92,000 miles of trike tire evaluation from a former product engineer
The stock Dunlops are fair and last a long time (my brother-in-law) has 60,000 on his and plenty of life left. I continue to start each trike with Goodyear comfort treads and my last trade in had 48,000 with 50% treadlife left. I like them much better as I agree with others in this forum in that they give a softer ride providing you stay 20-22# pressure. Even at 20# they stay flat on the road with even wear across the tread width.
The reason for this reply is to remind all riding trikes to consider rotating the tires side to side. Some may want to try and others may not want to spin these "car tires" backwards........your choice. I laughed when my brother-in-law started doing that from advice given to him by a seasoned trike rider. So I did a side by side test with him. After 48,000 miles my right tire was worn noticeably more than the left as measured by my Harley service tech while his were worn evenly!!
I have had no ill effects of rotating my Triglide rear tires from side to side.