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rear tires
hello,
i have owned a road glide and i owned a electric glide and as i recall the rear tire was good for about 10k miles. will be getting my tri glide later this week and am wondering how many miles i can expect from the rear tires? don't laugh, are they rotated?
thanks,
david
socal
i have owned a road glide and i owned a electric glide and as i recall the rear tire was good for about 10k miles. will be getting my tri glide later this week and am wondering how many miles i can expect from the rear tires? don't laugh, are they rotated?
thanks,
david
socal
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Gotta ask Cub Bear they got 20K on there Tri. Been all over the Country all kinds of Weather Roads GOD BLESS THEM. Love to read about there Travels go on there like web page. Nice pictures and stories.
Road Warrior
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I have had the same set of rears for 9-years on my 2000 FLHT conversion. I am going to change them, because I am sick-n-tied of looking at them. I do not think they would ever wear out. Dry-rot and fall apart maybe, but never wear out. I don't think there is ever a need for rotation either, unless you just need something to do. Trust me....your least problem will be wearing out a set of rears.
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I guess it depends on were you ride; here in the desert it is recommended that you replace your tires every 3-4 years, regardless of the remaining thread. Judging by all of the gators (chunks of blown off tires) on the freeway, Id say that not too many people head that advice! It is also recommend that you replace your battery every two years. That one is pretty dead on accurate; you dont get much more than two years out of a battery in the 115+ degree heat!
Road Warrior
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From: Summit, Mississippi
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Yep...9-years 40,000 miles and still looking good. These early Lehman kits utilized a 24560R15. These tires are a couple of inches wider than the 205's currently in use. They are a real pain-in-the-butt to get on/off the trike and I plan to change them out to some 205's. The trike looks like a stock car from the rear going down the road and have a serious tendency to hydroplane in heavy rain. There is just not enough weight to keep these things down in the road on a wet pavement. I don't know what they were thinking when they used these big tires. Maybe it was the available rim width. These are 7-inch wheels, but you can get a 205 on them. Based on the discussions I have seen concerning the back order of TG wheels....could be a while before I could get a set of those anyway. I still think it would be very hard to wear the tread off even a 205 under normal use and you get back to changing them out before they dry-rot or get too hard.
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