well mine rides and handles great , but have no idea what I put in the rears , maybe what it said on the side wall [ 35 ] , will have to check and go to 22 , air is still free so I can adjust them if needed

 

After reading this thread, I dropped my rear PSI to 23#. I took a long ride today over hiways, secondary roads, and back roads.
I think the ride is smoother than before. I will keep it at 23# for now. I have a cross-country trip coming up so this discussion came just in time.
The trip will be from MA to San Deigo to Las Vegas then wander for 2 weeks before coming back home. It should be about 7k miles.

 

Good info! Thank you!

I've been running around 22 psi for a few years. Going to drop it down to 20 and see if I can feel a difference.

 

Kevin, when you're pulling your trailer and riding two up, do you still run 22psi? My wife and I are taking a 4 week trip pulling a trailer starting next week. Right now I set the pressure at 26psi.

 

Yes, been running 22 psi regardless, 1-up, 2-up, 2-up loaded, 2-up with trailer. Only thing I vary is the shocks PSI. When pulling the trailer, the tongue weight is around 40 lbs.

Ran all the way to the arctic circle 2-up & loaded with 22 psi. No issues.

Link to Arctic Circle trip w/ over 1000 pics HERE

 

I run 22 pounds in the rear tires and have no problems single, two-up, or with a trailer.

 

Dropped it to 20 lbs in the rear tires today...rode about 45 miles 1-up...not sure I could tell a difference. Then rode about 80 miles 2-up. Did not say anything to Mary. When we got home she asked if I had adjusted the shock psi, that it seemed a better ride.

I hadn't, but told her of the tires being at 20 instead of 22...so she could feel it, where I did not.

Again, thanks to the OP for the info from Lehman.

 

Great info! I'm gonna try 22psi today.

 

Dropped mine from 26 to 22 yesterday for a breakfast run. Between the Progressive 444 shocks and the air adjustment its like riding a road sofa. Certainly useful info submitted. Thanks
dan

 

Just as a footnote to this conversation. About a year ago, my very good H-D air pressure gauge broke. Since then, I have been using one of those cheap pressure gauges that look like a pencil. You know, the ones that have a scale that pops out. I've been pretty faithful about maintaining my tire pressures on both my trike and also my trailer thinking that I will get better use out of my tires. So, yesterday, I bought a digital tire gauge made by Slime. I thought that I would check the tire pressures just to see how accurate my pencil gauge was compared to my new digital gauge even though I had just checked pressures yesterday morning. WoW! Not even close. One of my rear tires was 29psi, the other was 20.5psi. My trailer was even worse. One of those high pressure tires was at 96.5psi and the other was at 81.5psi ( they're supposed to be 90psi). I guess that, once again, I have been taught that you get what you pay for.