champion trike rear tires

[john]

i was wondering what tire pressure you champion trike owners run in your rear tires thanks for the info.

[Trikerjim]

John, I think all of them run pretty close to the same regardless of brand. The final pressure is up to you. I run about 22-24 lbs. on my MotorTrike and 41 in the front. Depending on what rear tires you have and the load you carry, you can play around with it 'till you find what works best . I normally run with two people on, and sometimes pulling a trailer. 22 lbs seems to work best for me. Good luck and ride safe....

[Nana]

The builder that installed my Champion kit advised me to keep the tire pressure at 16-17 lbs. in the rear wheels. I almost never have a second person on the trike and am a petite woman. I find that when I have higher pressure than that, the ride is rougher, so I keep it right where he suggested. The man knew what he was talking about!

[John Luciano]

I am running 22 in my L rear and 24 in the right rear because of the huge Crown in CONN roads

[SCHDTRIKE]

Don't have a champion, but run 26 in the rear, 36 in the front.

[WG9K]

I put a line of chaulk across the tire tread and drive down the driveway.if the chaulk is worn all the way across ,you have the right pressure for full contact of the tread on the pavement. Works for me, running 20# in each when two up pulling the camper...John

[03clyde]

twenty #

[Gorilla]

22 rides real nice there.

[JJTRIKER]

Jojo runs 41 up front and 20 on the backside softer on the tush lol

[ultraboy]

Same as JJ, 41 in the front and 20 in the rears. I have run as little as 16-18 in the rears, but 20 provides the best all-around ride, loaded or not.

[bdn56]

I still have my original Dunlap on the front. I keep it at 39. That tire does not like bumps.
Like John does with his,
I run 23 in the left rear and 25 in the right with 15 in the shocks.

[Greydog]

I've been running 16# in the rear as per my builder's advice but think I'll try 20# and see if the ride improves. I'm running 35# in the shocks and it seems to ride comfortably with either one or two up.

[Nauga Mok]

Roadsmith sez 26 - 36 in the rears, but I'm running 22 left & 22.5 right. Keeping the old Rocklop up front at 40 - 41.

NM

[Lonerbtw]

I seem to be the oddball. I run 12&14 with 22 up frount. I ride alone and do have 195,50,15s witch is alot of rubber on the ground. I dont have the ez stear and started out hard and kept droping air till I lost most all the frount end wip. Just got back from Laughlin Trike In it was the most miles sence I built it (860) and did not get beat to death. I dont know how much better it could get with the racked trees. But I do know that I need a gel pad seat.
Loner Cal. State Director BTW

[alienhunter]

20 in the rear and 18 up front vw

[1800 06 Champion Trike]

On my Champion-

Front 40# in MPA mounted backwards
Rear 24# in both
20,000 Miles and they look brand new.

[Jenkinsrawhide]

Different dealers and different opinions. I have a Champion and 41 in front and 18 in rears. Have Michelin Pro Activ reversed on front and Dunlops on rears.

[meredog]

I am running 20 in rears but am thinking about changing out the Dunlops for ??? Traction is a bit of a problem--hard to engage with much throttle without "chirping" the rears----also "chirps" when accelerating from a stop when making a sharp turn (out driveway to extreme right for example) and when downshifting.
Also found them slippin an sliding a bit around the mountain roads when riding in the rain.

[1550vt]

Like others above....depends on how/where you ride. 18-20 pounds (rears) just doesn't work for me and the ride is much to mushy in cornering. Also, you may find that you loose air at these lower pressures. Automobile tubeless tires just weren't designed to run that low. In the mountains and curves...I jack mine on up to around 27 pounds and it greatly improves cornering. Normally around home here in the flat-lands I run around 24-25. It will also depend on how you're loaded...2-up, luggage load, etc.

Just play with it and see how you like it. You won't "break" anything...unless you run them ridiculously low.

[webetriked]

I rode a Champion for 3 years. I had an MPAIRR on the front. I kept 40-41 PSI in it. Champion back then recommended 20-25 PSI in the rears. I ran 20 PSI in the left and 22 PSI in the right. Rode 2-up 95% of the time. Like one poster, I found that at <20 PSI the rear end got too "mushy" feeling and >23 PSI the ride got too stiff. I think one of the worries at low rear tire pressures is that under extreme loads, like occurr in the turns, it is possible to break the bead.
You can also "play" with the rear shock adjustments and the stock preload adjustment to finf your "sweet" spot.
Mike