Hey guys, I just put E3's on the Roadglide afetr running 402's forever. All the reviews said these were a beter riding, better cornernig tire.
Ok- they definitely corner better but the ride, I feel every crack, road joint , tar snake etc. in the road. I am running 40 PSI in the front and rear, but have also tried 36 PSI with no decernable difference. Any advice- Thanks

 

I agree, I put them on last Tuesday, have put about 450 miles on them. Hoping they will get better as time goes. Thought my front tire was out of balance, but it is not. I am running 36 psi in the front and 40 in the rear. At about 75 or 80 on my Ultra it gets to feeling kinda loose, like the front end is tryig to move around. Am leaving Monday for a 2500 mile road trip and hope the front gets better(only one I feel). If not I may be stopping at a bike shop and get a different front tire..



Joe

 

I haven't noticed this after 15k on a rear E3, 5k on a front. Nothing but positives here, especially durability and handling, although I don't recall noticing a difference in ride quality when I switched. I use 37F/40R psi cold. Check the accuracy of your gauges, as most gauges (even dial-type) are not accurate. My two pencil gauges both read 2 psi low, thus 40psi indicated is actually 42psi. I bought a known-accurate digital gauge (Accutire MS-4000) to check all my gauges and now inflate my tires accordingly. Reading a test on the Web I was appalled at how poorly most gauges performed, some varying far too much from gauge to gauge for the same model. On a bike trip one year ago we had three gauges among the group. Using one tire for reference one gauge read 33psi (mine), another 35psi, and the third 37psi.

 

mine are great. i feel far fewer of the road mess around here (cracks, snakes, etc). run 36/36. dumb question, but is the arrow pointing in the direction of travel?

 

I only have about 1400 miles on the pair of E-3's I just put on my Ultra, but I have nothing but praise for them so far. I run 38-40 psi front and 40 psi rear. To me, the front tire appears to be mounted backwards, but the directional arrow proves otherwise. I would do as Skratch suggested and check the arrows.

 

Thanks for the feedback- Checked the rotation arrows and evrything is as it should be there . I will check pressure with a couple of gauges in the morning once the tires cool.
Today we took her out for 300 miles and it was like riding an old sportster. I do not have vibaration at the handlebars but I swear I can feel every piece of aggregate in the road. Any other ideas other than maybe 1 or 2 bad tires?

 

One other thing to check... and it might sound crazy but I've seen it happen first hand, check and make sure they mount the right tire to the right wheel... crazy I know but it happened to a bud of mine. The only other thing I could think of is if they didn't get your rear tire alined quite right when they reinstalled it.

 

A couple of things I would check. As already mentioned, the tire pressure. Lower the pressure down to like 35 and go for a short run and see if there is any noticable difference.

The other, make sure your drive belt is not over tightened. That has happened to me before and I noticed a ton of rear feedback and vibration.

Good luck.

lp

 

Another delighted E3 user here. As already stated, pressure and direction of rotation can be easily checked but handlebar vibration could maybe be an unbalanced front wheel? That's a REAL stretch since road conditions wouldn't necessarily be related but I'm at a loss. Sorry...

 

I have a couple of thousand miles on my Elite III tires to date and I've found them vastly superior to the OEM Dunlops. Same as iclick, I have nothing but positives to report to date. I'm running 36 psi front, 40 psi rear.