another question I have is what am I doing wrong ? I have almost 17000 on mine and still looking good , must not be riding hard enough or leaning in the corners , LOL

 

At 17,680 mine looked good but measured 2/32" time to go. The new Commander II tire handles so much nicer than the Dunlop. Miles on tires really seems to differ with riding styles and habits. You are doing great. fearless

 

I went with Michelin Commander II on the front have 2 Michelin Defenders ordered for Wed to go on the back. Thought about a rear tire on the front and the owner of the shop said he would sell me one more money but is not allowed to install a rear on the front. He said his insurance co. says liable. He also said front ends even trikes have rake and trail for a reason your tire roles over when turned and still rides on the side to a point. A flatter wider tire will scuff and resist the turn more. I really don't know if true but I haven't found any flat rear looking front tires for sale around. I have found the Commander rides nice and sticks better than my OEM..Can't wait to try the new rears.

 

can you give me the size tire you bought and have you noticed any discrepancy with your speedo? im thinking about ordering the Avon cobra trike tire for my 14 tri glide.

 

Avon 130/70R18 Trike
No issue with speedo, the GPS speed displayed on the map is spot on.

 

Since Avon makes the same dimension tire as the OEM except for a 74H instead of a 72H designation, why did you get a larger front tire?

 

I would think there would be a difference in speedo between 16in and 18in tire. i don't know about it clearing fender maybe a type o.

 

I am running the HD Anarchy wheels all around. The front wheel is 18", 5 spokes. I also ran those type of wheels on my '09 and got just over 95,000 miles out of them.

 

im not sure what year trike you are on, but here is my story. I am riding a 2014 tri glide ultra, with rushmore equip, did some upgrades including a vision tner. noted my speedo seemed to be off. it was still rading exactly the same as my gps unit, but still seemed off. I then realized the speed showing in my gps screen comes from the speedometer. checked it against my phones speed app and wow it was off. recalibrated my speedo with my vision tuner and im spot on again. just sayin!

 

Just a quick follow up on the Avon tire. I just finished a 3 day trip to the Dragon and all the surrounding curvy roads. Put almost a 1000 miles on the trike. The Avon front tire performed extremely well, held the curves and never "washed out". I was very pleased with the performance