dpetrick said:
Over the years I have had many motorcycles and have gotten various miles on a tire. On the Spyder I get about 7000 from the rear and 14-16,000 on the front with the Kendas. My Honda XR150L got a little over 4000 on the OEM rear tire and my Royal Enfield got 3000 on the OEM rear tire. I have gotten used to having tires changed at these intervals on the Spyder For the Honda and the RE there are several other tire brands to choose from, But the Spyder recommended Kenda, seems to have no direct competing brand that meets BRP Specifications. Car tires are not recommended by BRP, so I will not put them on.
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Car tires aren't recommended by BRP because they want to sell the crapola kendas! No more, no less!
Thousands of satisfied Spyder drivers run car tires!
 
I have changed two rear tires on the Spyders that I have had (the third one is too new). Both had 15-18000 miles on the rears. I do long distance trips and some in town riding on all kinds of surfaces. I do not check the tire pressure much, only when leaving on multi day trips. It's set at factory spec.
 
dpetrick said:
Over the years I have had many motorcycles and have gotten various miles on a tire. On the Spyder I get about 7000 from the rear and 14-16,000 on the front with the Kendas. My Honda XR150L got a little over 4000 on the OEM rear tire and my Royal Enfield got 3000 on the OEM rear tire. I have gotten used to having tires changed at these intervals on the Spyder For the Honda and the RE there are several other tire brands to choose from, But the Spyder recommended Kenda, seems to have no direct competing brand that meets BRP Specifications. Car tires are not recommended by BRP, so I will not put them on.
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Like Jackhartjr said. Car tires are not recommended by BRP because they want you to buy their tires. No one is buying Kenda's because they perform well. So BRP can't market them for their quality or service life.

You're not putting a car tire on a motorcycle wheel. You're putting a car tire on a car wheel. Using the right tire, there are no downsides. 10's of thousands have done it. This forum is Complaint Central. How many issues do you hear about this practice?
 
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I have decided I’ll find a way to change to a car tire. I have no way to take the rear tire off. Probably could find a place to mount it.

I wouldn’t be near as upset if the labor cost in replacing the rear tire wasn’t so high.
The OEM on my 2wheel motorcycle, very heavily loaded, interstate speeds I got 8,000 miles on the rear tire. Labor for mounting was reasonable. I found other brands that gave me 12,000. At least I had choices on the 2 wheel MC. These were specialized tires for a 2 wheel motorcycle.
As said, the wheel on the RTs have the same design as a car.
As wide as that tire is on the RT a person would expect at least 20,000 miles for the weight. I think 40,000 miles would be reasonable if a quality tire.
Just my observation and opinion.
 
Leroy73 said:
How are you people getting 10,000 + miles on Kenda tires?
My OEM gave me almost 7,000 mi and Kanine 7,000. They wear in the center. I have lowered the pressure to 24psi, now to 22-23.
I do not hot rod. Almost all of my mileage is highway, solo, but loaded for touring.

I want to go to a car tire but mounting is an issue.

I might add, $450 for a tire and mounting and only get 7,000 miles is outrageous.
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I got 22k on the OEM Kenda tire, on my 2017 F3-S. It was completely gone in the center section though. I should have replaced it earlier. I never loaded down the bike or do any burnouts, but I didn't baby it either.

Gwolf said:
Mounting is not a problem if you remove the wheel and take it to a local tire place.

Then you have to put it back on. Plenty of places will mount them, but not do the labor on removing and replacing the wheel.
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Speaking of removing and replacing the wheel, for those who haven't done it, it is quite simple once you remove the fender and belt guard. Lift the trike very slowly, just to take the weight off the axle but not raise the tire off the ground, and that axle will easily slide out and the wheel will roll right out. No lifting or straining. To put it back on, do the same so the axle goes in easily.
 
TerryTheSpyderRyder said:
Speaking of removing and replacing the wheel, for those who haven't done it, it is quite simple once you remove the fender and belt guard. Lift the trike very slowly, just to take the weight off the axle but not raise the tire off the ground, and that axle will easily slide out and the wheel will roll right out. No lifting or straining. To put it back on, do the same so the axle goes in easily.
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I don't even need to do that. I just take 2 bolts out of the fender and swivel it up out of the way. Then the old tire will roll out and the new tire will roll right in. F3-S - Not much of a fender, and the mudflap broke off a month after I bought it.
 
More of a PIA on my 2022 RT S2S. My 2019 F3S was a piece of cake, especially with the chopped rear fender installed.
 
Gwolf said:
I don't even need to do that. I just take 2 bolts out of the fender and swivel it up out of the way. Then the old tire will roll out and the new tire will roll right in.
F3-S - Not much of a fender and the mudflat broke off a month after I bought it.
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It's easy to take out the fender bolts (four of them on my trike) and swing it aside. I have a 2017 F3-S
 
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New Kanine rear tire, not much if any difference. OEM rear 6,763. Kanine 7,404.

OEM fronts 16,800 so far. Still 6/32 remain. I’ll go with the Vredesteins when I replace them.
 
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Snoking1127 said:
A General Altimax on the back will easily get 30-40 thousand miles, maybe more. Car tires like the Vredestein on the front will get similar mileage. And the trike will handle better.
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HI Snoking1127,

When I had my 2014 RTS-SE6 (Since Sold) I had 30,000+ miles on the rear tire, which was a General Altimax Tire.

At the time I had OEM tire which had 5,824 miles on it.

On my current Spyder (a 2023 F3 LTD SS) I have 7,558.3 miles on OEM tires.

I'll let everyone know when I change my rear tire and the mileage.

Deanna
 
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