the roads in okla all crown to the outside. does anyone run a couple of pounds less air in the inner tire, if so how does it affect the trike normally?
the roads in okla all crown to the outside. does anyone run a couple of pounds less air in the inner tire, if so how does it affect the trike normally?
I use the same in both, 28-32 psi depending on load. Because I live and ride in the Arkansas twisties, I would rather have both tires the same so they behave identically through the turns. Personally, I don't seem to have a problem on most roads I've traveled with my trike from Arkansas to Nova Scotia and thought, "Gee, wish I had a couple of pounds less in that left tire". Besides, then I would have to remember they're not equal when I check the pressure.
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Instead of running different pressures in each rear tire, I recommend finding better, twister roads to ride where a rider would never notice a pull. For example, if you ride US129 (the Tail of the Dragon), my bet is you'd be so busy "slaying the dragon" that you'd never notice any pull/drift.
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I dampened my drive and aired up the rears to over 30psi. Kept running over the wet drive, letting air out until I left a full tread width track.
Because my conversion is a Hannigan(off set rear to the right)I ended up at 24psi in the Left rear and 26psi in the Right rear.
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Do you put dyno beads in them and how much pressure to you put in it cold?
1997GL1500 / 1998 Lehman GTL ..... I run same 22-25 psi in both rears always. 22 light load, 25 two up towing 215/70-15 rear tires on 7x15 wheels.
Most well traveled roads have slight ruts where the wheels of countless
car and truck wheels have worn the pavement. I ride with the front wheel
just to the left of the centerline, on the side of the rut. From the point of
view of the front tire,"downhill" is to the left, and is pulled that way a bit.
Different roads vary on how much of a valley there is, if at all, and I just
have gotten used to steering against the pull of the crown of the road.
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