Goldwing trike rear tires

[Rat Fink]

:xzqxz: With cost irrelevant, which is the best brand tire for a CSC trike conversion. Rear tires now is a 205/70/15 Firestone M/S. Best ride and MILAGE? Firestone doesn't seem to be wearing very well.

 

[GoldWingrGreg]

Firestone doesn't seem to be wearing very well.

Lasting well or wearing well ??? Both rears should wear evenly across the tread and evenly from tire to tire.

Many recommend that rear tires on a trike be replaced when they are half worn. That means 5 or 6/32nds remaining. They become to slippery in the rain.

 

[JaysGone]

Not being trike brand specific. Tires don't always wear evenly.
If you have say a regular rear end vs a posi drive rear. And I not aware of any trike rear ends that are posi.
The powered wheel will wear out the tire faster regardless of brand.
I have a MT kit and the right tire which is my powered wheel. The tire is wearing out faster then the left side.
Since you cant rotate side to side with radials.
Not much one can do about it. Except maybe slight differences with tire pressures side to side.
Which is too much work for most to figure out or keep up with.

As far as what tire.
Lots of off brand tires offered by most tire stores are made by name brand companies.
Just have to do some research on the off brand names.

 

[mhgoldwing]

I have two main criteria for picking trike rear tires:

1. Traction rating of AA

3. "Open" tread to disperse water. This is large water channels.

I'm currently running a Michelin MXV4 which is no longer in production. OEM was a Kuhmo K-21 which served me well. I didn't wear them out but wanted a change. They rode well, had good traction, and were stiff enough not to roll under during hard twisty riding.

 

[CrystalPistol]

The powered wheel will wear out the tire faster regardless of brand.

Even on an open rear end with no posi, both rear wheels are "powered". The differential just allows different speeds with no effective limit. But both wheels work together. A posi or locker limits speed differences.

The reason one side .... usually the inside one in a hard turn, spins first is because it has less traction than the other. If the right rear traction limits it's tractive effort to 10%, then the other side is likewise ..... limited to the same 10%. When both ides are capable of 100%, neither will spin, both apply 100%. Most of us make more turns to right from stop than left and usually, they are shorter turns and we apply power as we enter the roadway .... and with weight shift, it's the inside , usually right, that then slips or spins .... but if it's applying 10 hp to move the trike, both are working together to apply that 10 hp. Jack one up so it applies NONE, none is applied.
I learned this years before I got a license when I was in single digits still learning to drive a farm tractor .... started on a Cub, later as legs got longer, JD and MF. Learned to use those individual brakes. When a rear tire started spinning in that muddy rut while pulling those tobacco skids in line, just apply a bit of brake to that side and that increased resistance and the other side would pull it on through.

 

[W3JNP]

Have you thought about any of the run flat tires? The stiffer side walls do give it a bit rougher ride but that is what keeps you going if one looses air pressure.

I'm running a Kumho ECSTA on the rear and will put them on the front when both of those wear down.

 

[Bronson512]

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The tire is wearing out faster then the left side. Since you cant rotate side to side with radials.
Not much one can do about it....................................................

All of my autos and my truck owners manuals give a cross (side to side)rotation pattern when rotating tires and have for many years, they are all radials. Is this a TRIKE thing???

 

[Ozarkryder]

Since you cant rotate side to side with radials.

Not much one can do about it. Except maybe slight differences with tire pressures side to side.

Tire technology has continued apace - Radials can be rotated side to side if they have the normal non-directional tread. At one time radial tires would take a set and could be moved front to back but not side to side. Hasn't been the case for the last 20 years or so.

Now if you have directional tires they must rotate only one way. They can be rotated by having them moved from one rim to the other so they are on the other side of the trike but rotating in the same direction. There are exceptions to this, too. on a few very high priced supercars, the tires are custom made for each corner, they just get replaced when they stat to wear. (A set of Bugatti Veyron tires cost $30,000, and every 4th tire change new wheels are needed bring it up to $120,000 for a tire change.:shok

 

[GoldWingrGreg]

A set of Bugatti Veyron tires cost $30,000, and every 4th tire change new wheels are needed bring it up to $120,000 for a tire change.:shok

It always amazes me how maintenance cost skyrocket when someone steps into the world of performance or exotics. Any idea why new wheels are required ... I'm thinking stress cracks around the lug nuts ???

 

[CrystalPistol]

A set of Bugatti Veyron tires cost $30,000, and every 4th tire change new wheels are needed bring it up to $120,000 for a tire change.:shok:

This is exactly why I refuse to let the "Wife Unit" pull the trigger on a Veyron.


:Joker3:

 

[Bronson512]

This is exactly why I refuse to let the "Wife Unit" pull the trigger on a Veyron. :Joker3:

If my wife went out an bought a Veyron. I would be the nicest X husband in the world! I would insist to the court in our divorce settlement that she be awarded that 2.? Million dollar car in its entirety.

 

[Gideon]

:xzqxz: With cost irrelevant, which is the best brand tire for a CSC trike conversion. Rear tires now is a 205/70/15 Firestone M/S. Best ride and MILAGE? Firestone doesn't seem to be wearing very well.

I “RIDE" a Valkyrie with a CSC Trike Conversion that was produced with 14 inch wheels. Replaced rear tires with Cooper Trendsetter SE Tires (205/70R/14) from Tire Central & Service. This is a quiet-running tire with excellent traction, plus they are not very expensive.

 

[Shimpy]

Tire technology has continued apace - Radials can be rotated side to side if they have the normal non-directional tread. At one time radial tires would take a set and could be moved front to back but not side to side. Hasn't been the case for the last 20 years or so.

(A set of Bugatti Veyron tires cost $30,000, and every 4th tire change new wheels are needed bring it up to $120,000 for a tire change.:shok

What's the Wal-Mart equivalent for those tires?

 

[wingit]

Good Year

I bought Good year tires that size for the rear Wing Champ trike.
Wally world warranty Traveling advantage if one develops a problem.
They were under $70 each
Happy Day

 

[Dragonryder]

I am going with the Michelin Premier A/S when I replace the tires. Has good traction and wear rating. Good grip in the rain.