Roadsmith HTS Rear Tires

Hot Rod 1 · May 1, 2018

What are good replacement rear tires for a Roadsmith HTS and what is the best way to balance them ?

bikerbillone · May 1, 2018

Good question, I'm following this thread. Balance and protection, I use Ride-On, you can read about it here an get comments as well, there's also an official Ride-On link.

https://www.amazon.com/Ride-Tire-Balancer-Sealant-oz/product-reviews/B00DX8BTUG

mhgoldwing · May 1, 2018

My current replacements are Michelin MXW4 or something like that. They are no longer made. Personally, whenever I change these I will look for an all season touring tire that has an "open" style tread to better channel water away.

As far as balancing I take my wheels to my local Chevy dealer and have them Road Force balanced. Has worked well so far. I'm not a fan of liquid anything in my tires. Beads can be used as supplemental balancing material but tires must be weight balanced also because they require lateral balancing. Check out this link:

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/

Gold Rush · May 1, 2018

mhgoldwing said:
My current replacements are Michelin MXW4 or something like that. They are no longer made. Personally, whenever I change these I will look for an all season touring tire that has an "open" style tread to better channel water away.

As far as balancing I take my wheels to my local Chevy dealer and have them Road Force balanced. Has worked well so far. I'm not a fan of liquid anything in my tires. Beads can be used as supplemental balancing material but tires must be weight balanced also because they require lateral balancing. Check out this link:

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/

I could not have said it better!! Discovered Road Force Balancing while trying to solve major vibration issues with my '06. Problem Solved!!! :xszpv: :xszpv:

Hot Rod 1 · May 1, 2018

Thanks for the responses. I’m Thinking about Michelin Premiers . I have them on my wife’s CRV and they seem to be a good tire. Anyone have any thoughts on that tire ?

bikerbillone · May 2, 2018

You might pose this question over on the 'other forum', the more 'eyes' the more answers you might get. Having said that, I'm not a fan over there, jus sayin.....

poppajim · May 18, 2018

Since you have automoblile wheels and tires there is no reason not to have them properly balanced. Road Force is the best

lgjhn · May 22, 2018

Hot Rod 1 said:
Thanks for the responses. I’m Thinking about Michelin Premiers . I have them on my wife’s CRV and they seem to be a good tire. Anyone have any thoughts on that tire ?

I recently put em on and they seem to be doing fine. I've been caught in the rain a couple of times and they seem to channel the water pretty good. I run 22 in em when I'm solo and 24 when 2-up w/trailer. As others have stated, force balance is the way to go. I used dyna-beads and originally had a balance issue when I first mounted em. I broke back em down and moved from the yellow dot to the red dot mark at the valve stem, then added another 1/2 oz of beads. All was good from there on out. A force balance would have easily handled that and saved me time and work.