What tires do you use on the rear of your Trike and what pressure do you run them at?

[Yoda]

My wife and I are owners of a new to us Burgman Yelvington Conversion Trike. As we have been learning different things about Trikes, we were wondering what tires you run on the rear of your Trike and what tire pressure you use and why?

We understand it will be different than the tire pressure you would normally use if you were riding a motorcycle that had not been converted. What we do not know is what were the reasons you used and how you decided what the correct pressure was for you to use.

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Jason and Whitney

[Marc H]

For some unknown reason I have a manual for your trike and it reccomends 18-22 in the rear and 33 in the front as starting points.On my goldwing run 22-26 for ride quality and handling.

[TGCarol]

Hi Jason Welcome. You have some great info already here from MarcH. This site is great like that Some awesome people here.

[Zammy]

On our 15 HD Tri-Glide, we run 36 on the front and 22 in the rear.

[Yoda]

For some unknown reason I have a manual for your trike and it reccomends 18-22 in the rear and 33 in the front as starting points.On my goldwing run 22-26 for ride quality and handling.

Thanks for the information. I braved the weather and got out when it was between 41-45 degrees and even though there were less than 8000 miles on our Trike I had the local bike shop replace my front bearings and take off an inexpensive Shinko Tire (a bias tire) and put on a Michelin Pilot Road 4( a Radial). It looks like there are some Douglas 175/65R14 on the back. I will probably be replacing both of these tires before its over too. We all have our preferences.

Yep the manual we have that would normally come with the Burgman calls for 33 lbs in the front.

The papers we have from the Yelvington conversion state that while we should run our tire pressure at the manufacturers specifications, we should run our rear tire pressure at 28-30 lbs.

Tonight I came across an article by Lehman Trikes that talks about this subject. They reference the 22-26 lbs of air pressure you mention. One of the things mentioned was the low pressure to improve ride quality but along with it the finger pointing that went on between Firestone and Ford a few years ago. Also head shake was mentioned in the article as well.