Other than making steering easier, will a rake kit increase my mileage that I get on my front tires and reduce the scalloping. Right now I am getting around 7000-8000 per tire.
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I have been running Dunlop Elite 3's except the last tire was a Marathon ME880 which I did not get even 7000 miles on it before the tire started seperateing at the sidewall. I will try the Bridgestone.
Are you still running stock front tires? That sure sounds like the miles most of us got until we changed to running a bias ply rear tire on the front of the trikes. Most use either a Bridgestone Battle Ax (BT-45) or the Michelin Pilot.
There are several threads about the subject. You'll find more information then you might want...
Seriously, I converted my '06 a few months ago and have nearly 7,000 on the BT-45 mounted in reverse. I just finished a weekend in the Texas hill country and there is still almost now ware on this front tire.
Should be interesting, I just put on a BT45 without doing the reverse rotation thing. We'll see what happens a year from now.
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